INTERBATCH QUIZ-2013

-QMHITESH MAHATO

Written Samosapaedia round

Infinite Bounce CW-19 Q’s

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Infinite Bounce ACW-19 Q’s

Theme Round

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ROUND ONE

7 typically funny Samosapaedia definitions on screen+5 for each correct answerBONUS +10 if you get all correct

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ROUND TWO

1)Durga from Andhra Pradesh used to sing in trains around the Sion station in Mumbai where one day filmmaker Anand Surapur came across her and offered her the chance to sing for an album.While working on that album at Anand’s office, ___X___came across Durga & impressed by the texture of her voice she offered her the chance to sing a Song in the movie ___Y___…

The song’s catchphrase is __Z___ ,a North Bihar slang whose meaning closely resembles the english word "shambolic" or in pure hindi it gets translated to "ast - vyast“…When asked what __Z__ means,Durga laughs & says “Poora satyanash”

Gimme X,Y,Z

2) ORIGINAL illustrated cover of which famous work??

3)In a county game between Durham & Kent in 2007,Simon__X___ was caught behind by Phil __Y__ off Graham__Z___ ,the ENGLAND BOWLER hence making for an amusing entry on the scorecard which read X caught Y bowled Z…Describing the entry,CRICINFO states “All the Durham pair need for the ultimate FAST-FOOD FEAST is to come up against the Namibian Allrounder KOLA BURGER…

X,Y & Z please…

4)RICHARD PARKER was the name of the Tiger in LIFE OF PI….Incidentally,LIFE OF PI wasn’t the only Hollywood movie of 2012 with a character named RICHARD PARKER…

Which was the other movie,which incidentally also starred IRRFAN KHAN ??

5)A Raja Ravi Varma painting showing an incident from Indian mythology..

If the person in the background is Lord Shiva,who are the people in the foreground??

6)In the world of Sports,if Cristiano Ronaldo’s initials are associated with the number 7(ie, CR7)

then

What number would you associate with the initials CP??

CHRIS PAUL

7)Innovative advertising…

Which brand??

8)The story behind how the drug __X__ got its name is an interesting one…It was created at the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN,supported by the WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION & hence had an obvious reference to it in the name…

However,because its first ever use was as a rodenticide for killing rats,a section of the researchers also (wrongly) believed that it was named after the WISCONSIN ANTI RAT FOUNDATION..

Which is the drug in question??

Warfarin

The WARF part was a reference to the Wisconsin Alumni Research foundationThe arin part denoted that it was a coumarin derivative

9)Which is this rarely used punctuation mark??

10)“I always listen to the little boy inside me in these situations-when you have to make the harder decisions in life…What does he want??That boy was screaming for ___X___From my side,and __Y__ as well,there are no hard feelings..There were certain elements which were vital to me that we had a different view..That is life…Nobody is angry at me & I’m not angry at them.”

X,Y and the Speaker??(NO part-points)

11)TENVIC is a SPORTS Management Company based in BENGALURU with its objectives & offerings as mentioned above…

Name its owner…

12)___X___: “Don’t tell me I’m wrong,you brat.Proving Superman’s guilt is my whole mission in life”…

___Y___: “Ow! __X___,your grief has obsessesd you with this idea of vengeance,I beg you…Give it up”…

A slight change in the image accompanying this conversation propelled this back into public attention in 2008 & has since been used & reused in various forms…

What is being referred to??

Original

The BATMAN slaps ROBIN meme aka My Parents are dead meme

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14)Complete this famous tagline

“Don’t just Book it,____ it”…

15)What’s next??

The Kite RunnerA Thousand Splendid suns__________

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Which person working in the above organisation owns a Two bedroom flat in the place shown in the image,with a western style commode & a garden below where every year Dandiya is played??He is presently at the receiving end of advertising ire nationwide….

Bob Vishwas/Saswata chatterjee

17)Installed during Winter months,these are images from South African Farms…These can also be seen in particularly arid regions such as the ATACAMA desert in Mexico…

What is their purpose??

