THE DIRECT ROUND

1. ‘X’ is a Sumerian rendering of a foreign word into Sumerian syllables, and then by modern scholars into English. These people were found somewhere to the south east of Sumer, the Sumerian capital. In the book, “History of Civilizations of Central Asia (vol.1)”, by A.H. Dhani and B.K.Thapar, ‘X’ is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning “A Stranger of ill‐pronounced speech”. ‘X’ is supposed to have traded carnelian, ivory, shell, lapis lazuli and jewels with Sumeria. This word came back into prominence in India recently. Give me ‘X’ .

MELUHA

2.The following is an excerpt from a Cricinfo article published on April 1, 2011:

“Sir Alex Ferguson is a huge admirer of X. He says, X will certainly have a positive impact on Van Der Saar’s successor. Goalkeepers often find themselves in similar situation where they’ve to guess the path of the ball, use their footwork and agility. Hence, X will be of immense help to the Manchester United team as a Goalkeeping advisor.”

3.‘X’ describes ‘Y’ in these terms :-

Should guilty seek asylum here,Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,All his past sins are to be washed away.The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.In this world this edifice has been made;To display thereby the creator's glory.

Give me X && Y.

4. PUT FUNDAE

Charlie Chaplin receiving Honorary Oscar -- Longest standing ovation in the history of Oscars(around 12 mins)

4.IDENTIFY

SIR Arthur Conan Doyle

6.To understand this word, one has to go back to the days when movies were shown continuously in theaters and the audience was allowed to sit through multiple showings of the same movie – the start times were published, and if you came in late you simply sat through the next showing until you came to the point "where you came in". The coming attractions reel would be spliced onto the end of the last reel of the movie. What word is derived from the above-mentioned practice?

Trailer

7.This is the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. In October 2013, it went 'pink' for the very first time. Doing so, it joined other landmarks around the world such as the White House in Washington, the Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and the Eiffel Tower, Paris. Why the pink?

To help raise awareness about breast cancer, as part of a global Breast Cancer Awareness Month, annually marked in October.

8.A simple quote or dialog which is regarded one of the most famous quote in western culture . In 2001 it was voted as the best loved one liner in cinema by British cinemagoers and in 2005 it was honoured as the 22nd greatest quotation in cinema history by the American Film Institute . Name this quotation.

The name is Bond, James Bond

9.The musical notation , a Caesura denotes a brief silence during which metrical time is not counted . The symbol for this is like a pair of forward slashes :// A Caesura is also used in poetry , denoted with double pipes (‘||’) to denote a natural break that separates a line in poetry into two logical parts. This symbol is commonly believed to inspire, the design something which we see and use everyday. What ???

The PAUSE Button

11.The X agency was established in 1851 by Paul Julius X in Britain at the London Royal Exchange. He developed a prototype news service in 1849 in which he used electric telegraphy and carrier pigeons. The company initially covered commercial news, serving banks, brokerage houses, and business firms.Over the years X's agency has built a reputation in Europe and the rest of the world as the first to report  scoops from abroad. Almost every major news outlet in the world currently subscribes to Xs. Xs operates in more than 200 cities in 94 countries in about 20 languages.

Give me ‘X’ .

13.Connect

 12.It is a German manufacturer of pens, watches and leather goods.The logo represents a mountain snowcap from above(has the same name), the symbol being adopted in 1913. The number "4810“, the mountain's height in metres, is also a commonly recurring theme. This brand was took the unconventional father-daughter duo of Sonam Kapoor and Anil Kapoor as its brand ambassadors .

MONT BLANC

GENRE ROUND

HARRY POTTER

INDIAN HISTORY

Brands

HOLLYWOOD

POP CULT

SPORTS

TRIVIA

LITERATURE

BIZWIZ

MYTHOLOGY

BOLLYWOOD

POLITICS

ETYMOLOGY

MUSIC

CONNECT :

Dragons in Triwizard Tournament

Which competition, that was aired in 2013 saw the two contestants (Say Xand Y) outdo each other in what was

termed “The ______ Shootout” acrossvarious locations in

Russia,China,Maldives,CapeTown, Tanzania, LA and

finally ending in Istanbul.Who are X,Y.

