October Open - 2013

PrelimKQA

Kaustuba

1 StatuesMonuments found across erstwhile Soviet Union Whatrsquos the inspiration behind these

Master and Margarita

2 Earlier this year Niall Ferguson (known for writing ldquoThe Ascent of Moneyrdquo etc) raised hackles by suggesting that Xrsquos seeming indifference to the welfare of future generations had something to do with the fact that he was childless and gay

He of course recanted a few days later in the face of strong criticism

Apart from being homophobic his assertion that X wasnrsquot bothered about the future generation was grossly inaccurate (X has even written a famous essay titled ndash ldquo[hellip] Possibilities for Our Grandchildrenrdquo) and only goes to show that he completely missed the intended point What specific and oft quoted viewopinion of X was Ferguson targeting

In the long run wersquore all dead

3 What satirical television comedy programme first aired in 1962 on BBC Television was informally known as TWTWTW or TW3It inspired similarly themed shows across the world The one in India has a name which is a direct antonym of the original British show

That Was the Week That Was

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

1 StatuesMonuments found across erstwhile Soviet Union Whatrsquos the inspiration behind these

Master and Margarita

2 Earlier this year Niall Ferguson (known for writing ldquoThe Ascent of Moneyrdquo etc) raised hackles by suggesting that Xrsquos seeming indifference to the welfare of future generations had something to do with the fact that he was childless and gay

He of course recanted a few days later in the face of strong criticism

Apart from being homophobic his assertion that X wasnrsquot bothered about the future generation was grossly inaccurate (X has even written a famous essay titled ndash ldquo[hellip] Possibilities for Our Grandchildrenrdquo) and only goes to show that he completely missed the intended point What specific and oft quoted viewopinion of X was Ferguson targeting

In the long run wersquore all dead

3 What satirical television comedy programme first aired in 1962 on BBC Television was informally known as TWTWTW or TW3It inspired similarly themed shows across the world The one in India has a name which is a direct antonym of the original British show

That Was the Week That Was

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Master and Margarita

2 Earlier this year Niall Ferguson (known for writing ldquoThe Ascent of Moneyrdquo etc) raised hackles by suggesting that Xrsquos seeming indifference to the welfare of future generations had something to do with the fact that he was childless and gay

He of course recanted a few days later in the face of strong criticism

Apart from being homophobic his assertion that X wasnrsquot bothered about the future generation was grossly inaccurate (X has even written a famous essay titled ndash ldquo[hellip] Possibilities for Our Grandchildrenrdquo) and only goes to show that he completely missed the intended point What specific and oft quoted viewopinion of X was Ferguson targeting

In the long run wersquore all dead

3 What satirical television comedy programme first aired in 1962 on BBC Television was informally known as TWTWTW or TW3It inspired similarly themed shows across the world The one in India has a name which is a direct antonym of the original British show

That Was the Week That Was

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

2 Earlier this year Niall Ferguson (known for writing ldquoThe Ascent of Moneyrdquo etc) raised hackles by suggesting that Xrsquos seeming indifference to the welfare of future generations had something to do with the fact that he was childless and gay

He of course recanted a few days later in the face of strong criticism

Apart from being homophobic his assertion that X wasnrsquot bothered about the future generation was grossly inaccurate (X has even written a famous essay titled ndash ldquo[hellip] Possibilities for Our Grandchildrenrdquo) and only goes to show that he completely missed the intended point What specific and oft quoted viewopinion of X was Ferguson targeting

In the long run wersquore all dead

3 What satirical television comedy programme first aired in 1962 on BBC Television was informally known as TWTWTW or TW3It inspired similarly themed shows across the world The one in India has a name which is a direct antonym of the original British show

That Was the Week That Was

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

In the long run wersquore all dead

3 What satirical television comedy programme first aired in 1962 on BBC Television was informally known as TWTWTW or TW3It inspired similarly themed shows across the world The one in India has a name which is a direct antonym of the original British show

That Was the Week That Was

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

3 What satirical television comedy programme first aired in 1962 on BBC Television was informally known as TWTWTW or TW3It inspired similarly themed shows across the world The one in India has a name which is a direct antonym of the original British show

That Was the Week That Was

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

That Was the Week That Was

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

4 Identify this model in whose honour the award bearing her name and likeness is instituted for her effort in a different field

>

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Neerja Bhanot

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

5 Man in the picture was a revolutionary French acrobatic performer who is credited with inventing the art of trapeze He was also responsible for popularizing something else that bears his name and is probably more familiar to us from its use in various other related fields Who (or What)

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Leotard

A unisex skin-tight one-piece garment worn by gymnasts figure skaters ballet dancers etc apart from circus acrobats

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

6 rdquoI forget who it is was who said speaking of the 1950s that in every meeting of the Indian Cabinet there is a chair reserved for the ghost of Professor Xldquo ldquondash excerpt from a 2003 article by Ramachandra Guha published in The Hindu Name X who had a strong influence on the Indian politicians of the era apart from also teaching a few of them

