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RULESSet of 30 questionsInfinite bounce; +10Finite pounce; 5 per team. +10/0

0)Nature Is Speaking is Conservation Internationals invitation to the human race to listen to nature.Their agenda is to make people realise that Nature doesnt need humans but humans need Nature.Identify the narrator from the video below.

Julia Roberts

1) FITB

Muhammed Ali

2)Appropriately placed near the vicinity of Mars, Belgian astronomers announced the registration of a constellation comprising of seven stars in the shape of a lightning bolt.

Incidentally, the constellation is a fitting homage to this individual who used the universe as a key inspiration throughout his career. More so, the constellation is now named after him and stands as a tribute to his demise.

Oddly associated with Space, he will be remembered for his blue and red streaks of paint across his face.

After whom is this constellation registered?

David Bowie

3) What does the cartoon depict? Put Funda

Surgical Strike

4)The Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic, pulled out of the Rio Olympics citing a particular concern. In addition to his withdrawal, pregnant women and those trying for a baby were also cautioned after their arrival.

The scenario affected the Olympic games to such an extent that the Officials thought about shifting the Games to dates in Brazilian winter.

The numbers travelling to and from Brazil for the games is likely to account for about 0.25% of world travel. It is thus a major concern

What caused such an uproar? Why winter? (And, no not because Winter is Coming)

Zika Virus, Winter provides less breeding ground for mosquitoes.

5)President Barack Obama ended a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to US soil to stay and become a legal resident. This policy was first put forth in 1995 by Bill Clinton.

Cubans caught at sea trying to make their way to the US were allowed into the country and were able to become legal residents after a year.

The policy is aptly named for a change in a certain body part when one steps from the sea to the shore.

What policy has Obama repealed which had also caused concern among the Cuban government due to individuals risking their lives and mostly drowning on the way?

Wet foot Dry foot Policy

6)At Missouri, Officers responded to a robbery report that led them to four people, all local residents aged 16 to 18. The officer then identified the four people as suspects of similar armed robberies described elsewhere.What was ingenious was the way they lured unwitting victims.

The police believe the suspects used the phone app, which involves imaginary creatures superimposed on the real world. At a certain level, the app allowed users to conglomerate and evaluate their skills.Using the geolocation feature, adding beacons at certain stops were the methods that the teenagers used to lure more players into secluded areas.

How was the robbery executed?

Pokemon Go

7)Glenn Ennis is a 51-year-old stuntman who helped create a brutal sequence that had a frontiersman mauled and nearly killed.In preparation, Ennis watched videos comparing it to a cat playing with a mouse.He spoke stating I spent a lot of time rolling around with the lion, but it was all consensual.What is being talked about?

The Revenant : Bear scene with Dicaprio

6)The Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPads), has been used by the US military to supply troops in forward-offensive positions in areas of Afghanistan too difficult or dangerous to reach by road. It uses pallets dropped by parachute and guided by GPS navigation and a rudder.

More recently, it has been made part of a plan that involves guided airdrop of food and medicines. The main aim is to get some humanitarian supplies into the embattled and shrinking enclave to keep people alive.

The Aircraft would keep within 25km of the Turkish border and always remain over opposition-controlled areas. The pallets can be dropped from around 25,000ft and have a drift zone of up to 25km.

Where/for whom was this method employed?(Even though it faced several criticisms)

Victims in Aleppo

8)Identify what is being depicted in the not so minimalist poster.If 2016 saw this, what was in store for 2017?

Pen Pineapple Apple pen.Orange Juice

9)His name is supposedly an acronym from Latin which means a gift from the heavens which was ascribed to his grandfatherNotable ideas in semiotics include, the open work, the intention of the reader, the limits of interpretation.Works include Foucault's Pendulum, History of Beauty, Inventing the Enemy.

Who are we talking about?

Umberto Eco

10)On realising that the individual had a keen interest in scuba diving, a plan was devised in which large Caribbean molluscs with a shell big enough to contain a lethal quantity of explosives and painted in vivid colours to attract attention were used.

Another plan involved the use of an exploding cigar after his visit to New York and also one covered with botulinum toxin. Unfortunately, the individual had quit smoking in 1985.

One former lover was recruited as a hitwoman and given poison pills which she hid in her cold-cream jar. The pills melted and the chances of forcing them into his mouth while he slept were limited.

Given above are three of 634 attempts of the CIA to kill an individual. Who?

Fidel Castro

11)Two Vincent van Gogh paintings that were stolen from a museum in Amsterdam more than a decade ago have been recovered by Italian law enforcement authorities in Naples after an investigation targeting a powerful organised crime syndicate involved in the cocaine trade.Of the two, the one pictured, was in the news in 2014, after its restoration finally provided an answer to why the people in the painting were portrayed as miniscule and also to why there was a gathering.

The title of the painting is Seascape at Scheveningen and it dates back to 1641.What did the restoration reveal?

The restoration revealed a Whale

12)As well as being a part of the biggest leak in the history of data journalism, this institution also takes pride in offering a wide range of maritime services, including: registration of yachts and vessels for private or commercial use in various jurisdictions, assistance with purchase and sale transactions and other auxiliary tasks.

Which institution are we talking about?

Mossack Fonseca and the Panama Papers

13)Being the first ever to be designed in three dimensions and also keeping sustainability in mind, they were handed out to the victors instead of the usual flowers and bouquets.

It was designed by Ttil Design and inspired from the natural landscape of the Sugarloaf Mountain. (Image in the next slide)

What was given out that apparently helps to showcase their token of victory?

3D printed Rio Olympic figurines/ Olympic logo.

14)Apple came out with a one button keyboard replacement app which costs 0.59

It's part of a category of apps designed to replace the default keyboard on Android devices.

