Incident 2010 Lone Wolf Consolidated

Incident – Quizfest ‘10

Lone Wolf Prelims

QMs:
1. Aditya Sridhar
2. Atul Mathew
3. Kaustubh Thirumalai
4. Sandeep Albert Mathias

1. Gebal was a Phoenician port on the coast of
Lebanon. It was called X by the Greeks, owing
to the fact that most of the Egyptian paper
was imported through this port. According to
varied sources, the book Y derives its name
from the same word-root as X. Both X & Y
please.

2. The Laughing Cow brand logo is one of the
most famous examples of the ______ effect,
named after an image that appeared, on the
tins and boxes of ______ cocoa powder, one
of the main Dutch brands. It displays a nurse
carrying a serving tray with a cup of hot
chocolate and a box of the same brand. Fill in
the blank.

3. What is the naturally occurring alloy of gold
and silver called?

4. First usage (2007):
Dave Barry in History of the Millennium (So Far),
page 197: X sweeps the nation as millions find
themselves deeply impressed by Y's views, and
the fact that he was on Oprah.
ID X.

5. X is a transgenic ______ created by inserting
a gene [Cry 1Ac] from bacterium Bacillus
thuringiensis into ______. It is reported that
upon ingestion of the X toxin by the insect,
there would be disruption of digestive
processes, ultimately resulting in the death
of the insect. X?

6. According to Alexa, it's currently among the
100 most popular sites in India, and over
80% of the traffic to the site comes from
there. The website, launched in March 2008,
is published in 10 different Indian languages,
not counting English. Pluggd.in, a startup
blog from India did a case study on their
growth and strategy. Which site?

7. Opened in 2005, this Dubai Mall is named
after the 14th century scholar ____ _______,
who was famous for his book Rihla (Voyages),
a detailed account of his travels. Fittingly, the
six courts in the mall are named after the
countries he attended namely China, India,
Persia, Egypt, Tunisia, Andalusia. Who?

8. * X was a platform in the Roman Forum
from where the orators would address the
gathered audience. The etymology of X
(literally ‘beak’) is attributed to the fact that
the outer façade was adorned with the
gilded bronze beaks of galleys captured by
Rome during different wars. X?

9. In 1982, the Motion Picture Academy
refused to nominate _______ for special
effects because "they said we 'cheated'
when we used computers which in the light
of what happened, is just mind-boggling". Id
the film.

10. Connect: Norwegian Heather Honey, Sea
Islands, Morland Specials, Cooper's Vintage
Oxford Marmalade.

11. On September 18, 1931, near Mukden in
southern Manchuria, a section of railroad
owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway
was dynamited. The Imperial Japanese
Army, accusing Chinese dissidents of the
act, responded with the invasion of
Manchuria. This inspired what?

12. The position of _______ in _______ will not
be determined by its liberalism but by its power
... _______ must concentrate its strength and
hold it for the favourable moment, which has
already come and gone several times. Since the
treaties of Vienna, our frontiers have been ill-
designed for a healthy body politic. Not
through speeches and majority decisions will
the great questions of the day be decided - that
was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 – but
by ____ ___ _____.
Fill in the blanks at the end.

17. This herb lends its name to the Bay of
Marathon, as they grew plentifully on its cliffs.
Its digestive benefits are well documented but
has also acquired the reputation of being a
general energy booster. The American poet
Longfellow wrote:
“It gave new strength and fearless mood
And gladiators, fierce and rude
Mingled it with their daily food
And he who battled and subdued
A wreath of _____ wore.”

18. What the X is: A skylight in an underground
shopping mall in France.
• Designers: Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners.
• Year of completion and installation: 1993.
• Awards: In 1995, it was a finalist in the
Benedictus Awards. It was described by the jury
as "a remarkable anti-structure … a symbolic
use of technology … a piece of sculpture. It was
meant as an object but it is an object to
transmit light."
• Id X.

19. In August 2007, Mike Sutton uploaded a
Soramimi of a song called Kalluri Vaanil from
the film Pennin Manathai Thottu. What was
special about the video?

20. The story is set during the Norman
occupation of England. It narrates the return
of a ‘disinherited knight’ from the Third
Crusade, as well as the return of King
Richard the Lion-Heart to England, during
the reign of King John. It was written by Sir
Walter Scott. Which story?

21. This three word band name comes from,
firstly, Tom Fogerty's friend ________
Newball, (to whose first name they added an
extra 'e', making it resemble a faith);
secondly, "____ ______" from a TV
commercial for Olympia beer; and finally
"_______", which spoke about the four
members' renewed commitment to their
band. Which band?

22. SYDNEY, Australia -- This isn't a sinister case of
an athlete pumping herself full of steroids or
human growth hormone. X isn't Ben Johnson.
At 4-foot-10 and 82 pounds, her slight body is
hardly bulging with muscles.
She had a fever and a cold. She wanted to feel
better. So the Romanian team doctor gave her
Nurofen, an over-the-counter medication for
colds and flu that anyone can walk into a
pharmacy and buy.
She swallowed two little pills, and now she has
one gold medal, instead of two.
Id X.