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Harold Laski

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

7) The movie was famously inspired by the after effects of 1973 oil crisis Screenplay writer James McCausland drew heavily from his observations of the crisis effects on Australian motoristsldquoYet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank Long queues formed at the stations with petrol ndash and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late ndash thus justifying the use of oil as a fuel in a futuristic worldrdquo

What film

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

8 John List sometimes labeled the Bogeyman of Westfield was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive In November 1971 he killed his wife mother and three children in their home in Westfield New Jersey and then disappeared He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss A fugitive for nearly 18 years he assumed a new identity and remarried and was finally apprehended in June 1989 after the story of his murders was broadcast on Americas Most Wanted

His crime and the fact that he remained untraceable for many years served as the primary inspiration for which famous movie villain

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Keyser Soze

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

9 This Indian origin UK businessman briefly made headlines as one of Princess Dianarsquos paramours The consumer electronic goods company he founded has a legacy in India as it was one of the first brands to bring out a particular product in the country The company is named after his younger sister who lives in India and has had her own share of scandals and run-ins with the law over the years Name the company and the person it was named after

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Binatone Bina Ramani

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

10 In the 19th Century during the battle of Sevastopol a French soldier (also known as a ldquoXrdquo) had his pipe broken by a bullet He had the brilliant idea of rolling a piece of paper torn from a bag of gunpowder instead

In 1894 the Braunstein Brothers perfected the process of interleaving papers in a ___ ___ manner and introduced their product under the name ___ -___

For over 100 years the image of the X has been part of all ___-___ products as a tribute to that creative soldier

Sourced from the brandrsquos website Brand X

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

__X____ was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962 The name was also adopted during the 19th century by volunteer units in other armies like volunteer regiments in the American Civil War or Brazilian Free Black volunteers in Paraguayan War The chief distinguishing characteristics of such units were the __X____ uniform which included short open-fronted jackets baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

11 Contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot named after the weapon bearing the same name or the horse but for the player and the team hersquos most often associated with a fact reflected in the colours used on the packaging as well The NFL team however were named after the weapon

What the fuck am I talking about

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

12 Whatrsquos going on here

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

13 The sports first league was established in 1950 by the Belgians and in 1976 the European Union was formed Although how they call it a lsquounionrsquo is a mystery considering that in different countries the ldquoplaying fieldsrdquo were of different dimensions the ldquoplayersrdquo didnrsquot all look or dress alike none of the handles were the same design and even the balls were made of different compositions The game still doesnrsquot even have a single set of rules ndash or one name ldquoYoursquove got langirt in Turkey jouer au baby-foot in France csocso in Hungary cadureguel-schulchan in Israelrdquo etc Whatrsquos the most popular name of this game

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Foosball

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

14 During World War II the British secret service hatched a master plan to smuggle escape gear to captured Allied soldiers inside Germany Fearing that the usual paper maps might draw the attention of German troops they turned to silk Not only would silk maps hold up in all kinds of weather but theyrsquod also come with the benefit of being whisper quietTo produce these silent maps the Brits turned to John Waddington Ltd a company that had recently perfected the process of printing on silk

But they couldnrsquot figure out how to get them to the prisoners They then turned again to John Waddington for help He was the licensed manufacturer of X outside the United States X was seen as a perfect way to conceal rather conspicuously small pieces such as a metal file a magnetic compass a regional silk escape map complete with marked safe-houses along the waymdashall neatly concealed in the package that made up the components of X Soon they began realizing other potentials of X They also began using X to supply money to the prisoners to help them after their escape

X

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Monopoly

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

15 What music group initially called itself ldquoThe Other Gangrdquo as a simultaneous homage to both a legendary British music group as well as a famous American rebel film Eventually they settled on the actual name of the first gang

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The other gang in the film are the Beetles

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One must be fairly obvious

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

17 This vegetablemelon is fuzzy when young and has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten By maturity the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating This coating apart from providing a long shelf life is also the reason behind almost all of its common names (and there are many) One such name is also how its known in Kannada when translated What vegetable

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melons etc

Boodi-Kumbla ndash Kannada name

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

18 If the wife took her pseudonym after the personalities seen here who did the husband choose for his pseudonym

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Frank Capra

The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (Greta Garbo and Taro in pic)

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

19 __ ___ ________ ________ is a legal term of art referring to the indeterminate length of service of certain appointed officials or the indeterminate sentences of some prisoners Itrsquos use if at all is restricted to a only group of countries

A judge may rule that a person be detained at ___ ________ ________ for serious offences or based on a successful insanity defence This is sometimes used where there is a great risk of re-offending however it is most often used for juvenile offenders