Lionel messi and kobe bryant

Prior to 1970 WC X and Y had an agreement, which dictated that Z would be out of bounds for both X and Z. However, Z complied with a request by Y's representative Hans Henningsen to increase the awareness and profile of Y after he received $120,000 to wear the Formstripes. At the opening whistle of a 1970 World Cup finals match, Z stopped the referee with a last-second request to tie his shoelaces before kneeling down to give millions of television viewers a close-up of his Ys.

X: ADIDASY: PUMAZ: PELE

This song was written in response to an event occurring in the 1977 British Tour. The band had played a gig at Stafford's Bingley Hall. Brian May describes the event as : 'We did an encore and then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they sang "you will never walk alone” to us, and we were just completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an emotional experience really, and I think these chant things are in some way connected with that.' It uses a technique called as non-harmonic reverberation. It was a youth anthem at the time of its release and owes its popularity to the ease by which general public can recreate the sounds in this song. Which song??

We will rock u.... QUEENS

At the age of seven, he played Shashi Kapoor’s child role, but unfortunately the film was never released. In his days of struggle MS Sathyu signed him for his first film. He also worked in Telugu and Kannada films. In his first release, he claimed to be inspired by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Raj Kapoor-a look he repeated later as well. He went on to win the National Award for Best Actor. Who are we talking about?

Anil Kapoor

Since the late 1990s, X was associated with Bounce music of the South and was disseminated via mainstream hip hop videos and popular video-sharing sites since the mid 2000s.  

The hit single “Sexy Back", by Justin Timberlake, featured Timbaland rapping the lyrics "Let me see what you're X with / Go ahead, be gone with it.

  In her track “Check On It”, Beyonce sings "Dip it, pop it, X it, stop it, check on me tonight.“

Last year in august , this word again made headline sdue to some other artists.

Give me X.

PUT FUNDA :

FACEBOOK FOR BUSINESS (10 YEAR ANIVERSARY)

Raj Narain was an Indian politician who was a candidate for the Janata Party in various Lok Sabha elections. He was the minister of health during Morarji Desai’s ministry.

Raj Narain was the principle person who set off a snowball effect when he filed a case against a certain personality for manipulation and fraud of the elections. When the Allahabad high court upheld the accusation, the infamous event came into effect.

What was Raj Narain responsible for?

The Emergency. He filed a case against Indira Gandhi and when the

High Court ordered her not to stand in the general elections, she declared a state of Emergency in the country.

1936 – My Man Godfrey 1942- Mrs. Miniver1943-For Whom the Bell Tolls1948-Johnny Bellinda1950-Sunset Boulevard1951-A Streetcar named Desire1953-From Here To Eternity1966-Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf1967-Bonnie and Clyde1967-Guess Whose coming to Dinner1976-Network1978-Coming Home1981-Reds2012-X2013-Y

PUT FUNDAE .

ALL TOP FOUR ACTING NODS IN OSCARS

What is this?

Cartier Diamond Dagger AwardGiven to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime genre; past winners include the likes of Sue Grafton, Elmore Leonard, and Frederick Forsyth.

Bhishma was once looking for wives for the Princes of the Kuru race. He went to the Kingdom of X, whose princess was supposed to be the greatest beauty of the land of Bharata. During the swayamvar however, the princess of X refused to marry the Kuru Prince. Bhishma then attacked the kingdom of X, defeated the King and imprisoned the entire population, giving them one handful of rice to eat a day.The King decreed that the handful of Rice be given to his youngest son, so that the family lineage be continued. One by one, the entire population starved to death, as was expected. As he lay dying, the King called his youngest son and asked him to swear revenge on the entire Kuru Race and be the cause of it's downfall.He then asked him to salvage the bones of his right hand and perform a certain act that was to aid him in his Quest for vengence.

PUT FUNDAE.

