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2. QUIZMASTERSPratik SenKorok DasguptaShikhar Rana 3. And Any Other Electrical appliances as well 4. The Deal The Prohibition Era Athenas Strategy Choose your Poison The X Factor Tryst with Destiny Carpe diem 5. THEPROHIBITIONERA 6. The Prohibition Era Dry round Total No. of Questions- 8 4 go clockwise, 4 go anti-clockwise Infinite Bounce Scores:- 10/0 7. 1 What disease is this Halitosis? 8. SAFETY SLIDE 9. ANSWER There is no such disease. Halitosis was invented byListerine to sell their mouthwash. 10. SAFETY SLIDE 11. 2 This painting is often interpreted as rejecting the idea oftime to be rigid and deterministic in line with EinsteinsTheory of Relativity but the artist himself thought of it as asurrealistic expression of a Camembert cheese melting inthe sun. ID the painting and the painter. 12. SAFETY SLIDE 13. ANSWER Persistence of Memory painted by Salvador Dali 14. SAFETY SLIDE 15. 3 This is a folk song made popular in the US and Europeduring the 1960s folk revival and involves the lament by atraveller who is far out of home and is ashamed to return.This song has been recorded by many artists like Peter,Paul and Mary, Elvis Presley, the Highwaymen, JustinTimberlake, Brothers Four to name a few. This song has been remade into versions in otherlanguages as well in French, German, Spanish etc. It alsohas a Hindi version from the Indian film Jurm (1990)sung by Kumar Sanu and Sadhna Sargam. 16. SAFETY SLIDE 17. ANSWER 500 Miles 18. SAFETY SLIDE 19. 4 If this was the first What cameBetween them? And this was the last 20. SAFETY SLIDE 21. ANSWER The only 3 animated movies to be nominated for The BestPicture at the Oscars. 22. SAFETY SLIDE 23. 5Where is this located? 24. SAFETY SLIDE 25. ANSWER Eiffel Tower 26. SAFETY SLIDE 27. 6 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. About what? 28. SAFETY SLIDE 29. ANSWER This is a verse written in Shah Jahan nama; said to havebeen recited in Urdu by the emperor himself when he hadfirst seen ... 30. SAFETY SLIDE 31. 7 A magician performs an illusion for a young girl explainingthat each trick has three parts; The Pledge, where theaudience is presented with an ordinary object; The Turn,where the object is turned into something extraordinary;and The ______, where the object is brought back. FITB or give the movie where this is shown.(Both are thesame) 32. SAFETY SLIDE 33. ANSWER 34. SAFETY SLIDE 35. 8 Mohini Bhasmasur is a 1913 Indian mythological filmdirected by Dadasaheb Phalke and starring KamlabaiGokhale and Durgabai Kamat. It is India's and Phalke'ssecond full-length film. Why is this movie significant in the history of Indiancinema? 36. SAFETY SLIDE 37. ANSWER This was the first time that a woman had faced a camerain India. Raja Harishchandra had male actors only 38. SAFETY SLIDE 39. AUDIENCE QUESTION Where would you find the phrase yaatra pratibha avsaraprapnotihi (where talent meets opportunity), inscribed inEnglish but in a Sanskrit-like script? 40. SAFETY SLIDE 41. ANSWER 42. SAFETY SLIDE 43. ATHENASSTRATEGY 44. Athenas Strategy Rules:- 8 Questions in the round 4 go clockwise, 4 go anti-clockwise Scoring- 10/0 Infinite Bounce Doubling of points is allowed Scores 20/-10 45. SAFETY SLIDE 46. 1 Minimalist Poster of which movie? Hint:- Think WWII and recent events 47. SAFETY SLIDE 48. ANSWER 49. SAFETY SLIDE 50. 2 The patent application reads. "For the special eventcompany logo, the system may modify a standardcompany logo for a special event to create a special eventlogo, associate one or more search terms with the specialevent logo, and upload the special event logo to the webpage. The system may then receive a user selection ofthe special event logo and provide search results relatingto the special event. Patent for? 51. SAFETY SLIDE 52. ANSWER 53. SAFETY SLIDE 54. 