23. Zinc etching by Mexican printmaker José
Guadalupe Posada, called La Calavera Catrina. Id the
celebration.

29. Complete this
Sun headline

30. Why
was he in
the news
recently?

31. What was formed as the result of the
merger of the companies owned by Joop van
den ____ and John de ___ in 1994?

32. Richard Ap Meryk was a wealthy and
influential Welsh merchant who served as
the King’s Customs Officer for Bristol. On the
top right corner of shield shown below is his
coat of arms. What is this gentleman’s claim
to fame? (Less widely known, as it was
incorrectly attributed to another popular
merchant)

33. Barbe-Rouge is a popular Belgian comic
series authored by Jean-Michel Charlier and
artist Victor Hubinon. Shown here are the
main characters. How do we better know
them (indirectly)?

34. Satellite picture taken on Jan 23,
2001. 60 Million people. Put Funda.

Answer
• X = Byblos
• Y = Bible

4. First usage (2007):
– Dave Barry in History of the Millennium (So Far),
page 197: X sweeps the nation as millions find
themselves deeply impressed by Y's views, and
the fact that he was on Oprah.
ID X.

Obamamania
Alternate spelling = Obamania

Iron And Blood
The position of Prussia in Germany will not be
determined by its liberalism but by its power
... Prussia must concentrate its strength and
hold it for the favourable moment, which
has already come and gone several times.
Since the treaties of Vienna, our frontiers
have been ill-designed for a healthy body
politic. Not through speeches and majority
decisions will the great questions of the day
be decided - that was the great mistake of
1848 and 1849 – but by iron and blood.

13. * "KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on
you, but cannot see you. Gas is running
low." Whose last words?

14. The excavated interior of the X clearly
depicts a spring like pool as well as a
number of small vertical fissures. X lies
exactly on the intersection of two major
fault lines. Friction created by earthquakes
heats the layers resulting in the release of
vapors to the surface through small fissures
in the rock. This is one probable scientific
explanation for the actions of Y, a popular
figure associated with X. Give both X & Y.

15. * “Looking at Africa from space is truly
inspirational,” X told Y. “It's clear to me that
there is much work to be done but much
hope for the future.” Id X & Y. (Think ‘Open’)

Answer
• X = Mark Shuttleworth
• Y = Nelson Mandela

16. The principle of a _____ ________ is that each
player will be pitted against another player who has
done as well (or poorly) as him or herself.
The first round is either drawn at random or seeded
according to rating. Players who win receive a point,
those who draw receive half a point and losers
receive no points. Win, lose, or draw, all players
proceed to the next round where winners are pitted
against winners; losers are pitted against losers, and
so on. In subsequent rounds, players face opponents
with the same (or almost the same) score. No player
is paired up against the same opponent twice
however.
ID the format.

La Pyramide Inversée
(The Inverted Pyramid)

Slide Left Blank
• <play Soramimi.mp4>

What is a soramimi?
• Soramimi (Japanese; lit. "empty ear")
"mishearing; feigned deafness" or Soramimi
kashi (with kashi, lit. "song words") "misheard
lyrics" is a Japanese term for homophonic
translation of song lyrics, that is, interpreting
lyrics in one language as similar-sounding
lyrics in another language.

Andreea Răducan
The 16-year-old was stripped of her gold from the women's all-
around Tuesday after she tested positive for pseudoephedrine,
a banned stimulant. "We feel we have no choice," said Francois
Carrard, the International Olympic Committee's director
general. "It's tough, but that's what it's all about. In the fight
against doping, we have to be tough and be blind to emotions
and feelings."

Answer
• The un-named Roman soldier on the right
killed Archimedes (guy on left)

29. Complete
this Sun
headline

34. Satellite picture taken on January
23, 2001. Funda.

Finals will start at night,
IMMEDIATELY after the concert. Do
not be late.
The finalists will be notified shortly
after the Spent Quiz Finals.

Incident – Quizfest 2010

Lone Wolf Finals

Rules
• +10 for every correct answer. Part points at
the discretion of the quizmaster.
• If no one answers the question, the next
question goes to the SAME QUIZZER.

1. A bronze statue depicting X as a boy in
shorts and a T-shirt with a butterfly
perched on his hand was erected in the
Menteng Park, Jakarta last December. The
Jakarta administration has decided to
remove the statue from the park and
relocate it to a local school following a
Facebook campaign involving 56,000
people. Who is the kid in question?

• Grandpa: "Did you ask him why he invited
her?"
• Nancy: "He said something about not
wanting her to have Thanksgiving dinner
alone, that he didn't think it was right."
• Grandpa: "That's real nice of the boy."
• Nancy: "And I thought about it, and I gave it
a great deal of thought, Grandpa..."
• This is an excerpt from a soap opera from the
1960’s. The telecast was stopped abruptly at
the above line for an urgent announcement.
What followed? (Looking for a specific name)

Slide Left Blank
• <play Video – 1.mp4>

Walter Cronkite announced
Kennedy’s death

3. X said in a letter: “My plan is to proclaim
the end of the world and to write the
perfect gospel.” X is applying for Polish
citizenship. But the Polish Foreign Ministry
said the chances of X getting citizenship are
minimal since he hasn't rendered any good
service to the nation. X has also written to
Dan Brown, the author of the bestselling
The Da Vinci Code, about a book entitled
The Vatican Code, to be followed by a film.
• Id X.