Its shakuni who made a dice with his fathers bones.

Connect these Time Magazine's cover pages.

The M letter of TIME was depicted as "devil horns" by adjusting the portraits of these personalities who were accused to be "evil" in one way or the other.

X was asked if he had a resolution or ending to the seemingly endless conflict. He replied that the end would be a cloud of dust or snow being driven by the wind across a vast graveyard full of tombstones. X gradually extended his originally intended trilogy to seven volumes, the fifth of which, took X five years to write before its publication in 2011.Give me X.

George R. R. Martin(A Song Of Ice And Fire)

“When I reached the end I stood at bay. He drew no weapon, but he rushed at me and threw his long arms around me. We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds and clawed the air with both his hands…”

How Sherlock Saved himself in the final solution

BUZZER ROUND

1.•A hot dog vendor seen when Robert Kelly emerges from the sea after escaping Magneto.•Saves a young girl from falling debris during Spider-Man's fight with the Green Goblin.•A man that saves a woman from a falling piece of concrete during the battle of Spider-Man and DocOck.•Willie Lumpkin, Reed Richards' mailman.•Jean Grey's neighbor with the water hose.•A man mistaken for Hugh Hefner by Tony Stark.•The man poisoned by a drink laced with the Hulk's blood.•As a man who tries to pull Thor's hammer using his truck.•A man being interviewed on television who dismisses the idea of super heroes existing in New York. .• As the Midtown Science High School Librarian.•A beauty pageant judge.

•And most recently, a man in a mental hospital.

2.Whose Hands???

Shane Warne and Muralitharan

3.IDENTIFY THE ADVERTISER

Go Indigo Airlines

4.Name the series and the author; the first book(published in1992), of a series of 62 books, is seen below

Goosebumps

5.Transition in the Logos of which automobile manufacturer?

Peugeot

6.Whose full name is ______ Laurie Blue Adkins?

7.The Mexican free-tailed mammal is one of the most abundant animals found in North America. It is also used in the logo of two liquor companies, one of them being Freetail Brewing Company from Texas. Which is the other well known global liquor brand which has this mammal as its logo?

Bacardi

8.Guy in the middle ??

Alan Moore

9.Combining features of two of its company's popular products, it became the highest selling product in the history of its category within a year of two of its release in 1995. It also drove products from rival companies almost completely out of the marketplace. The product plan had several codenames based on large carnivorous cats. However, the final internal codename was of an American city. Identify the product.

WINDOWS

10.CONNECT :

All have played batman villians on screen

11.PUT FUNDA

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH’S VOICEOVER FOR SMAUG

12.Mohammad Chaman, a trader in Sadar Bazaar in Delhi was irritated with his customer during their first encounter (in May 2013). His customer had wanted 300 units of an item at a discounted price. From December 2013, the item has become a rage and Chaman sold as many as 3 lakh units. There is also a YouTube video detailing how to make this item. What is this item and who was the customer?

13.This song was written in response to an event occurring in the 1977 British Tour. The band had played a gig at Stafford's Bingley Hall. Brian May dscribes the event as : 'We did an encore and then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they sang "you will never walk alone” to us, and we were just completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an emotional experience really, and I think these chant things are in some way connected with that.' It uses a technique called as non-harmonic reverberation. It was a youth anthem at the time of its release and owes its popularity to the ease by which general public can recreate the sounds in this song. Which song??

We will rock u.... QUEENS

14.X is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother's sporting equipment.

He was dubbed ‘Lord Snooty’ by The Wisden Cricketer, which went on to remark: "At the crease it was sometimes uncertain whether his partner was a batsman or a bat-man being dispatched to take his discarded sweater to the pavilion or carry his kit bag.

In one match X, after reaching his fifty, raised his bat to the home balcony, only to find it deserted."

Identify X.

SAURAV GANGULY

and :Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants is a non-fiction book written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown and Company on October 1, 2013. It is a different opinion based on a famous biblical story having rich collection of anecdotes that support his “new” idea that longshots should be expected to win. According to the author most fail to recognize the advantages an underdog brand has when it faces off against a competitor who has strength, size, and wealth. And that's exactly why nimble, upstart companies, with their new solutions to old problems, often can best the giants.