TLDR version ndash Term of US President 4 years Indian PM 5 Years Australian PM

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

At her majestyrsquos pleasure

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

20 Scientists have recently discovered 85 new species of rare jewel-like clown beetles known for their brilliant colouring and bizarrely flattened body forms The new species in the genus X

The lead author of the study team responsible for the discovery Michael Caterino had this to say about the species - Although the genus X was originally named in honour of [hellip]the Elizabethan philosopher the experimental artist would also be a fitting namesake for these fantastic beetlesldquo

Name either

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Francis Bacon

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

21 Award winning wildlife photographers Made headlines in late 90s for a totally different reason Who Why were they in news

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Krupakar and SenaniAbducted by Veerappan

Incident largely forgotten after Rajkumar episode

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

22 X is a comic book character created by Bill Parker and C C Beck for Fawcett Comics He is an ancient wizard (Whiz Comics 2 gives his age as 3000 years) who gives young Billy Batson the power to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel Because DC Comics has billed Captain Marvels adventures under the name X since 1973 the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentors name Because of this in 2012 DC officially changed Captain Marvels name to X Who is X

His name has acquired popularity in a different context today ldquoApplicationrdquo is in the field of music

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Shazaam

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

23 What 1934 event does Greyhound credit on their official website for spurring interest in bus travel across US and thus helping their business

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

It Happened one night

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

24 Born in Cuttack Orissa X is BTech from the College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar She did her MBA from SCMHRD Pune and later worked as the brand manager in Maricohandling brands like Parachute amp Mediker amongst others But we know her today for her exploits elsewhere Who

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Sona Mohapatra

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this single

Audio God is Dead by Black Sabbath

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Friedrich Nietzsche

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

October Open 2013

FinalKQA

Kaustuba

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

FuQ

bull Writtenbull Teams that get the answer right to the opener

are eligible for follow up questionbull There maybe one or two follow up questions

to each openerbull If no team gets the openener right the follow

up would be open to all

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Oye naacho bc

1 a Helicopter stabilizers and wings of certain aircraft where high lift is essential (such as banner-towing airplanes) feature a small fixed flap attached in order to assist in take-offs Although they are widely used today in flying machines (Douglas Aircraft was the first to use it on a plane) their original use was in another field where itrsquos used to the opposite effect Where was it first used (its still very much in use in the said field)

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Automobile racing

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

1 b) The flap is named after its inventor a champion driver of his times who later went on to manage his own racing team He is credited with many firsts when it comes to exploits on the track He is the first driver to win races in Sports Cars (1958) Formula One (1962) NASCAR (1963) and Indy Car (1967) (the only other two being Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya) Arguably his most lasting legacy is the invention of the flap But two other practices he gave birth to have become commonplace in motorsport While one of them is a just a tradition the other one today is one of the bare minimum safety necessities in racing Give me both

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Dan Gurney ndash Spraying champagne after his victory at Le Mans in 1967

First racer to use a full face helmet

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

1 c) Gurney was able to use his invention the flap in racing for several years before its true purpose became known To conceal his true intent he deceived inquisitive competitors by lying to them about itrsquos actual use He told them its use was for a non-racing purpose As a result many copied the design albeit incorrectly which actually hurt their performance What non-racing purpose did he say was the flap fitted to serve

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Better grip while pushing the car

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

2a) Sid Monga of ESPNCricinfo named this song the greatest cricket song ever written The song captures the atmosphere of a village cricket match and is an elegy to the game as played during the singerrsquos youth It also pays homage to two of the singerrsquos heroes ndash Geoff Boycott and John Snow ndash in its lyrics

Name the song which is often playedremembered at the time of a cricketerrsquos retirement

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

When an old cricketer leaves the crease

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

2 b) Roy Harperrsquos other claim to fame is that he sang lead vocals on one of only two songs by a famous British band to feature guest lead vocals on He is apparently miffed that his desired fee of a Seasonrsquos ticket to Lordrsquos for life has never been honoured by the band

Name the British band What song did he ldquoguest lead vocalrdquo on

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

2c) Who does Roy Harper have for company in this photograph who has also named a song after the former

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

3 a) ldquoA Class Dividedrdquo is a sequel to the more famous documentary named ldquoThe Eye of the Stormrdquo released some years before it The sequel chronicles the lives of the group of people shown in the picture and the way the lady has influenced them What does the original documentary talk about

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Brown Eye Blue eye experiment

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

3 b) What work of literature gave Jane Elliott the idea of segregating the class based on the colour of the eye

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Leon Uriss Mila 18 about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising One of the ways the Nazis decided who went to the gas chamber according to the novel was eye color

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

4 a) Dwight D Eisenhower faced something of a dilemma in 1953 He was inclined to augment countryrsquos defence in the face of the perceived threat from the Soviets But being a Republican President he had to toe the partyrsquos line of cutting state spending