4. “…I've seen men with that look on their
faces. I've had it on my own face. It feels
stiff, and the muscles don't want to work
right when you try to smile, or show
expression, or talk...Strangely enough, the
marine would be quick as a cat if a mortar
round came shu-shu-ing in, or a fight
developed there in back of him. His trained
instincts by now are something he can
depend on, and have been developed over
a long period of combat fighting …” What
phrase is being described?

5. Put Funda:
– Hong Kong SAR China
– Macau China
– Thailand Myanmar, Laos, Cambod
– Nepal China
– United Kingdom France (Channel Tunnel)

Answer
• In the countries on the left side of the arrows,
people drive on the left side of the road.
• In the countries on the right side of the
arrows, people drive on the right side of the
road.
• Hence, as we travel from the countries on the
left to those on the right (VIA ROAD), we
must change our driving style to right-side
driving, and vice versa.
• Hence, we get a situation as shown on the
next slide.

6. The Last Post was commissioned by the
BBC and written by Carol Ann Duffy, the
Poet Laureate. It was broadcasted on 30
July 2009. The title is taken from the
famous tune used by at British Memorial
(War) services. Dedicated to whom? Funda
or names.

Henry Allingham and Harry
Patch, two of the last
surviving British
veterans of World War I,
for their funerals.

7. Put Funda:
– Make the pie higher
– I think we all agree, the past is over.
– This is still a dangerous world.
– It’s a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.
– Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?
– Will the highways of the Internet become more few?
– How many hands have I shaked?
– They misunderestimate me.
– I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
– I know that the human being and the fish can coexist .
– Families is where our nation finds hope, wings take dream.
– Put food on your family!knock the down the tollbooth!
– Vulcanize Society!

9. X is a religious practice mainly associated
with the Mawlawi Order of Turkey. It is
believed that the founder Jalauddin Rumi
began the practice after listening to the
rhythmic hammering of the gold-beaters.
There are profound meanings attached to
each of the steps of X. After a brief ban,
the secular Republic of Turkey permitted it
due to the massive tourist interest. X?

10. X is guilty. On January 13 2010, four days
before the first round of Ukraine’s
presidential elections, a Kiev court
condemned him and six other high officials
for genocide committed against the
Ukrainian nation for their actions in 1932-
1933. All seven men are long dead—but
the history at issue in the case is very much
alive. X?

Iosif Vissarionovich
Dzhugashvili

11. X was written in 1913 when the author
retreated from society and pondered on
theories that involved Collective
Unconscious, Individuation. X has been
described by some as the work of a
psychotic and as a source of infinite
wisdom by others. Until October 2009, X
was stashed away by the author’s heirs in
an underground vault of a Swiss Bank.
Id X.

12. “____ means to understand so
thoroughly that the observer becomes a
part of the observed—to merge, blend,
intermarry, lose identity in group
experience. It means almost everything
that we mean by religion, philosophy, and
science—and it means as little to us
(because of our Earthly assumptions) as
color means to a blind man.” First
appearance of a word created by Robert
Heinlein in 1961. What’s the good word?

13. Anders Hogstrom, a Swede was arrested
recently over the theft of X. The arrest
came after a Polish court last week issued a
European arrest warrant. X was later
recovered, cut into three pieces. X, which
weighs 40kg (90lb), was half-unscrewed,
half-torn from its location. The words on X
translate as "Work sets you free”. What is
X?

14. X was found hanging from a London
bridge in June, 1982. The subsequent
investigation revealed links with the Cosa
Nostra, Archbishop Marcinkus and a
powerful Masonic group. This has been
described as one of the 20th century's
most intriguing murders and financial
scandals. A fictional character supposedly
based on X was part of the plot in
Godfather III. Give X/ nickname.

15. X is named after Y. Y originally wanted
the name Freax because he felt that X
sounded egotistical. Y himself is named
after Z, a Nobel Laureate.
Id X, Y, Z. No PART POINTS!

Answer
• X = Linux
• Y = Linus Torvalds
• Z = Linus Pauling

16. According to his official biographers, X
was born on ____, 1942 in a secret camp
on Mt. Baekdu. They claim that his birth at
Baekdu Mountain was foretold by a
swallow, and heralded by the appearance
of a double rainbow over the mountain
and a new star in the heavens. But Soviet
records show that he was born in a village
near Khabarovsk in 1941. X has a powerful
personality cult, and many people believe
that his mood swings affect the weather. X
yaaru?

Rules
• 5 questions.
• Answer each question.
• +5 for every correct answer.
• Graded bonus for consistency:
– 0 to 1: NO Bonus.
– 2 to 3: +5 Bonus (as good as getting 1 more
answer)
– 4: +10 Bonus (as good as getting 2 more
answers)
– ALL 5: +15 Bonus( as good as getting 3 more
answers)

1. Based on a photograph, taken by
Vancouver Sun photographer Charlie
Warner, Jack Herman made a larger-than-
life statue of John Landy and X. The statue
stood for many years outside the Empire
Stadium in Vancouver. The statue was later
moved to the Hastings and Renfrew
entrance of the Pacific National Exhibition
(PNE) fairgrounds. Regarding this sculpture,
Landy quipped that "While Lot's wife was
turned into a pillar of salt for looking back,
I am probably the only one ever turned
into bronze for looking back."
Id X.

2. "It took a lot of courage for him to
befriend me in front of Hitler... 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 ___ ____ at that moment."
Who about whom?