3 The history of this board game can be traced back to1903 when an American woman named Elizabeth MaggiePhilips created it to explain the single tax theory to HenryGeorge. In 1941, the British Secret Intelligence Servicehad John Waddington Ltd., the licensed manufacturer ofthe game in the United Kingdom, create a special editionfor World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis.Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, realmoney, and other objects useful for escaping. They weredistributed to prisoners by Secret Service-created fakecharity groups. 55. SAFETY SLIDE 56. ANSWER 57. SAFETY SLIDE 58. 4 Born in St Johns this person played as a centre back inthe Antigua and Barbuda football team in the world cupqualifiers in the 1974 world cup where he earned thenickname 'the Bull'. The home stadium of the A and Bfootball team is also named after him. But he is betterknown for his contributions in another sport. ID him. 59. SAFETY SLIDE 60. ANSWER Viv Richards 61. SAFETY SLIDE 62. 5 49-O: Elector deciding X.If an elector, after his electoralroll number has been duly entered in the register of votersin Form 17A and has put his signature or thumbimpression thereon as required under sub-rule (1) of rule49L, decided not to___________- a remark to this effectshall be made against the said entry in Form 17A by thepresiding officer and the signature or thumb impression ofthe elector shall be obtained against such remark. Rule 49-O was a rule in The Conduct of Elections Rules,1961 What is this specifically about? 63. SAFETY SLIDE 64. ANSWER The None of the Above(NOTA) option to be put in use inthe General Elections 2014. 65. SAFETY SLIDE 66. 6 This is the Red Vineyard at Arles (The Vigne Rouge)painted by Vincent van Gogh, which is now in the PushkinMuseum of Fine Arts in Moscow. It was exhibited inBrussels in 1890 at the annual exhibition of Les XX, andsold for 400 francs. What is so significant about this?Pic next slide 67. SAFETY SLIDE 68. ANSWER This was the only painting Van Gogh ever sold in hislifetime. 69. SAFETY SLIDE 70. 7 Xs spoken word performance at the UNHRC in 1999caught the eye of Youssou NDour who invited him tocollaborate on Youssous next album. His own first albumcame out in 2005 called the Dusty Road Philosopher. He then became very closely related to the FIFA WorldCup of 2010. What is the relation? 71. SAFETY SLIDE 72. ANSWER 73. SAFETY SLIDE 74. 8 X was the first baseball player to induce mass frenzyabout the sport. He started his career as a pitcher butsoon became a hitter famous for hitting homeruns. Hewas a member of the famous Murderers Row lineup ofNew York Yankees another of whose famous memberwas Lou Gehrig. His nicknames were The Bambino andThe Sultan of Swat. ID X. 75. SAFETY SLIDE 76. ANSWER Babe Ruth 77. SAFETY SLIDE 78. AUDIENCE QUESTION This Man is Busting Wall Street" and "Sheriff of WallStreet" are some tags given to him by the Time Magazine. ID? 79. SAFETY SLIDE 80. ANSWER Preet Bhararra; the lawyer who had represented theCommonwealth of the United States against DevyaniKhobragade and the Indian consulate in America. 81. SAFETY SLIDE 82. CHOOSEYOURPOISON 83. Choose your Poison Topics Round! Total no. of 12 poisons to choose from Teams with lower points will get to choose theirtopics first Choose your poison It may be your Salvation Scores:- 10/-5 Topics not chosen or answered incorrectly by ateam will be open on Pounce Scores:- 20/-10 84. SAFETY SLIDE 85. A LA CART OF POISONS MYTHOLOGY SPORT HISTORY INDIA TELEVISION SCIENCE BOOKS GEOGRAPHY FOOD ENTERTAINMENT ART QUIZMASTERS CHOICE 86. SAFETY SLIDE 87. MYTHOLOGY X was a mythological Greek hero, the son of King Telamon andPeriboea, and the half-brother of Teucer. He plays animportant role in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a seriesof epic poems about the Trojan War. He was also the cousin ofthe great hero Achilles. He was the only Greek leader who wasnot guided by any god. Like most of the other Greek leaders, X was alive and well asthe Iliad comes to a close. Later, when Achilles is killedby Paris (with help from Apollo), he and Odysseus are theheroes who fight against the Trojans to get the body ;X with hisgreat shield and spear, manages to drive off the Trojans, whileOdysseus pulls the body to his chariot, and rides away with it tosafety. Football fans now know X because a Dutch football Club isnamed in his honor. X? 88. SAFETY SLIDE 89. ANSWER 90. SAFETY SLIDE 91. SPORTS "The lines spring out from the base, rising in spirals,stretching out to receive the world. From the remarkabledynamic tensions of the compact body of the sculpturerise the figures of two athletes at the stirring moment ofvictory.