FINALS ROUND 2

1. Who hosted the time travellers party?

Dr. Stephen Hawking

The village near Parappanangadi in Kerala used to be called Tipu Sultan Beach after the Mysore king Tipu Sultan. Since the Gulf War of 1991, the villagers have decided to rename the village to its present name claiming to be inspired by X and his fight against policies of the United States.

During the course of the 2003 gulf war, the village witnessed many anti-American and anti-British demonstrations. Goods made in these countries were generally boycotted and even thrown into the sea.

On December 30, 2006, angry supporters of X gathered at the beach, and shouted slogans denouncing US President George W. Bush.

2. What is the name of the village?

Saddam Hossein Beach

Ravichandran Ashwin calls his variation the 'sodukku ball'. In the Tamil language, sodukku means "snapping of fingers". This is reflected in the way the ball is delivered, by a "snap" of the middle finger and the thumb. Ashwin says that he first learned to bowl this type of delivery playing street cricket in Chennai, while using a tennis ball, and later in his childhood he perfected the delivery with a real cricket ball.

3. What is the other name for this kind of delivery?

The carrom ball

X, was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting.

During his lifetime, he enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety; he was a major artist of his generation.

In 2004, One: Number 31 was ranked the eighth-most influential piece of modern art in a poll of 500 artists, curators, critics, and dealers.(pic follows)

4. Id the famous painter.

Jackson Pollock

On March 14, 1951, friends and colleagues were celebrating his birthday. As the event came towards its conclusion, Dr. Frank Aydelotte- former head of the Institute for Advanced Study and his wife offered X a ride. Just as he got into the car, a throng of photographers surrounded it.

But the luck was on the side of a UPI photographer Arthur Sasse, who after persistent trials of persuading him to smile for the camera, finally got a reaction. An exasperated scientist who had already faked a smile several times before at the party did something different this time. He stuck his tongue out, Sasse captured the shot, others missed it, and the photograph became one of the most famous of all time.

5. Who or what are we talking about?

Albert Einstein tongue pic!

The __________ is a friendly football match that has taken place every year since 2003 to raise funds to support specific development projects selected by the United Nations Development Programme.

The UNDP organized the game with the help of UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo, is supported by both FIFA and UEFA, and raises awareness and mobilizes public opinion for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were created in 2000.

Since 2003, 12 ___________ have raised nearly US$ 4 million with the 12th one taking place in Saint-Etienne, France on Monday 20 April 2015, where Ronaldo and Zidane teamed up with other football stars against past and present players of French Ligue 1 side AS Saint-Étienne. 

6. What is the name given to these matches?

Match Against Poverty

In the 17th century, the Chinese mixed a concoction of pickled fish and spices and called it kôe-chiap meaning the brine of pickled fish or shellfish.

One prominent theory is that the word came to English from the Cantonese "keh jup“.

It may also have entered the English language from the Malay word kicap meaning fish sauce.

The word also exists in Spanish and Portuguese forms as escabeche, "a sauce for pickling“ and later anglicized to caveach which ultimately becamce _______.

7. What is the good word?

Ketchup!

8. Connect.

Bombay Mango; Bombay Duck; Bombay Cat.

Until 1914, this region of India was under the control of Tibet. However, under the Simla Agreement of 1913-14, the area came under the control of the British Raj. Tibet gave up several hundred square miles of its territory, including the whole of the X region and the monastery, to the British. 

This disputed territory was the bone of contention for the 1962 India China war, when China invaded India on 20 October 1962 from the northeastern border, forcing the Indian army to retreat. They occupied X, including the monastery, for six months, but did not desecrate it. China claimed that X belonged to Tibet.

Before this war, in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama had fled from Tibet, and after an arduous journey, crossed into India on 30 March 1959, and had reached X and taken shelter in the monastery for a few days before moving to Tezpur.

9. Which area?

Tawang

Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

 It is an episodic adventure story in which Xuanzang sets out to bring back the various Buddhist scriptures from Leiyin Temple on Vulture Peak in India, but encounters various evils along the way. He battles many demons along with his friends to finally obtain the sutras.

The main character, his friends and circumstances was basically the inspiration for a manga wherein the characters are in search of something else.

10. Which famous Manga?

Dragon Ball Z

William Boyd _______ was creating names for the characters in his comic strip, he decided upon X (after the Protestant reformer John X) and Y (after the social philosopher Thomas Y), allegedly as a "tip of the hat" to the political science department at Kenyon.

He later stated that X is named for "a 16th-century theologian who believed in predestination," and Y for "a 17th-century philosopher with a dim view of human nature."

11.Id X and Y as a single entity.

Calvin and Hobbes

X found the missionary lifestyle; ostentatious bungalows, socialite gatherings, and the plethora of servants waiting hand and foot too luxurious and not in line with his values and instead decided to stay with an Indian doctor P.J. Chandy and his family. He ended up falling in love with the sister of his host and got married.

Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and his own experiences in the remote Himalayas, he promoted the revival of regional building practices and use of local materials; and combined this with a design philosophy that emphasized a responsible and prudent use of resources and energy.

12. Name this architect.

Laurie Baker

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