3. Id the photo / event.
• "Peter didn't have to take that button [badge],
Peter wasn't from the United States, Peter was
not a _________, Peter didn't have to feel
what I felt, but he was a man," says Carlos.
• "He was that committed, and I didn't know
that," adds Smith.

4. Opening lines of a film. Id the event AND
the film:
• “… … … … … … … …
• And it was all over. He came home an
American hero. He bragged to the world
he'd beat the Russians. He delivered. He
can now command the same money as
heavyweight prizefighters. He was invited
to dinner by statesmen and kings. Then
_____ _______ made the most original,
unexpected move of all. He disappeared.”

• 5. In 1910, Jim Jefferies, an undefeated
heavyweight boxing world champion was
pressured out of retirement to take on X in
the Fight Of The Century (probably the
first). Hence, he was called Y.
• In 1966, Howard Sackler wrote a play Y,
starring James Earl Jones. Muhammad Ali
commented to Jones, "That's my story. You
take out the issue of white women and
replace it with the issue of religion. That's
my story!"
• Id X. / Id Y.

• 1. Based on a photograph, taken by
Vancouver Sun photographer Charlie
Warner, Jack Herman made a larger-than-
life statue of John Landy and X. The statue
stood for many years outside the Empire
Stadium in Vancouver. The statue was later
moved to the Hastings and Renfrew
entrance of the Pacific National Exhibition
(PNE) fairgrounds. Regarding this sculpture,
Landy quipped that "While Lot's wife was
turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, I
am probably the only one ever turned into
bronze for looking back."
• Id X.

• 2. "It took a lot of courage for him to befriend
me in front of Hitler... 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 ___ ____ at that
moment."
• Who about whom?

Black Power Salute
• "Peter didn't have to take that button [badge],
Peter wasn't from the United States, Peter was
not a black man, Peter didn't have to feel
what I felt, but he was a man," says Carlos.
• "He was that committed, and I didn't know
that," adds Smith.

• 4. Opening lines of a film. Id the event AND the film:
• “… … … … … … … … … …
• And it was all over. He came home an American
hero. He bragged to the world he'd beat the
Russians. He delivered. He can now command the
same money as heavyweight prizefighters. He was
invited to dinner by statesmen and kings. Then
_____ _______ made the most original, unexpected
move of all. He disappeared.”

• 5. In 1910, Jim Jefferies, an undefeated
heavyweight boxing world champion was
pressured out of retirement to take on X in the
Fight Of The Century (probably the first). Hence,
he was called Y.
• In 1966, Howard Sackler wrote a play Y, starring
James Earl Jones. Muhammad Ali commented to
Jones, "That's my story. You take out the issue of
white women and replace it with the issue of
religion. That's my story!"
• Id X. / Id Y.

• 1. Song from the film Mera Naam Joker.
Raj Kapoor first appears in this song in
the film. While he is singing, the
children are watching a lot of scenes
from a couple of his other films. Id any
one.
• <play Video – 2.mp4>

Slide Left Blank
• Movie – 1 = <play Video – 3.mp4>
• Movie – 2 = <play Video – 4.mp4>

• 2. On his death, X's will left his fortune to his nephew,
Henry James Dickinson. X stipulated that if Henry died
without an heir, the money should go "to the United
States of America, to found at Washington, an
establishment for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge among men." Henry died without heirs in
1835, and X's bequest was accepted in 1836 by the
United States Congress.
• A lawsuit contesting the will was decided in favour of the
U.S. in 1838 and 11 boxes containing 104,960 gold
sovereigns were shipped to Philadelphia and minted into
dollar coinage worth $508,318. There was a good deal of
controversy about how the purposes of the bequest
could be fulfilled, and it was not until 1846 that the Y was
founded.
• X had never been to the United States, and the motive
for the specific bequest is unknown. Id Y.

3. Id the poem, written anonymously
and attributed to Clement Clark Moore.
Shown are a sequence of images from
the 3rd line.

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds, He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, His eyes -- how they twinkled! His dimples how merry!
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
Away to the window I flew like a flash, His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
On, Comet! On Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! And laying his finger aside of his nose,
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

4. Id the city. / After
WHOM is it named?

5. Project HARP (High Altitude
Research Project), proposed and run by
Gerald Bull. What was it inspired from?

6.. Connect the
following numbers
• BWV numbers by Wolfgang Schmieder.
• F numbers (after Martin Falck).
• Sz numbers created by András Szőllősy.
• G numbers, created by Yves Gérard.
• BuxWV, numbers by Georg Karstädt.
• H or Hitchcock numbers after H. Wiley Hitchcock.
• B numbers, after Jarmil Burghauser's.
• M numbers, after Wilhelm Mohr.
• HWV numbers by Bernd Baselt.
• Hob or Hoboken numbers after Anthony van Hoboken.
• S or Searle numbers after Humphrey Searle.
• K or Köchel numbers, after Ludwig Ritter von Köchel.
• L or Longo numbers after Alessandro Longo.
• P numbers are named after Giorgio Pestelli
• D or Deutsch numbers are named after Otto Erich Deutsch.
• R number, named after Father Samuel Rubio.
• RV or Ryom-Verzeichnis numbers are named after Peter Ryom.
• WWV numbers.