--- What has been described thus? 92. SAFETY SLIDE 93. ANSWER 94. SAFETY SLIDE 95. HISTORY X is an anglicized term describing a method of warfarewhereby an attacking force spearheaded by a denseconcentration of armoured and motorized or mechanizedinfantry formations, and heavily backed up by close airsupport, forces a breakthrough into the enemy's line of defensethrough a series of short, fast, powerful attacks; and once inthe enemy's territory, proceeds to dislocate them using speedand surprise, and then encircle them. Through the employmentof combined arms in maneuver warfare, the X attempts tounbalance the enemy by making it difficult for them to respondeffectively to the continuously changing front, and defeat themthrough a decisive battle of annihilation. This technique of warfare was extensively used by the Nazisduring WW2 and has recently come to fame due to its use byvarious journalists to describe Germanys 7-1 win over Brazil inthe FIFA World Cup 2014 (#YES) ID 96. SAFETY SLIDE 97. ANSWER 98. SAFETY SLIDE 99. INDIA Connect the following pictures 100. SAFETY SLIDE 101. ANSWER 102. SAFETY SLIDE 103. TELEVISION The Musical theme for which TV series? 104. SAFETY SLIDE 105. ANSWER 106. SAFETY SLIDE 107. TELEVISION What in the world of our favourite idiot-box started withTheres nothing to tell. Its just some guy I work with.And ended with a sarcasticSure, where? 108. SAFETY SLIDE 109. ANSWER 110. SAFETY SLIDE 111. SCIENCE On one particular hiking trip in 1941, Swiss engineerGeorges de Mestral found burrs clinging to his pants andalso to his dog's fur. On closer inspection, he found thatthe burr's hooks would cling to anything loop-shaped. If hecould only artificially re-create the loops, he might be onto something. One of its most notable clients in the 1960swas NASA. The agency used the material in flight suitsand to help secure items in zero gravity. ID the object invented by Mestral 112. SAFETY SLIDE 113. ANSWER Velcro 114. SAFETY SLIDE 115. BOOKS A fictional disease invented by Roald Dahl's friend Thwaitesduring their schooldays in Llandaff, England. Thwaites madethis up to amuse Roald and the other friends, but he says hisdad told him about the disease, which is apparently contractedfrom eating liquorice bootlaces. Thwaites says that thelicquorice bootlaces actually have rat's blood rather thanlicquorice, and they are done this way by rat-catchers bringingtheir rats to the sweet factory where they pound the rats into apaste, then mash it up to form licquorice bootlaces. Thwaitestold Roald and his friends never to eat them, because if theydid, a rat's tail would burst out of their buttocks and their teethwould turn into fangs. Only Roald and his friends saw the joke;Thwaites took it with deadpan humour. ID the disease. 116. SAFETY SLIDE 117. ANSWER Ratititis 118. SAFETY SLIDE 119. GEOGRAPHY Located on the 5148 N latitude this is a district in southeast London 5.5 miles from the Charing Cross. Thisregion is well-noted for its maritime history. This is hometo many well-noted landmarks like the Palace ofPlacentia, the Maritime Museum, the Royal Naval Collegeand the most famous of all the ___ ____. The maritimecenter of this town became a world heritage site in 1997.It is of great importance internationally because of itsposition. ID this district. 120. SAFETY SLIDE 121. ANSWER Greenwich The blank is Royal Observatory. 