Infinite Pounce Rules : +10 for direct +10 / -5 for pounce No
negatives One attempt allowed if youre pouncing. Pounce window : 10
seconds.
Question 1 At around 11 am, on the morning of February 25th
2013, a chai shop owner in Manimajra, Chandigarh, started
distributing free chai and samosa to everyone. Why ?
Answer That area in Chandigarh had been converted to th
Abottabad bazaar in the movie Zero Dark Thirty. As a result,
various stall owners had made huge profits. The celebration was a
result of ZDT winning an oscar.
Question 2 Dr. K. A. Hamied was a nationalist and
anti-imperialist Indian Scientist, who graduated from Allahabad
University and held M.A. and PhD degrees from the Humboldt
University of Berlin. He was a disciple of Gandhi and strongly
believed that India needed to become self-sufficient in supplying
medicine to its people. His family raised money to send him to
study chemistry in England in 1924. Instead, he changed ships and
went to Germany, then the world's leader in chemicals. On a Berlin
lake, he met a Lithuanian Jewish socialist, whom he married. They
fled as the Nazis rose to power in Germany, came back to Mumbai and
founded _____, which is Indias largest pharmaceutical company
today. FITB.
Answer
Question 3 City square List of largest city squares in the
world. Id X and Y. City Country Area Xinghai Square Dalian China
1,100,000 m approx. Merdeka Square Jakarta Indonesia Dimensions
1,000,000 m approx. Praa dos Girassis (Square of Palmas, Toc Brazil
antins the Sunflowers ) 570,000 m approx. approx. 833802 m by
718643 m X ------------- ------------- 440,000 m 880 m by 500 m
Macroplaza Monterrey Mexico 400,000 m Y ------------ ------------
306,600 m approx. 625m diameter
Answer City square City Country Area Dimensions Xinghai Square
Dalian China 1,100,000 m approx. Merdeka Square Jakarta Indonesia
1,000,000 m approx. Praa dos Girassis (Square of the Sunflowers)
Palmas, Tocanti Brazil ns 570,000 m approx. approx. 833 802 m by
718 643 m X = Tiananmen Square Beijing China 440,000 m 880 m by 500
m Macroplaza Monterrey Mexico 400,000 m Y = India Gate Complex New
Delhi India 306,600 m approx. 625m diameter Notes
Question 4 Droste B.V. is a Dutch chocolate manufacturer which
is famous for something called the Droste Effect, which started
thus : In 1904, an image of a woman in nurse clothes, holding a
serving tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box, appeared on
Droste products. The image became a household notion and was
maintained for decades with slight variations. What is the Droste
effect ?
Answer An object inside an object inside an object and so
on.
Question 5 X is a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in
1818 in London. It is probably Shelley's most famous short poem.
The poem is supposedly inspired by a colossal statue of Egyptian
pharaoh Ramesses II, so much so that it paraphrases the inscription
on the base of the statue : "King of Kings am I, X. If anyone would
know how great I am and where I lie, let him surpass one of my
works." X is also the name of a fictional character created by Alan
Moore and Dave Gibbons for DC Comics. X is ranked number 29 on
Wizard's Top 200 Comic Book Characters list and number 21 on IGN's
Top 100 Villains list. Who is X ?
Answer Ozymandias
Question 6 _____ was a user and advocate of marijuana. Under
the pseudonym "Mr. X", he contributed an essay about smoking
cannabis to the 1971 book Marijuana Reconsidered. The essay
explained that marijuana use had helped to inspire some of _____'s
works and enhance sensual and intellectual experiences. After
_____'s death, his friend Lester Grinspoon disclosed this
information to _____'s biographer, Keay Davidson. The publishing of
the biography, _____ : A Life, in 1999 brought media attention to
this aspect of _____'s life. Not long after his death, widow Ann
Druyan had gone on to preside over the board of directors of the
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), a
non-profit organization dedicated to reforming cannabis laws.
FITB
Answer Carl Sagan
Question 7 Prem Ganpathy, a class 10 passout from Nagalapuram
in Tamil Nadu came to Mumbai to follow his dream. He was robbed and
left stranded. After doing a couple of low paying jobs, he started
his own business, making and selling _____s from a handcart. The
business grew and he eventually rented a small place and named it
Prem Sagar ____ _____. From here, the business grew by leaps and
bounds and today it is a 30-40 crore company. Id.
Question 8 According to a popular urban legend, When Apollo
Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, just
before he re-entered the lander, he made a very enigmatic remark -
"Good luck Mr. Gorsky., he said. People at NASA thought it was a
casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon
checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American
space programs. At a later point of time, Armstrong once explained
why he had actually said it. What was the reason ?
Answer In 1938, Armstrong lived as a young boy in a midwest
town, where he had Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky as neighbours. Once young
Armstrong heard Mrs Gorsky shouting at Mr Gorsky. "Sex! You want
sex?! You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the
moon!.
Question 9 - Connect
Answer Animal Farm George Orwell, the author of the book. Pink
Floyds album Animals was based on it. Orwell described Animal Farm
as a satirical tale against Stalin
Question 10 _____ _____ is an American science
fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who
accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced
by Hannah-Barbara Productions for Screen Gems, and created and
designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey. It was highly
controversial because it featured much more realistic violence than
other Hannah-Barbara cartoons. Its developer aimed to "go beyond
cartooning and into animated film-making" for the show's
storytelling. It was the first cartoon ever to hint the concept of
virtual gaming. The show was remade twice for TV, once in 1986 and
then again in 1996 (the one we are familiar with).