The solution that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with was to radically reduce the numbers of servicemen and replace them with the comparatively inexpensive atomic bombs Although it was officially known as the ldquoNew Look Policyrdquo what phrase whose coinage is credited by most sources to then US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was used to describe this approach that has now become a common clicheacute (as opposed to its use being more literal initially)

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

4 b) More bang for the buck was actually adapted from an earlier phrase which was invented as an advertising slogan to market Pepsi in the US in 1950 What phrase

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

5 a) The picturisation of what Bollywood filmrsquos title song leans heavily on this MIA number wrt its overall theme as well as certain aspects of its choreography ndash ldquoAn open desert shiny gold metal flowy robes a generous sprinkle on middle eastern folk dressed in their traditional attire death-defying stunts involving carsrdquo (Some say even the tune has a similar ring to it Oh well) ndash source India Today

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Boss

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

5 b) Elsewhere in the video you would see MIA riding in a see through glow-in-the-dark car The inspiration for this was a video MIA had seen of a idol of hers where a similar prop was used What song

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Differential Scoring

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Who or what is the subject of this song

Audio Boom Like That

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

In 1992 consultants from Teradata were hired by Osco group of supermarket chains in the US to look at point of sales data from their stores Teradata helped them create a new merchandising strategy to help improve business

Although this sufficiently served the purpose they were hired for Terada also had another minor insight based on which they suggested that it was possible to redesign the store based on consumer preferences at the center of all decisions ndash they noticed a strong correlation in buying patterns and hence wanted the store redesigned accordingly Though Osco thought there might be an opportunity here they wisely chose to ignore the advice as they were not convinced enough by the finding

What was this minor finding that over the years has seen many iterations of misattributions and misrepresentations

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Beer and Diaper myth

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Players of Napoli when playing at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples are often seen warming up to the beats of the song lsquoLive is Lifersquo by the band Opus before the games What is the reasonhistory behind this tradition

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Answer

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=9ZXelXpHYWs

Hungary one of the worst hit countries in the wake of the Western European debt crisis was in a dire financial situation in 2012 It had been unable to seek funding from private investors its negotiations with the IMF had not yielded much success and potential donors China and Saudi Arabia too denied it loans

But late in August 2012 it had emerged through a report in Hungarian business weekly Figyelo that Azerbaijan might invest 2-3 billion euros of its oil export revenues in a special Hungarian bond issue This was supposed to have been a hush-hush affair done behind closed doors The news gained further momentum when Reuters too wrote about a possible quid pro quo deal between Hungary and Azerbaijan brokered through Turkey What according to these reports was Azerbaijan getting in return for the loan Or what major headlining event occurred a week after the report of the alleged secret deal surfaced

Answer

Ramil Safarov Azeri Axe-murderer accused of killing an Armenian Army Lieutenant with an axe during a NATO-sponsored training seminar in Budapest Hersquos now been promoted to the rank of a Major in his home country

At the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix during the red flag which followed the fatal crash of Ayrton Senna one driver mistakenly drove out of the pits and onto the circuit only narrowly avoiding a collision with rescue workers and vehicles including an aid helicopter which had landed at the scene Who was this driver

Later when the race was restarted he was the only driver not to participate in it (apart from Senna that is) It was not so much because of the incident mentioned as the Stewarts ruled it as an honest mistake What then was the reason he retired from the race

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=-xFifqmSQiU

Answer

Ramil Safarov Azeri Axe-murderer accused of killing an Armenian Army Lieutenant with an axe during a NATO-sponsored training seminar in Budapest Hersquos now been promoted to the rank of a Major in his home country

At the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix during the red flag which followed the fatal crash of Ayrton Senna one driver mistakenly drove out of the pits and onto the circuit only narrowly avoiding a collision with rescue workers and vehicles including an aid helicopter which had landed at the scene Who was this driver

Later when the race was restarted he was the only driver not to participate in it (apart from Senna that is) It was not so much because of the incident mentioned as the Stewarts ruled it as an honest mistake What then was the reason he retired from the race

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=-xFifqmSQiU

Ramil Safarov Azeri Axe-murderer accused of killing an Armenian Army Lieutenant with an axe during a NATO-sponsored training seminar in Budapest Hersquos now been promoted to the rank of a Major in his home country

At the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix during the red flag which followed the fatal crash of Ayrton Senna one driver mistakenly drove out of the pits and onto the circuit only narrowly avoiding a collision with rescue workers and vehicles including an aid helicopter which had landed at the scene Who was this driver

Later when the race was restarted he was the only driver not to participate in it (apart from Senna that is) It was not so much because of the incident mentioned as the Stewarts ruled it as an honest mistake What then was the reason he retired from the race

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=-xFifqmSQiU

At the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix during the red flag which followed the fatal crash of Ayrton Senna one driver mistakenly drove out of the pits and onto the circuit only narrowly avoiding a collision with rescue workers and vehicles including an aid helicopter which had landed at the scene Who was this driver