Opus numbers
• BWV = Johann Sebastian Bach
• F = Wilhelm Friedman Bach
• Sz = Bela Bartok
• G = Luigi Boccherini
• BuxWV = Dieterich Buxtehude
• H = Marc-Antoine Charpentier
• B = Antonín Dvořák
• M = César Franck
• HWV = George Frideric Handel
• Hob = Joseph Haydn
• S = Franz Liszt
• K = Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• L = Domenico Scarlatti
• P = Domenico Scarlatti
• D = Franz Schubert
• R = Antonio Soler
• RV = Antonio Vivaldi
• WWV = Richard Wagner
• J = Carl Maria von Weber

7.Id the poem.
The author of a book, published in
1954,created a longer version of this
poem. Id the book. No points for funda.

Hey Diddle Diddle
• Hey diddle diddle,
• The cat and the fiddle,
• The cow jumped over the
moon,
• The little dog laughed to see
such sport,
• And the dish ran away with
the spoon.

8. What change was
made? Explain

Chuck Jones redrew Saturday Evening
Puss to feature a thin white lady,
instead of Mammy-Two-Shoes.

9. Which literary work? Which
2001 film was influenced by
one of them?

Fragment Contents

I General Prologue, Knight, Miller, Reeve, Cook

II Man Of Law
III Wife, Friar, Summoner
IV Clerk, Merchant
V Squire, Franklin
VI Physician, Pardoner
VII Shipman, Prioress, Sir Thopas, Melibee, Monk, Nun's
Priest
VIII Second Nun, Canon’s Yeoman
IX Manciple
X Parson

• 10. Frances Ethel Glumm was an American actress and singer,
who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, for her role in the
movie X, and was expected to be the likely winner by both her
fans and her critics. As she was in hospital at the time, a
camera crew arrived to telecast her acceptance speech.
• However, she lost the Oscar to Grace Kelly (for The Country
Girl). Groucho Marx sent Garland a telegram after the awards
ceremony, declaring her loss "the biggest robbery since
Brinks". To this day, it is still considered to be one of the
biggest upsets in the history of the Academy Awards.
• In 2006, the US Postal Service honoured her role in X, by
issuing a postal stamp of her in the film.
• Id X. / What is Frances Ethel Glumm’s better-known screen-
name?
• Pics on next slide.

Glumm, at the end of the movie X
Photo of Glumm used on the poster of X

• 11. X is a play on the term Y. Y was used to
refer to a group of actors (pic and names on
next slide) of the 50’s and 60’s.
• For membership in X, an actor (or actress)
must have be credited with an appearance
either in The Breakfast Club, or St. Elmo’s
Fire.
• The most famous members of X are Emilio
Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe,
Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd
Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.
• Id X. The most famous members of Y are on
the next slide.

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,
Sammy Davis Jr., Peter
Lawford, and Joey Bishop

12. X was a coach for the Oakland Raiders from 1967 to 1978. He became
the youngest head coach in 1969, when the earlier head coach, John
Rauch resigned to coach the Buffalo Bills. X's team reached and lost five
AFC title games in seven years. On January 9, 1977, X's Raiders finally
captured their first Super Bowl with a convincing 32–14 win over the
Minnesota Vikings. X retired as a Super Bowl winning head coach and was
the youngest coach ever to reach 100 career regular season victories, a
record he compiled in only ten full seasons of coaching at the age of 42. X
would later on inspire a franchise named after him. Id X.

Slide Left Blank
• Answer also appears in such football movies
as The Replacements as a commentator.

13. Once there were no stories in the world. The
Sky-God, Nyame had them all. A went to
Nyame and asked how much they would cost
to buy.
Nyame set a high price: A must bring back Onini
the Python, Osebo the Leopard, the Mmoboro
Hornets, and Mmoatia, the dwarf.
After successfully capturing all four, A handed
them over to Nyame who rewarded him with
the stories, which now become known as A’s
stories.
Id A.

14. Id X ONLY!
• “I am not a hero,” X wrote in her memoir, “Y
Remembered,” published in 1987. “I stand at
the end of the long, long line of good Dutch
people who did what I did and more — much
more — during those dark and terrible times
years ago, but always like yesterday in the
heart of those of us who bear witness.”
– Extract from X, the Last of Those Who Hid Y, Dies
at 100 by Richard Goldstein, published 11 January
2010.

15. Funda.
At the start: A part of the Richard Wagner
opera Lohengrin.
At the end: The intermezzo (a brief
entertainment between two acts of a play)
between Acts IV and V of A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, composed by Felix
Mendelssohn.

Slide Left Blank
• At the start: <play Audio – 1.mp3>
• At the end: <play Audio – 2.mp3>

16. Funda. Explain
• Motive 1: Caused by a ghost out for revenge, rather
than a pacifist.
• Motive 2: Protection of younger sister, who killed a
man who attempted to rape her, with rapist’s gun.
• Motive 3: Larry Page wanted to travel to India to get
married, only to discover that he has regularly been
scammed.
• Motive 4: Desire to marry sister of the deceased.
• Motive 5: Recovery of an idol.
• Motive 6: Problems caused by victim being alive.

• Why the six suspects
were found in
possession of a gun
at the time of the
murder of Vivek
“Vicky” Rai.