122. SAFETY SLIDE 123. FOOD Fruits used for _____ ______ include cherries, raisins,and pineapple, often augmented with nuts. In theNetherlands, _____ ______ is a compote of dried fruits,served as a dessert or a side dish to a meat course. InBelgium, _____ ______ is often seen as a dessert.Typically, it contains a combination of raisins, currants,apricots, prunes, dates, and figs. The dish is quite popularin Belgium. In India it is popular as an ice-cream flavour In the United States, _____ ______ can also refer to fruitssoaked in brandy or other spirits, or even to fruitfermented in a liquid containing sugar and yeast. Fill in the blanks. 124. SAFETY SLIDE 125. ANSWER Tutti frutti 126. SAFETY SLIDE 127. ENTERTAINMENT The following video has X in the role of Captain Teague,Jack Sparrows father in this clip from Pirates of theCaribbean: At The Worlds End. X is famous in the entertainment world in another role. ID X. 128. SAFETY SLIDE 129. ANSWER Keith Richards 130. SAFETY SLIDE 131. ART In the spring of 1962, X had been working on his newrenditions of ads and comic strips when he saw RoyLichtensteins comic-strip paintings at Leo Castelli Gallery.Soliciting suggestions for subjects to paint, he asked afriend, who suggested he choose something thateverybody recognized like Y. In a flash of inspiration hebought cans from the store and began to trace projectionsonto canvas, tightly painting within the outlines toresemble the appearance of the original offset lithographlabels. Expanding his subject, he decided to paint one ofeach of the thirty-two varieties of Y. Irving Blum of FerusGallery, Los Angeles exhibited the Y on shelves runningthe length of his gallery. ID X and Y 132. SAFETY SLIDE 133. ANSWER X- Andy Warhol Y- 134. SAFETY SLIDE 135. QUIZMASTERS CHOICE ID X. X has a masters degrees in chemistry, philosophy andtheology. X knows Spanish, Italian and German and some English,French, Portuguese, and Piedmontese, a dialect of northwestItaly. X is a soccer fan. X came into the possession of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.He sold the bike at an auction that benefited the homeless.Always one to eschew fancy rides, X traded in his Mercedes-Benz for a 30-year-old Renault 4 with 186,000 miles on theclock. X once worked as a bouncer and has only one lung. X is the first non-European head of a particular organization in1200 years. 136. SAFETY SLIDE 137. ANSWER Pope Francis 138. SAFETY SLIDE 139. AUDIENCE QUESTION This 61-yr old institution made humble beginnings andcurrently has 13500 members. It featured in the GuinessBook of World Records from 1984 to 1992 as the largestof its kind and in 2007 was hailed as the fourth mostrespected of its kind in the national league table. Therecord currently is held by a counterpart in Lucknow. Themembers of this institution are interestingly known by abreed of dog. ID? 140. SAFETY SLIDE 141. ANSWER 142. SAFETY SLIDE 143. THEXFACTOR 144. The X Factor Consists of two parts:- Ist Part-LVC 2nd part-Theme round Total six questions One theme connects all the answers of thequestions Scoring patterns are displayed in each slide 145. SAFETY SLIDE 146. LVC +60/-30 147. +50/-25 148. +40/-20 149. HINT: Think about a particular television sitcom. 150. +30/-15 151. +20/-10 152. +10/-5 153. +5/0 154. SAFETY SLIDE 155. ANSWER 156. SAFETY SLIDE 157. 1 X is a historical country of Central Europe, occupying thewestern two-thirds of the traditional Czech lands. It islocated in the contemporary Czech Republic with itscapital in Prague. X was a kingdom in the Holy RomanEmpire and subsequently a province inthe Habsburgs Austrian Empire. X also forms a part of the title of a very popular yet queerrock song by a famous 1970s group.ID X.+60/-30 158. SAFETY SLIDE 159. 2 X fever is an infectious disease which most commonlyaffects 48-year-old children. Symptoms include sorethroat, fever and a characteristic red rash. Most of theclinical features are caused by erythrogenic toxin. X is a bright red colour with a slightly orange tinge. In thespectrum of visible light, and on the traditional colourwheel it is one-fourth of the way between red and orange,slightly less orange than vermilion. ID X.