Later when the race was restarted he was the only driver not to participate in it (apart from Senna that is) It was not so much because of the incident mentioned as the Stewarts ruled it as an honest mistake What then was the reason he retired from the race

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=-xFifqmSQiU

Answer

Erik Comas 1992 at Spa in a reversal of roles Senna arrived

first at the scene of Comasrsquo crash Senna then stopped his car and helped Comas from a fatal

engine blow up by turning off the ignition

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=1s-2pfRHg_Q

Erik Comas 1992 at Spa in a reversal of roles Senna arrived

first at the scene of Comasrsquo crash Senna then stopped his car and helped Comas from a fatal

engine blow up by turning off the ignition

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=1s-2pfRHg_Q

This director is known for the many casting coups he has pulled off throughout his career Many of his films were big budget ensemble cast affairs

One such casting coup he attempted in the late 80s was for a film titled ldquoZameenrdquo He brought together two of the top stars of that era (one fairly well established while the other well on the way to stardom) for the film that also had Rajnikanth and Vinod Khanna as the other leads

Though the movie got shelved the director maintained that contrary to popular belief it wasnrsquot because the two stars were difficult to get to work together He said that if anyone it was Vinod Khanna who threw his weight around and caused problems during filming Who is the director Who are the two stars who were to never share screen space in a movie ever again

Answer

Ramesh Sippy Madhuri Dixit Sridevi

This play was first introduced in American Football by San Francisco wide receiver RC Owens in 1957

In the final seconds of a game against the Detroit Lions Quarterback YA Tittle heaved a pass toward the end zone with Owens making a leaping catch despite having a pair of defenders covering him tightly Thus the play won the game for San Francisco and went on to receive mainstream cred It was coined however by Tittle who named it after a French catchphrase ldquoallez hoprdquo meaning ldquolets gordquo used by circus acrobats before leaping in the air

Although the phrase has been used as the name of a syndicated comic strip as well as a Billboard No1 Hit by Hollywood Argyles we are probably more familiar with it due to its cross-over to another sport (to describe a similar play) Name the phraseplay

Answer

Alley oop

Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29 in 1915 cutting it in two after a short chase She thus became the only battleship ever to sink a submarineIncidentally a congratulatory telegram she received after the sinking read ldquo_____ _____rdquo alluding to the shiprsquos other claim to fame ndash an incident that involved the repeated exclamation of the said phrase Name the ship

(On an unrelated note the phrase itself has assumed a more risqueacute meaning in recent times)

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Answer

Ramesh Sippy Madhuri Dixit Sridevi

This play was first introduced in American Football by San Francisco wide receiver RC Owens in 1957

In the final seconds of a game against the Detroit Lions Quarterback YA Tittle heaved a pass toward the end zone with Owens making a leaping catch despite having a pair of defenders covering him tightly Thus the play won the game for San Francisco and went on to receive mainstream cred It was coined however by Tittle who named it after a French catchphrase ldquoallez hoprdquo meaning ldquolets gordquo used by circus acrobats before leaping in the air

Although the phrase has been used as the name of a syndicated comic strip as well as a Billboard No1 Hit by Hollywood Argyles we are probably more familiar with it due to its cross-over to another sport (to describe a similar play) Name the phraseplay

Answer

Alley oop

Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29 in 1915 cutting it in two after a short chase She thus became the only battleship ever to sink a submarineIncidentally a congratulatory telegram she received after the sinking read ldquo_____ _____rdquo alluding to the shiprsquos other claim to fame ndash an incident that involved the repeated exclamation of the said phrase Name the ship

(On an unrelated note the phrase itself has assumed a more risqueacute meaning in recent times)

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Ramesh Sippy Madhuri Dixit Sridevi

This play was first introduced in American Football by San Francisco wide receiver RC Owens in 1957

In the final seconds of a game against the Detroit Lions Quarterback YA Tittle heaved a pass toward the end zone with Owens making a leaping catch despite having a pair of defenders covering him tightly Thus the play won the game for San Francisco and went on to receive mainstream cred It was coined however by Tittle who named it after a French catchphrase ldquoallez hoprdquo meaning ldquolets gordquo used by circus acrobats before leaping in the air

Although the phrase has been used as the name of a syndicated comic strip as well as a Billboard No1 Hit by Hollywood Argyles we are probably more familiar with it due to its cross-over to another sport (to describe a similar play) Name the phraseplay

Answer

Alley oop

Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29 in 1915 cutting it in two after a short chase She thus became the only battleship ever to sink a submarineIncidentally a congratulatory telegram she received after the sinking read ldquo_____ _____rdquo alluding to the shiprsquos other claim to fame ndash an incident that involved the repeated exclamation of the said phrase Name the ship

(On an unrelated note the phrase itself has assumed a more risqueacute meaning in recent times)

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

This play was first introduced in American Football by San Francisco wide receiver RC Owens in 1957