17. Thalia was the daughter of Zeus and
Mnemosyne. In art, she was portrayed holding a
_____ ____, a shepherd’s staff, or a wreath of ivy.
Melpomène is one of Thalia’s sisters, along with
Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Frato,
Polyhymnia, and Urania. She is often represented
holding a ______ ____ and wearing boots. She
also holds a knife or club in one hand and the ____
in the other. On her head, she is shown wearing a
crown of cypress.
What do they bear? This is why we remember them
today (general pop stuff, rather than myth)

18.Fictional discussion of
what? (A, B &C are
characters)
"I like the ______ best," said A, "because you see he
was a little sorry for the poor _______."
"He ate more than the _________, though," said B.
"You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that
the _________ couldn't count how many he took:
contrariwise."
"That was mean!" A said indignantly. "Then I like the
_________ best—if he didn't eat so many as the
______."
"But he ate as many as he could get," said C.
This was a puzzler. After a pause, A began, "Well!
They were both very unpleasant characters—"

Portion Blanked Out
"I like the Walrus best," said Alice, "because you see he
was a little sorry for the poor oysters."
"He ate more than the Carpenter, though," said
Tweedledum. "You see he held his handkerchief in
front, so that the Carpenter couldn't count how many
he took: contrariwise."
"That was mean!" Alice said indignantly. "Then I like the
Carpenter best—if he didn't eat so many as the
Walrus."
"But he ate as many as he could get," said Tweedledee.
This was a puzzler. After a pause, Alice began, "Well! They
were both very unpleasant characters—"

19. A X Y is usually constructed in the form of an
ellipsoid, with an accessible point at each focus.
When a visitor stands at one focus and ________,
the line of sound emanating from this focus reflects
directly to the dish/focus at the other end of the
room, and to the other person. Examples are (non-
exhaustive):
• The Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur, India.
• Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey.
• The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem,
Israel.
• Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol,
Washington D.C., U.S.A.
• St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City.
• St Paul's Cathedral in London, England.
• Grand Central Station in New York City, the gallery in
front of the Oyster Bar restaurant.
• Ali Qapu Palace in Esfahān, Iran.

20. X, together with Forster Fitzgerald
Arbuthnot, created the Kama Shastra
Society to print and circulate books that
would be illegal to publish in public, mainly
because of the Obscene Publications Act of
1857. Some of the works that X translated
and published were The Book of the
Thousand Nights and a Night, The Kama
Sutra, and The Perfumed Garden. Id X.

Richard Burton
• The explorer, NOT the actor.

21. The Y International Competition for Young
__________, mostly referred to only as the Y
Competition, is an international competition for
young players under the age of 22, founded by Y. Y
himself, is regarded as the greatest _________ of the
twentieth century.
One of Y’s most famous film roles, is his appearance in
the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen (as himself),
where he plays "Ave Maria" and "Flight of the
Bumble Bee" for an audience of service men,
volunteer hostesses and celebrities from stage and
screen.
Many of the participants and prize-winners have gone
on to become some of today’s most exciting
__________.
The Y Competition is the only event of its kind that asks
its jury members to perform a concert themselves.
With highly acclaimed musicians on the
international jury panel, those events have been a
great success.
Id Y.

22. Connect.
“The first, the
longest, and the
best of modern
English detective
novels.” – T.S.
Eliot

Wilkie Collins
• T.S. Eliot’s praise of
The Moonstone.
• The novel Drood is
narrated from his
perspective.
• Crimes At The Dark
House is an
adaptation of The
Woman In White.

23. Before X’s graduation, X took a walk up a
road called Memory Lane. He encountered a
fork, and chose a direction.
The story then fast-forwards, telling about X’s
graduation, engagement and marriage, and
his rearing of his twin children.
One day, he takes another evening walk
through Memory Lane, and comes across the
fork. This time he chose the other path.
Don’t id X. Just tell why this made news a few
months ago?

24. Extract from a movie. Id the movie. / Give funda.
Barry: Herb Stempel, you lead at this point by 18 to 11. The category is movies. How
many points do you wish to try for?
Herbie: I’ll try three, three points.
Barry: (reads) Which motion picture won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1955?
Herbie: 1955… Academy Award… Best Picture… Hmmm, you know, I don’t remember.
…
Barry: Are you sure you wouldn’t like to guess at it?
Herbie: It’s the oddest thing… I don’t remember.
Barry: Otherwise, I’ll have to call it wrong.
Herbie: Wait! Best Picture… No, I just don’t remember (helplessly) Mr. Roberts?
Barry: No, the answer is Marty!
Herbie: Marty!
Barry: (sorrowful) Marty!

• 25. Either: Complete the poem.
• OR: Id the poem (specific).
• “When you go home, tell them of us and say,
• ____ ___ ____ ________ __ ____ ___ _____.”

Rules
• 5 questions connected by a THEME.
• After the last question, we will close the
THEME, and then disclose the THEME. DO
NOT trade your answer sheets at this time.
• We will then run through the slides one more
time, and you can put down BOTH your
answers, as well as the necessary way it is
connected.
• Scoring on next slide.

Scoring
• Points for getting the THEME right will be
shown on each slide.
• Scoring off a slide is as follows:
• +2 if you are able to EITHER answer the
question OR explain the relevant connect.
• +5 if you are able to do BOTH.