The keyboard is inspired from a character who is normally peaceful but has an imposing size and incredible physical strength. He can carry a load on his back over long distances with no visible signs of fatigue.The keyboard aims to help carry conversations exactly how the individual would have by replacing the whole of the keypad with just a word.

Who are we talking about?

Hodor Keyboard

15)Identify the fad from the video

Mannequin Challenge

15)The event seemed routine, the opening of an exhibit of photographs, speeches by dignitaries. Then, there was a theatrical flourish. Black suit and eight gun shots were loud in the pristine gallery.People screamed, hid behind columns and under tables and lay on the floor. I was afraid and confused, but found partial cover behind a wall and did my job: taking photographs.It took me a few seconds to realise what had happened: A man had died in front of me; a life had disappeared before my eyes.

Narrative description of what event?

Russian Ambassador Andrei Kurlovs assassination

16)Put Funda as to why the artworks shown below gained a lot of media attention during the month of July.

The Original Brexit. The Americans celebrated the 4th of July as the day of Original Brexit.

17)The Western India Plywoods Limited is located in northern Kannur is Indias only hardboard making factory. Established in 1962, it was a sought after company for quality hardboards.

2016, however, had its workers investing more time to ensure that the newly obtained secret ingredient is put to maximum use and the end product outweighs the ones made before.

Their secret is to add 5% of the crushed and machined secret ingredient to 95% of wood pulp to make hardboards.

What is this secret ingredient that is almost extinct these days?

Demonetised 500 and 1000 rupee notes

17)What does the minimalist poster depict?

To kill a Mockingbird

18)This practice is essentially carried out by an 8 member committee consisting of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Oman and Thailand.

The name which essentially means Red Rose was given by Pakistan and strangely resembles the body structure of the environmental phenomenon in question.

What practice? What is Urdu for Red Rose?

Naming Cyclones; Vardah

19)This medal, named after the founder of the Modern Olympics was inaugurated in 1964.

It has been given only 17 times before the Rio Olympic Games (2016)

Luz Long, a German long jumper became the first recipient of the medal.

You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the twenty-four karat friendship that I felt for Luz Long at that moment. Owens remarked after being tipped by Long on advice.

In the Rio Olympics,2016, Nikki Hamblin and Abbey DAgostino were in consideration for this medal.

Name the Medal and Put funda

Pierre de Coubertin, Sportsmanship

20)Identify the individual portraying Lord Krishna

J Jayalalitha

21)Desiderio is an American painter and sculptor, who currently works as a senior critic at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the New York Academy of Art. Desiderio's work deals with perceptions of reality and making the abstract concrete. The artwork shown below is titled Desiderios Sleep.

How did it gain media frenzy in 2016?

Kanye Wests music video Famous

22)On the show Scream Queens, Chanel #3 (played by Billie Lourd) wears earmuffs because one guy she dated got so obsessed with her ears that he threatened to cut them off.This has also been interpreted as a tribute to actress X and arguably her most famous role. Identify X and the role.

X- Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia

23)Taschen, a publisher, is republishing "Le Diners de Gala" in time for Christmas 2016. It's an exotic cookbook with unusual recipes (like "Casanova Cocktails" and "Frog Pasties") paired with quirky illustrations. Gala was the name of the cookbook author's wife.

The author was also a renowned artist. Together they threw many remarkable parties.

Who is the artist-author?

Salvador Dali

25)Sara Danius is a Swedish professor of Aesthetics and Literature. In Oct 2016, while interacting with the media after making an important announcement on behalf of a group of 18, she was asked whether the decision changed the way they looked at literature, she replied "The times they are a-changing, perhaps".

What was this decision?

Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for Literature

26)In Oct 2016, this 75-year old was named a honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls by the United Nations.

Some UN staffers did not like the choices for reasons ranging from the lady's image, clothing, and inability to have an opinion, to be able to travel and be interviewed.

Amidst all this she is credited to have inspired the making of the polygraph

Who was this controversial choice?

Wonder Woman

27)In Oct 2016, "The Sellout" became the first book by an American author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize.

The satirical book follows a character named "Me" who lives in a place 'wiped off the map' and sells watermelons and marijuana. How Me and others try to bring the town "back" drives the rest of the novel.

The name of the town is shared with a legendary English author, whose books also wrote about society, occasionally with a comic touch.

What's the name of this town?

Charles Dickens

28)It was chosen byScienceas one of theBreakthrough of the Yearrunners-up after being the firstof its kind to beat a humanwithouthandicaps.

It is a portmanteau of the developers and the game itself

The algorithm uses aMonte Carlo tree searchto find its moves based on knowledge previously "learned" bymachine learning, specifically by anartificial neural network

Identify the program. (Video hint in the next slide)

AlphaGo by Alphabet Inc.

29)Picture on the next slide shows the final moments of construction of prominent entity in a seven(until now) part franchise.

In 2016, it was confirmed to be able to travel through Hyperspace. (Something that we know from a dialogue in the latest movie of the franchise)

Identify the entity and the company employed in manufacturing it from the picture provided.

Deathstar; LEGO

30)It is atownand majorferryportinnorthern France overlooking theStrait of Dover, and is the narrowest point in theEnglish Channel home to (The Burghers) Les Bourgeois de ______, by Auguste Rodin.

The portmanteau of this town and the English translation of the Pashto world dzhangal, meaning a thicket or grove, was how the Pashto speaking migrants and refugees referred to their settlements.

It gained widespread media attention during theEuropean refugee crisiswhen the population of the camp grew and French authorities carried out evictions of the settlement that had become a toxic symbol of the migrant crisis.

Identify the name of the settlement.

Calais Jungle