+50/-25 160. SAFETY SLIDE 161. 3 X Old Face is a transitional serif typeface designed in1757 by John X (17061775) in the X Hallat Birmingham, England. ID X.+40/-20 162. SAFETY SLIDE 163. 4 X is a large abscess larger than a boil, usually with one ormore openings draining pus onto the skin, usually causedby bacterial infection. X is an archaic name given to anyred cabochon cut gemstone. The name appliedparticularly to red garnet. The word occurs in four placesin most English translations of the Bible. ID X.+30/-15 164. SAFETY SLIDE 165. 5 Our Leader, Comrade X, Father of All Animals, Terror ofMankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold, Ducklings' Friend isa fictional character and the main antagonist in GeorgeOrwell's Animal Farm. While he is at first a common farmpig, he gets rid of Snowball, another pig which shares thepower. He then takes advantage of the animals' uprisingagainst their masters to eventually become the tyrannical"President" of Animal Farm, which he turns into adictatorship ID X.+20/-10 166. SAFETY SLIDE 167. 6 Piyush Chawla played for which English county till 2009after which he joined Somerset as their overseas player?+10/-5 168. SAFETY SLIDE 169. ANSWERS Bohemia Scarlet Baskerville Carbuncle Napoleon Sussex 170. SAFETY SLIDE 171. AUDIENCE QUESTION This is the logo of what, which we all know( andsometimes hate)? 172. SAFETY SLIDE 173. ANSWER 174. SAFETY SLIDE 175. TRYSTWITHDESTINY 176. SAFETY SLIDE 177. TRYST With Destiny Total six questions Scoring system: 10/0 Open on pounce Two pounces per team Scoring system: 20/-10 178. SAFETY SLIDE 179. 1 This is a peninsula on the northern coast of the black seahistorically known as the Tauric peninsula. It was the siteof a major war from October 1853 to February 1856where Russia lost to alliance of France, Britain, theottoman empire and Sardinia. This area was the fuel forintense political conflict recently. ID 180. SAFETY SLIDE 181. ANSWER Crimea 182. SAFETY SLIDE 183. 2 This is whose statue in the beach of Samos inGreece? 184. SAFETY SLIDE 185. ANSWER Pythagoras 186. SAFETY SLIDE 187. 3 Which recent Hollywood movies name was derived froma title given to the main protagonist by Forbes magazine? 188. SAFETY SLIDE 189. ANSWER 190. SAFETY SLIDE 191. 4 What is this a representation of? 192. SAFETY SLIDE 193. ANSWER Michael Schumachers skiing accident. 194. SAFETY SLIDE 195. 5 This book gave theAllies a knowledge ofwhat for the first time? 196. SAFETY SLIDE 197. ANSWER 198. SAFETY SLIDE 199. 6 X was born on the British protectorate of Sultanate ofZanzibar, East Africa (now part of Tanzania). His parents,Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsis fromthe Gujarat region of the then province of BombayPresidency in British India.In the Gujarati local languagehe is also known as Pharokh Bulsara 200. SAFETY SLIDE 201. ANSWER Freddie Mercury 202. SAFETY SLIDE 203. AUDIENCE QUESTION Which two famous buildings in the world have thepostcodes SW1A 1AA and SW1A 2AA? 204. SAFETY SLIDE 205. ANSWER Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street. 206. SAFETY SLIDE 207. CARPE DIEM 208. Carpe Diem Total 12 questions Each team gets a minimum of 1 question. A secondquestion is optional. For the compulsory first question, 3 scoring options areavailable 10/0, 20/-10, 30/-15 The teams have to choose the scoring option before thequestion is given The team with the lowest score gets to choose theiroption first. Infinite Pounce is available(20/-10) For the second optional question the available scoringpattern is 20/-10 209. SAFETY SLIDE 210. 1 In German, the match is known as Nichtangriffspakt vonGijon or Schande von Gijon (Disgrace of Gijon). It wasplayed between West Germany and Austria in the 1982World Cup. Why is it such a blemish in the history ofWorld Cup? 211. SAFETY SLIDE 212. ANSWER Depending on the result Algeria would have gone into thesecond round at the expense of either West Germany orAustria. So they played for a mutually beneficial 1-0 winfor West Germany. 