+25 / -12
• Actual title of the fictional play: The
Murder Of Gonzago.
• The protagonist’s reply to the query of the
play by his uncle: X.
• This led to the origin of something.
• Id X.

+20 / -10
• How to become famous if you are jobless and
your college closes:
– Develop Differential Calculus
– Discover Gravity
– Split a beam of white light
• The above things are some of the famous
things done by X when his college closed for a
few years. Asking for X may be a little extreme
at this time, so just say why his college closed
at the time.

+15 / -7
• In 1363, to ensure the continued safety of
England, Edward III decided to introduce
something every Sunday and on all holidays.
• What did he introduce? / How did it help
England?

+10 / -5
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and a
cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry
VIII became king of England in 1509, Wolsey became
the King's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by
1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually
all matters of state and was extremely powerful within
the Church. The highest political position he attained
was Lord Chancellor, the King's chief adviser, enjoying
great freedom and often depicted as an alter rex
(other king). Within the Church he became Archbishop
of York, the second most important see in England,
and then was made a cardinal in 1515, giving him
precedence over even the Archbishop of Canterbury.
However, most of us know Wolsey because of his
downfall.
• What was responsible for his downfall?

THEME: Nursery Rhymes
• Go Forward

Going Back
• For each slide, write down the answer and the
relevant nursery rhyme.

The Mousetrap
• The rhyme in question was Three Blind Mice.

Answer
• Newton did these things between 1665 and
1667, when Cambridge closed due to the
Great Plague of London.
• Ring a ring o’ Roses was about the Great
Plague of London.

For want of a nail
• This rhyme said that a war could be lost just
by having a missing horse-shoe nail.

• Refusal to get a divorce for King Henry VIII.
• Because of this, Wolsey lost all his political
influence. Hence, when he ‘Went to the
cupboard, To give the poor dog a bone’,
but ‘The cupboard was bare, And so the
poor dog had none.’

Defeat of the Spanish Armada
• Rain, Rain go away,
• Little George wants to play.

Rules
• 5 old photos of people.
• Answer each question.
• +5 for every correct answer.
• Graded bonus for consistency:
– 0 to 1: NO Bonus.
– 2 to 3: +5 Bonus (as good as getting 1 more
answer)
– 4: +10 Bonus (as good as getting 2 more
answers)
– ALL 5: +15 Bonus( as good as getting 3 more
answers)

Answers
• Star Wars Cast
• Salvador Dali
• Christopher Walken
• Sean Connery
• Akira Kurosawa & Francis Ford Coppola

Rules
• +10 for correct answer to any question. PART
POINTS on the discretion of the quizmaster.
• In case no team is able to answer a question,
the NEXT question goes to the SAME team.

1. In the early hours of the next morning X
summoned the expedition's physician,
Alexander Macklin, to his cabin, complaining
of back pains and other discomfort. According
to Macklin's own account, Macklin told him he
had been overdoing things and should try to
"lead a more regular life", to which X
answered: "You are always wanting me to give
up things, what is it I ought to give up?"
"Chiefly alcohol, Boss," replied Macklin. A few
moments later, at 2:50 a.m. on 5 January
1922, X suffered a fatal heart attack.
Id X.

2. ID the gentleman
featured in this
1971 issue of DC
comics' Superman's
Pal Jimmy Olsen.

3. It has been suggested that X, by Y, contains
elements of Christian or anti-Christian
symbolism, or that the stories of El-ahrairah
were meant to mimic some elements of real-
world religion. Y explained that he simply
"wrote down a story I told to my little girls".
Instead, he explained, the "let-in" religious
stories of El-ahrairah were meant more as
legendary tales, similar to a ______ Robin
Hood, and that these stories were
interspersed throughout the book as
humorous interjections to the often "grim"
tales of the "real story".
Id X and Y.

4. The Act of Incorporation, signed by President
Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1863: The ______
shall, whenever called upon by any department
of the Government, investigate, examine,
experiment, and report upon any subject of
science or art, the actual expense of such
investigations, examinations, experiments, and
reports to be paid from appropriations which
may be made for the purpose, but the _______
shall receive no compensation whatever for any
services to the Government of the United
States.
What?

United States
National Academy
Of Science

5. The Rigveda's Hymn of creation begins by
paradoxically stating "not the non-existent
existed, nor did the existent exist then" (ná
ásat asit ná u sát asit tadânim), paralleled in
verse 2 by "then not death existed, nor the
immortal" (ná mrityúh asit amrtam ná tárhi).
The speaker chose this particular verse from
the Rig Veda as a recommendation to a
foreign colleague who was looking for a
quote to include in his presentation in the
speaker's field of interest. The colleague said
he was fed up of using 'Genesis' as it was
'used in all possible ways'. ID the speaker.
<play Audio – 3.mp3>

6. Nikola Tesla, at the 1893 World's X-ian
Exposition, demonstrated a device he
constructed known as the "Y of X." It was
used to demonstrate and explain the
principles of the rotating magnetic field
model and the induction motor. Tesla's Y
of X performed the feat of X with a copper
Y in a rotating magnetic field. The Y spins
on its major axis, standing on end due to
gyroscopic action.
Funda.