David and Goliath

Connect ## 1

1.This is the poster of a documentary called "Beyond All Boundaries" by Sushrut Jain which was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival on October 20, 2013. The documentary is about three people: Sudhir, Akshaya and Prithvi and their love for cricket. It has been narrated and co-produced by a well known TV personality, who was approached by the director because he was looking for "a good Indian voice". Who?

Kunal Nayyar

2.

3.

4.Which scientific phenomenon is being depicted here ?

THE BIG BANG !!

5.Floor map of which apartment?

6.He was raised in Galveston by his mother, who an overtly devout Evangelical Christian . The only member of his family to have encouraged his work in science was his grandfather, who died while he was still a child.He was interested in physics from an early age, and was a child prodigy although due to his behavioral quirks and his lack of humility about his superior intellect, he was bullied by classmates and neighbors. He entered college at the age of eleven ,and at age fourteen he graduated. From then he worked on his doctorate, was a visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and was the youngest person at the time to receive the Stephenson Award .

Who is being talked about ??

Connect round #2

1.Put Funda +60/-30

2.Connect +50/-20

3.The monastery called X which translates to "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above“(derived from Meteorite) — is one of the largest and most

famous complexes of Eastern Orthodox Monasteries in Greece.+40/-15

4. +30/-10

• A X, also known as a kamikaze run, is the deliberate manoeuvre by the operator of a moving object (or often in Sci-Fi a spaceship) to collide with another object. It is a desperate manoeuvre since it often damages or destroys both.

5.Name the album +20/-5

6. +10/0

• Xero Mark Wakefield swapped for Chester Bennington ________

Answers

1.Put Funda

Answer

• Times set on the doomsday clock• The clock depicts Minutes to Midnight, it is

said that the closer the clock is set to midnight, closer is the Earth to global disaster.

2.Connect

Answer

• CLOCWISE FROM LEFT we have:• Peterbilt 379 portrayed as Optimus Prime• Chevrolet Camaro portrayed as Bumblebee• Pontiac Solstice portrayed as Jazz• GMC Topkick portrayed as Ironhide• Answer to the connect is Michael Bay’s

Transformers

…Continued

• LP have given soundtracks for all three movies of the Transformer franchise by Michael Bay.

• What I’ve done, New Divide and Iridescent.

3.The monastery called X which translates to "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above“(derived from Meteorite) — is one of the

largest and most famous complexes of Eastern Orthodox Monasteries in Greece.

Answer is METEORA

4.

• A X, also known as a kamikaze run, is the deliberate manoeuvre by the operator of a moving object (or often in Sci-Fi a spaceship) to collide with another object. It is a desperate manoeuvre since it often damages or destroys both.

Collision Course

5.Name the album

Recharged by Linkin Park

6. +10/0

• Xero Mark Wakefield swapped for Chester Bennington ________

Hybrid Theory

• The connect is Linkin Park

CONNECT ## 3

X- Daniel Day lewis Y- LincolnZ- Steven Spielberg

1.X originally turned down the role of Y, sending Z this letter but later accepted it and eventually won academy awards for the same :

“Dear Z . It was a real pleasure just to sit and talk with you. I listened very carefully to what you had to say about this compelling history, and I've since read the script and found it - in all the detail of which it describes these monumental events and in the compassionate portraits of all the principle characters - both powerful and moving. I can't account for how at any given moment I feel the need to explore one life as opposed to another. I wish you the strength for it and I send both my very best wishes and my sincere gratitude to you for having considered me. X."

+60/-30

2.Put funda…

+50/-20

Assassins of Rajiv gandhi

3.ID ????

+40/-15

4.Who has been blanked out ????

+30/-10

5.Put funda…

+20/-5

6.Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

Who spoke these lines ??

+10/0

JULIUS CAESAR

POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS

That’s all folks !!