In the final seconds of a game against the Detroit Lions Quarterback YA Tittle heaved a pass toward the end zone with Owens making a leaping catch despite having a pair of defenders covering him tightly Thus the play won the game for San Francisco and went on to receive mainstream cred It was coined however by Tittle who named it after a French catchphrase ldquoallez hoprdquo meaning ldquolets gordquo used by circus acrobats before leaping in the air

Although the phrase has been used as the name of a syndicated comic strip as well as a Billboard No1 Hit by Hollywood Argyles we are probably more familiar with it due to its cross-over to another sport (to describe a similar play) Name the phraseplay

Answer

Alley oop

Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29 in 1915 cutting it in two after a short chase She thus became the only battleship ever to sink a submarineIncidentally a congratulatory telegram she received after the sinking read ldquo_____ _____rdquo alluding to the shiprsquos other claim to fame ndash an incident that involved the repeated exclamation of the said phrase Name the ship

(On an unrelated note the phrase itself has assumed a more risqueacute meaning in recent times)

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Answer

Alley oop

Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29 in 1915 cutting it in two after a short chase She thus became the only battleship ever to sink a submarineIncidentally a congratulatory telegram she received after the sinking read ldquo_____ _____rdquo alluding to the shiprsquos other claim to fame ndash an incident that involved the repeated exclamation of the said phrase Name the ship

(On an unrelated note the phrase itself has assumed a more risqueacute meaning in recent times)

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Alley oop

Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29 in 1915 cutting it in two after a short chase She thus became the only battleship ever to sink a submarineIncidentally a congratulatory telegram she received after the sinking read ldquo_____ _____rdquo alluding to the shiprsquos other claim to fame ndash an incident that involved the repeated exclamation of the said phrase Name the ship

(On an unrelated note the phrase itself has assumed a more risqueacute meaning in recent times)

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Ironically for a vessel designed to engage enemy battleships her only significant action was the ramming and sinking of German submarine SM U-29 in 1915 cutting it in two after a short chase She thus became the only battleship ever to sink a submarineIncidentally a congratulatory telegram she received after the sinking read ldquo_____ _____rdquo alluding to the shiprsquos other claim to fame ndash an incident that involved the repeated exclamation of the said phrase Name the ship

(On an unrelated note the phrase itself has assumed a more risqueacute meaning in recent times)

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Answer

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

HMS Dreadnought

Bunga Bunga

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller about a paralyzed wheel-chair bound police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover It is written by William H Macy who also has a small role in the film and stars Kim Cattrall as the cheating wife and Edward Kerr as her lover The film was a small budget HBO special and is largely forgotten but for a life-imitating-art type incident that happened two days after its release What happened

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Answer

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met with an accident that paralyzed him for

life

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Anil Kapoor said in some interview that he found it extremely difficult to learn to dance until Dance master Kamal taught him a few easy steps from the famous X dance (X is a person) It consisted of halt and move steps with hands swaying alternately forward and backward He modeled all of his dancing on this blueprint

Anil Kapoor however wasnrsquot the first to learn from X It was Y who made it mainstream With his build he had always found dancing difficult It was after he watched X dancing in that typical style of his that he decided to dance like him

X and Y

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Answer

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=jHEXI3xHbGA

Theme

The book is a collection of bed-time stories written by Dawn Raffel for children Contrary to what the bookrsquos name and its cover might suggest it has nothing to do with astronomy or science Neither are any stories set in an outside world The reason behind it being named and designed so is that the authorrsquos father would read to her every night when she was a child from a popular science book It was written by a Nobel laureate and was intended to help laymen and kids understand concepts of physics Who was this physicist Or for five points name the book

Answer

Max Born The Restless Universe

After the WW II what was used by the British Military Government in Germany as their main headqaurters from where they carried out their operations It was also famous as the site where the Queenrsquos Birthday celebrations would be held every year well into the

years even after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer

The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

The book is a collection of bed-time stories written by Dawn Raffel for children Contrary to what the bookrsquos name and its cover might suggest it has nothing to do with astronomy or science Neither are any stories set in an outside world The reason behind it being named and designed so is that the authorrsquos father would read to her every night when she was a child from a popular science book It was written by a Nobel laureate and was intended to help laymen and kids understand concepts of physics Who was this physicist Or for five points name the book

Answer

Max Born The Restless Universe

After the WW II what was used by the British Military Government in Germany as their main headqaurters from where they carried out their operations It was also famous as the site where the Queenrsquos Birthday celebrations would be held every year well into the

years even after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer

The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Answer

Max Born The Restless Universe

After the WW II what was used by the British Military Government in Germany as their main headqaurters from where they carried out their operations It was also famous as the site where the Queenrsquos Birthday celebrations would be held every year well into the

years even after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer

The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Max Born The Restless Universe