7. A Capella version of a famous song. Id
song
• <play video>

8. Shown is a comic
book cover inspired
by poster art for Y,
which is based on
Book (X). Id both.

9. This 402-page tale takes Sanjay through his university
days, during which he loses his virginity, breathlessly
describing how he was "overcome by a lust that he
had never known before." After university, Sanjay
travels to the United States, has dinner with Oscar-
winning actress Shirley MacLaine and teaches
meditation where he finds himself distracted by the
"heaving breasts" of his students. "You are absolutely
superb after meditation," Sanjay's girlfriend tells
him. "Why don't we make love every time
immediately after you have meditated?"
ID the author/book which made headlines about a
month ago.

• Angelina Jolie
• Jon Voigt

Rules
• 8 generic pictures connected by a THEME.
• Points for getting the THEME right or wrong
will be shown on each slide.

Rules
• +10 for every correct answer. PART POINTS at
the discretion of the quizmaster.
• If No team is able to answer a question, the
NEXT question goes to the SAME team.

1. During the translation of this work from
French to English, "pantoufle en vair"
became "pantoufle en verre". What
resulted from this?

3. In 1996, A diplomatic row erupted when
Nelson Mandela criticised General Sani
Abacha after the execution of Nigerian
Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. What was the
sporting fallout as a result of this dispute?

Answer
Nigeria boycotted the African Cup Of Nations.

4. The name of this tribe probably derives from two
Marathi words meaning “bundle of grass” and “who
takes”. It came into existence towards the end of the
Mughal Empire in the 18th century. Consisting of a
motley group of people of varied ethnicities, they were
scattered all over the Maratha states. Instead of being
paid for their services, they were allowed to plunder
without restriction. During 1817-18, a major campaign
was undertaken by Lord Hastings to wipe out this tribe
and he successfully managed to defeat some 30,000 of
them. Which tribe is this?

5. Svatopluk Turek was a novelist known
under the pen name T. Svatoplunk. After
working as a graphics designer, he wrote a
book titled Botostroj (The ______
Machine), where he depicted a certain
company as an "inhuman mechanism
destroying lives of people" and also
portrayed the owner of the company as a
dictator. The owner's family sued Turek for
defamation and tried in various ways to
stop publishing the book. Name the
company.

6. The Sonoma County Airport is a county-owned
public-use airport located six nautical miles
northwest of downtown Santa Rosa, a city in
Sonoma County, California, United States.It serves
the county and surrounding areas of Wine Country
in California.

The airport is named after this person who lived
and worked in Santa Rosa for more than 30 years
and the logo features one of his most famous
creations. Id Person/Creation

7. The Lower Keys Rabbit is a
subspecies of the marsh rabbit,
a species widespread in the
southeastern United States. It is
distinguished from the adjacent
subspecies in skull proportions
and sculpturing and in its darker
coloration. It is about 16 inches
in length, with brownish dorsal
and greyish ventral fur.
This rabbit was first named in
the Journal of Mammalogy in
1984 by James D. Lazell Jr. after
this person, whose organization
funded James’ research on
these animals.
Who is it named after?

8. CereProc is a Scottish company that
specialises in text to speech technology. They
have catalog voices (mainly for Scottish Accents)
but they do have custom built software for
clients who had the foresight to record their
voices at length before they lost them. Recently,
Cereproc have been mining DVD commentaries
of Citizen Kane,Sunset Boulevard and Vertigo for
one of their customers. Who?

9. Connect (Contd.)

A Teddy Roosevelt speech delivered in Sorbonne in 1910 famous for this quote:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man
stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit
belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and
sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and
again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does
actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great
devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the
end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least
fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid
souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

10. What Twitter phenomenon began with a message sent by
Micah Baldwin on January 16th, 2009? The chart below gives some
data on the trend.

• 11. One theory is that it originated in a
restaurant in Scollay Square in Boston,
Massachusetts at the beginning of World
War I to entice the large numbers of navy
servicemen stationed at the Charlestown
Navy Yard.
• Another theory suggests that Italian
immigrant Dominic Conti brought these to
the US and named them after seeing
"Holland 1" in a local museum.
• What am I talking about?

12. Why has this offensive tackle for the
Baltimore Ravens been in the news lately?

• 13. The first chapter of Andre Agassi's autobigraphy
"Open" discusses his match at age 10 against X at a
junior tournament. "With the score tied 4-4 in the
third set tiebreaker, Agassi hits a backhand winner
that's three feet inside the lines. X "bows his head
and seems to cry…" . "Now he stops. All of a
sudden, he looks back at where the ball hit. He
smiles. 'Out,' he says," writes Agassi. "I stop. 'The
ball was out!' X yells. This is the rule in the juniors.
Players act as their own linesman… X has decided
he'd rather do this than lose and he knows there's
nothing anyone can do about it. He raises his hand
in victory. Now I start to cry."
• X went on to Stanford and won two NCAA titles but
he only shot to fame at Wimbledon 1995. Id X.

14. This annual ritual takes place on
April 20th,4:20 PM at the University
of Boulder,Colorado. Put fundaes.

16. Released in 1949, “My Foolish
Heart” tells the story of a woman's
reflections on the bad turns her life has
taken. It was universally panned by the
critics but it did earn lead actress Susan
Hayward a Best Actress Nomination.

The movie was an adapter version of a
1948 short story but the studio took
certain liberties with the original plot
and the peeved author vowed never to
work with Hollywood again.

Who is the author in question?

End Of Quiz!

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