213. SAFETY SLIDE 214. 2 Give funda 215. SAFETY SLIDE 216. ANSWER Hillsborough disaster at the Sheffield Stadium on 15thApril 1989 which resulted in the death of 96 people. 217. 3 X is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from personto person within a culture. A X acts as a unit forcarrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can betransmitted from one mind to another through writing,speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomenawith a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regardthem as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate,mutate, and respond to selective pressures. The word X means "imitated thing", or "to imitate inGreek and it was coined by the British evolutionarybiologist Richard Dawkins 218. SAFETY SLIDE 219. ANSWER Meme 220. 4 In archery, if an Archer hits a bulls eye once and then hitit again by splitting the shaft of the previous one throughthe middle it is denoted by a particular term. What is theterm? 221. SAFETY SLIDE 222. ANSWER 223. SAFETY SLIDE 224. 5 The can contains water (~80%), butane (~17%),surfactant (~1%), and other ingredients (~2%). Thebutane expands when the pressure changes, formingsmall drops of butane, covered with water, on the ground.Eventually the butane evaporates, leaving only water andsurfactant residue on the ground. What are we talkingabout? 225. SAFETY SLIDE 226. ANSWER 227. SAFETY SLIDE 228. 6 Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava, better known as X was anoted Indian con man known for having repeatedly "sold"the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort, and the RashtrapatiBhavan and also the Parliament House of India along withits 545 sitting members. He was a living-legend in hislifetime and a legend even after his death. He is also said to have cheated number of industrialistsincluding the Tatas, the Birlas and also DhirubhaiAmbani taking from them huge money in cash, posing associal worker or needy person. A film featuring Amitabh Bachchan was made on him.What was the film(X) called? 229. SAFETY SLIDE 230. ANSWER 231. SAFETY SLIDE 232. SCORES?? 233. SAFETY SLIDE 234. 7 Absolut ad for? 235. SAFETY SLIDE 236. ANSWER 237. SAFETY SLIDE 238. 8 How have these historicalcharacters been immortalisedin pop culture? 239. SAFETY SLIDE 240. ANSWER 241. SAFETY SLIDE 242. 9 Graham Poll was officiating as the match referee in the2006 World Cup Group F match between Australia andCroatia. With scores tied at 2-2 with Australia just about toput in a goal he blew the final whistle. Then JosepSimunic was shown a red card for showing dissent. Thishas gone down in World Cup history as one of the mostcontroversial decisions. Why? 243. SAFETY SLIDE 244. ANSWER Simunic was mistakenly shown 3 yellow cards beforebeing sent off by the ref. 245. SAFETY SLIDE 246. 10 What is this? 247. SAFETY SLIDE 248. ANSWER SnapDeal's founder Kunal Bahl wanted to do somethinggood with his company's burgeoning profits, His answer? Water. He found out that a mere $5,000would install 15 hand pumps that would make it so thevillagers wouldn't have to walk nearly two miles just to getclean water. The villagers were so grateful for the SnapDeal.com-brandedpumps distributed throughout the city, theydecided to change the name of their village, formerlyknown as Shiv Nagar to SnapDeal.com Nagar. 249. SAFETY SLIDE 250. 11 Id both the minimalist posters for full points.Pics on next slide 251. SAFETY SLIDE 252. ANSWER 253. SAFETY SLIDE 254. 12 Ed Gein was a serial killer from Wisconsin who confessedto the murders of Mary Hogan in 1954 and BerniceWorden in 1957. As a child, Ed Gein was described asbeing shy and honest. His mother was very controllingand harsh. She told Ed that all women are evil, with theobvious exception being herself. Ed Gein was convictedof the murder of Bernice Worden and spent the rest of hislife in a mental facility. Which iconic film villain is based onthis person? 255. SAFETY SLIDE 256. ANSWERNorman Bates 257. SAFETY SLIDE