After the WW II what was used by the British Military Government in Germany as their main headqaurters from where they carried out their operations It was also famous as the site where the Queenrsquos Birthday celebrations would be held every year well into the

years even after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer

The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

After the WW II what was used by the British Military Government in Germany as their main headqaurters from where they carried out their operations It was also famous as the site where the Queenrsquos Birthday celebrations would be held every year well into the

years even after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer

The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Answer

The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

To serve what specific purpose did the following Indian towns and localities come into existencebull Faridabad Haryanabull Gandhidham Gujaratbull Rajpura ndash Patiala Punjabbull Lajpat Nagar Delhibull Karol Bagh Delhibull New Friends Colony Delhi

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Answer

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Resettlement for Partition Refugees

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from ______________ literally meaning ldquoLord

of the Three Worlds (Shiva)rdquo

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Answer

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

What Bangalore landmark during cleaner times

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Answer

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Kalasipalyam Bus Stand

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

The vegetarian restaurant inside the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus was originally built (in the early 1940rsquos) as a hydrogen plant They filled hydrogen cylinders ready to be transported to the Hindustan Aircraft factory at a momentrsquos notice Who at that time were in occupation of HAL

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Answer

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airplanes headed to South East Asia

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Final Theme

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

Otto Koenigsbergerbull German Architectbull Nephew of Max Born Drew illustrations for some of his works including The

Restless Universebull Originally designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin but after the rise of the

Nazis his plan was scrapped as he was a Jewbull Fled Germany (along with his uncle) and after travelling through many

countries reached India and was appointed as chief architect in Mysore Statebull Designed many buildings in Mysore and Bangalore - Jawahar Bal Bhavan

Serum Institute Krishna Rao ParkPavilion Mysore Akashvani Many portions of the IISc (including the wind tunnel)

bull after the independence of India in 1948 appointed as federal director of housing

bull In that position he was responsible for providing housing solutions for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled Pakistan following partition ndash planned Faridabad Gandhidham etc

bull Bhubaneswar was designed by himbull He also supervised the buildingplanning of Chandigarh ndash recommended all

the chief architects ndash Jane Drew Maxwell Fry and Le Corbusier

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=huV3p5noSic

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=wiqido1KSJg

List it

From left to right George Nelson Edward Wormley Eero Saarinen Harry Bertoia Charles Eames and Jens Risom

• October Open - 2013
• Slide 2
• Slide 3
• Slide 4
• Master and Margarita
• Slide 6
• In the long run wersquore all dead
• Slide 8
• That Was the Week That Was
• Slide 10
• Neerja Bhanot
• Slide 12
• Leotard
• Slide 14
• Harold Laski
• Slide 16
• Slide 17
• Slide 18
• Keyser Soze
• Slide 20
• Slide 21
• Slide 22
• Binatone Bina Ramani
• Slide 24
• Slide 25
• Slide 26
• Slide 27
• Slide 28
• Slide 29
• 12 Whatrsquos going on here
• Slide 31
• Slide 32
• Foosball
• Slide 34
• Monopoly
• Slide 36
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• 16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One
• Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali
• Slide 40
• Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melon
• Slide 42
• Frank Capra The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (G
• Slide 44
• At her majestyrsquos pleasure
• Slide 46
• Slide 47
• Francis Bacon
• Slide 49
• Krupakar and Senani Abducted by Veerappan Incident largely f
• Slide 51
• Shazaam
• Slide 53
• It Happened one night
• Slide 55
• Sona Mohapatra
• 25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this singl
• Friedrich Nietzsche
• October Open 2013
• FuQ
• Slide 61
• Answer
• Automobile racing
• Slide 64
• Slide 65
• Answer (2)
• Slide 67
• Slide 68
• Answer (3)
• Better grip while pushing the car
• Slide 71
• Answer (4)
• When an old cricketer leaves the crease
• Slide 74
• Slide 75
• Slide 76
• Answer (5)
• Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)
• Slide 79
• Answer (6)
• Brown Eye Blue eye experiment
• Slide 82
• Answer (7)
• Slide 84
• Slide 85
• Answer (8)
• Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck
• Slide 88
• Answer (9)
• Slide 90
• Slide 91
• Slide 92
• Answer (10)
• Boss
• Slide 95
• Answer (11)
• Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi
• Differential Scoring
• Who or what is the subject of this song Audio Boom Like Tha
• Answer (12)
• Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)
• Slide 102
• Answer (13)
• Beer and Diaper myth
• Slide 105
• Answer (14)
• Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song httpww
• Slide 108
• Answer (15)
• Ramil Safarov Azeri Axe-murderer accused of killing an Armeni
• Slide 111
• Answer (16)
• Erik Comas 1992 at Spa in a reversal of roles Senna arrived
• Slide 114
• Answer (17)
• Ramesh Sippy Madhuri Dixit Sridevi
• Slide 117
• Answer (18)
• Alley oop
• Slide 120
• Answer (19)
• HMS Dreadnought
• Slide 123
• Answer (20)
• Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met w
• Slide 126
• Answer (21)
• Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan
• Theme
• Slide 130
• Answer (22)
• Max Born The Restless Universe
• After the WW II what was used by the British Military Governmen
• Answer (23)
• The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)
• Slide 136
• Answer (24)
• Resettlement for Partition Refugees
• As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from
• Answer (25)
• Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar
• Slide 142
• Slide 143
• Answer (26)
• Kalasipalyam Bus Stand
• Slide 146
• Answer (27)
• United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airpla
• Final Theme
• Otto Koenigsberger
• Slide 151
• His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book httpwwwyoutubecomwa
• List it
• Slide 154
• From left to right George Nelson Edward Wormley Eero Saarine