Answer
Question 11 According to a report by the Times of India, the
French author Jean-Yves Ferri (who is currently writing a new
Asterix and Obelix story) wants to set a new adventure in oldtime
India where he will introduce a new character in the Asterix
universe named ______, inspired by the most famous Indian.
Answer Gandhix
Question 12 X is a progressive rock band that started in London
in 1968. One of the most experimental and diverse bands ever, it
has incorporated varying influences and instrumentation during its
history including everything from jazz and folk music, classical
and experimental music, to psychedelic rock, hard rock and heavy
metal, to New Wave, gamelan, electronica and drum and bass. The
bands lineup has never been constant, and a total of 20 musicians
have at some point or the other been a part of it. Despite
garnering little radio or music video airplay, the band has a huge
following. One of the most famous quotes about X is : "Everything
you've heard about X is true; it is an absolutely terrifying place.
Id X.
Answer
End of Round 1
Minesweeper Round
Word of caution
#1 (+40,-10/ +20,-0) In what has been often described by
cricket pundits and fans as The greatest over in Test history, a 41
year old X faced a fierce Y, in Bridgetown, 1981. The first ball
was a three-quarter-pace loosener which nevertheless rapped Y on
the gloves and dropped just short of the slips. Each succeeding
ball after that was quicker and had more swing than the previous
one. The second beat Y outside the off stump, and the third cut
back and struck him on the inside of his right thigh. The fourth
and fifth both hurried Y, but he just about managed to keep them
out. Just when Y thought he had survived, X bowled the final ball,
the coup de grace at a fearsome pace, it went through him and sent
his off stump cartwheeling almost 20 yards. Who are X and Y ?
Answer X Geoffrey Boycott Y Michael Holding
#2 (+60,-20)/(+40,-10)/(+20,-0) In the season 4 finale of
Family Guy, Brian the dog goes to heaven and meets A, B and C. The
conversation that takes place is this : Brian: (in heaven) Look at
me, hanging out with A, B and C. But it does seem like we all ended
up here earlier then we should have. A: Well, I finally collapsed
under the weight of my own genius, and shot myself. B: I couldn't
reconcile my passion with the way people around me were living, so
I shot myself. C: I couldn't stand the idea of my music becoming
some bland corporate tool, so I shot myself. Brian: Yeah, I... got
into the garbage and ate some chocolate. A is an author, B a
painter and C a rock musician. Id each.
Answer A = Ernest Hemingway B = Vincent Van Gogh C = Kurt
Cobain
#3 (+60,-20)/(+40,-10)/(+20,-0) According to Zs famous poem,
after X had defeated Y, taken him back to his kingdom and blinded
him, X organized an archery contest. Z told X that Y was so skilled
an archer, that he could take aim based only on sound. X disdained
to believe this, and agreed to personally give Y the order to shoot
at some iron plates which would be struck by a hammer. At this
point of time, Z composed a couplet in his native language and sang
it to Y, informing him of the position where X was sitting. Y thus
shot the arrow and killed X. X,Y,Z = ?.
Answer X = Ghori Y = Prithviraj Chauhan Z = Chand Bardai
#4 (+60,-20)/(+40,-10)/(+20,-0) He said that he had a paramount
desire for Y, and although he claimed music was evil he spoke of
someday spending vast amounts of money to go to America and try to
arrange a meeting with the superstar, Boof wrote. He said he wanted
to give Y a mansion that he owned in a suburb of Khartoum. He
explained to me that to possess Y he would be willing to break his
colour rule and make her one of his wives. Of course, Y was already
married, to Z, but X had a plan to take care of that, too he would
simply have Z rubbed out. Ys name was the one that would be mention
constantly. How beautiful she was, what a nice smile she has, how
truly Islamic she is but is just brainwashed by American culture
and by her husband Z, whom X talked about having killed, as if it
were normal to have womens husbands killed, Boof revealed.
Answer X = Osama bin Laden Y = Whitney Houston Z = Bobby
Brown
End of Round 2
Visual + Audio Round +10 for each No negatives Write down your
answers.
Q1
Answer
Q2
Answer Snickers
Q3 A rock like this, made up of a large no of individual rocks,
gives name to a famous business term where the same thing happens
with companies. ID
Answer Conglomerate
Q4 What ?
Answer
Q5 Word cloud for which song ?
Answer
Q6 What is the scientific mistake in the song ?
Answer A light year is a unit of distance, not of time. Song
Diamonds and Rust Artist Joan Baez
End of Round 3
Long Connect
+100, -60
+90,-55
+80, -50
+70, -45
+60, -40
+50, -30
+40,-20
+30,-10
+20, -0
Answer International cricket grounds in India. Brabourne,
Mumbai Chinaswamy, Bangalore Madhavrao Scindia, Rajkot Gwalior
Chidambaram, Chennai Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur Sahara Stadium, Pune
Dr D Y Patil, Mumbai Eden Gardens, Kolkata