From left to right George Nelson Edward Wormley Eero Saarinen Harry Bertoia Charles Eames and Jens Risom

• October Open - 2013
• Slide 2
• Slide 3
• Slide 4
• Master and Margarita
• Slide 6
• In the long run wersquore all dead
• Slide 8
• That Was the Week That Was
• Slide 10
• Neerja Bhanot
• Slide 12
• Leotard
• Slide 14
• Harold Laski
• Slide 16
• Slide 17
• Slide 18
• Keyser Soze
• Slide 20
• Slide 21
• Slide 22
• Binatone Bina Ramani
• Slide 24
• Slide 25
• Slide 26
• Slide 27
• Slide 28
• Slide 29
• 12 Whatrsquos going on here
• Slide 31
• Slide 32
• Foosball
• Slide 34
• Monopoly
• Slide 36
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• 16Name the two collaborators behind the following designs One
• Elsa Schiaperelli Salvador Dali
• Slide 40
• Ash gourd white gourd winter melon wax gourd honeydew melon
• Slide 42
• Frank Capra The couple being ndash Robert Kappa and Gerda Taro (G
• Slide 44
• At her majestyrsquos pleasure
• Slide 46
• Slide 47
• Francis Bacon
• Slide 49
• Krupakar and Senani Abducted by Veerappan Incident largely f
• Slide 51
• Shazaam
• Slide 53
• It Happened one night
• Slide 55
• Sona Mohapatra
• 25 Whose image features in the artwork accompanying this singl
• Friedrich Nietzsche
• October Open 2013
• FuQ
• Slide 61
• Answer
• Automobile racing
• Slide 64
• Slide 65
• Answer (2)
• Slide 67
• Slide 68
• Answer (3)
• Better grip while pushing the car
• Slide 71
• Answer (4)
• When an old cricketer leaves the crease
• Slide 74
• Slide 75
• Slide 76
• Answer (5)
• Robert Plant ndash (Hats off to (Roy) Harper)
• Slide 79
• Answer (6)
• Brown Eye Blue eye experiment
• Slide 82
• Answer (7)
• Slide 84
• Slide 85
• Answer (8)
• Bigger (More) Bang for the Buck
• Slide 88
• Answer (9)
• Slide 90
• Slide 91
• Slide 92
• Answer (10)
• Boss
• Slide 95
• Answer (11)
• Transparent Bus in Urvasi Uravasi
• Differential Scoring
• Who or what is the subject of this song Audio Boom Like Tha
• Answer (12)
• Ray Kroc (McDonaldrsquos will also do)
• Slide 102
• Answer (13)
• Beer and Diaper myth
• Slide 105
• Answer (14)
• Maradonarsquos famous keepy-uppy to the beats of the song httpww
• Slide 108
• Answer (15)
• Ramil Safarov Azeri Axe-murderer accused of killing an Armeni
• Slide 111
• Answer (16)
• Erik Comas 1992 at Spa in a reversal of roles Senna arrived
• Slide 114
• Answer (17)
• Ramesh Sippy Madhuri Dixit Sridevi
• Slide 117
• Answer (18)
• Alley oop
• Slide 120
• Answer (19)
• HMS Dreadnought
• Slide 123
• Answer (20)
• Christopher Reeve who played the wheelchair bound husband met w
• Slide 126
• Answer (21)
• Bhagwan Dada Amitabh Bachchan
• Theme
• Slide 130
• Answer (22)
• Max Born The Restless Universe
• After the WW II what was used by the British Military Governmen
• Answer (23)
• The Reichssportfeld (or Berlin Olympics Stadium)
• Slide 136
• Answer (24)
• Resettlement for Partition Refugees
• As per legend what Indian cityrsquos current name is derived from
• Answer (25)
• Bhubaneswar from Tribhuvaneshwar
• Slide 142
• Slide 143
• Answer (26)
• Kalasipalyam Bus Stand
• Slide 146
• Answer (27)
• United States Army Air Force to service its World War II airpla
• Final Theme
• Otto Koenigsberger
• Slide 151
• His illustration for Max Bornrsquos book httpwwwyoutubecomwa
• List it
• Slide 154
• From left to right George Nelson Edward Wormley Eero Saarine