18)After President OBAMA Expressed his views about something in May,2012,the magazine NEWSWEEK came out with this highly controversial cover causing a great furore…

Give me the word that’s been hidden/Explain why was it controversial??

19)To quote an article from the DAILYMAIL,UK

‘___X____ started off as a prank that initially bemused a few spectators but has since grown into a global phenomenon… And despite the threat of snow and bleak midwinter temperatures,many hardy thrill seekers braved bracing conditions & took to the London Underground today to take part in __X__

It was all part of the __X__ 13th annual celebration of riding the World’s Underground in a way characteristic of ___X___

X please….

No pants Day

An illustration of famous JOHNNY DEPP roles over the years…name the Movie for points+5 for each correct answerBonus of +10 if you get all correct

ROUND THREE

1984-Nightmare on ELM STREET1990-Edward Scissorhands1994-Ed Wood1998-Fear & loathing in Las Vegas1999-Sleepy Hollow2003-Pirates of the Caribbean-the curse of the Black Pearl2005-Charlie & the Chocolate factory2007-SWEENEY TODD-The Demon Barber of Fleet Street2010-Alice in Wonderland2012-Dark shadows

Reverse Swing

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ROUND FOUR

20)Whose handwriting??+Name the piece..

(No part-points)

21)6 departments of the Harvard University,namely,Faculty of Arts & Sciences,Harvard divinity School,Harvard Graduate School of Design,Harvard Business School.Harvard medical school & the Harvard School of Public health,have come together to study __X___

The South Asia Institute at Harvard describes __X__ on its Website thus…“A temporary city is created within the city of __Y__ to house visitors from far & wide..This city is laid out on a grid,constructed and deconstructed within a matter of weeks…Within the grid,multiple aspects of contemporary urbanism come to fruition,including spatial Zoning,an electricity grid,food and water distribution,physical infrastructure construction,mass vaccinations,public gathering spaces & night-time social events”

X & Y please

X=The KUMBH Mela,Y=Allahabad

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23) Situated in Woolsthorpe Manor,Lincolnshire,England this tree draws huge number of visitors everyday…Why the interest??

24) World Joyland is a theme park in China's coastal Jiangsu province spread over 600,000 square meters reportedly costing $48m (£30m) to build…Have a look at the images over the next 6 slides & tell me what is it inspired by??

25)What is common between the following news headlines published in various Indian newspapers and websites in the last decade??

--“Unable to attract even a single girl,man sues AXE”--“Men talking loud on mobile during movies have smaller penises”-- “Unable to figure out Google Wave,man kills himself”

26)Claim to fame??

27)Some of the lesser-known products from Imangi Studios :--Harbor Master-Harbor Master HD-Max adventure-Hippo High Drive-Geo Spark-Little Red Sled-Word Squares-Photomarkr

What is its most famous creation,one that most of us would have heard of??

28)Pictured above is a flower of the plant,Psychotropia elata,a small understory tree in tropical forests …By what quirky name are they known,based on their rather unusual shape??

29)“Not only have you got a f***ing bent husband and a f***ing bent daughter that gets taken to school in a F***ing sedan chair,you’re also f***ing mental.Jesus Christ,see you,you’re a f***ing ___X____,that’s what you are.You’re like that coffee machine,you know,from bean to cup,you f*** up”--Malcom Tucker(Peter Capaldi) to Nicola Murray(Rebecca Front) SERIES 3,Episode 1 of the BBC political satire THE THICK OF ITBroadcast in 2009,this was the first time ever __X__ was used…

The term received international attention in JULY 2012,when __Y__ questioned LONDON’s preparation levels for the OLYMPICS while visiting LONDON a day before the opening ceremony…The English media criticised __Y___ heavily and created a new word which was a mixture of X & Y….

X,Y & the new word??

30) A girl who’s warm & humanly during the dayA classy girl who knows how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffeeA girl whose heart gets hotter at nightA girl with that kind of twist…

I’m a guyA guy who is warm as you during the dayA guy who one-shots his coffee even before it cools downA guy whose heart bursts when night comesThat kind of guy…

Beautiful,lovableYes,you,hey,yes,you,heyBeautiful,lovableYes,you,hey,yes,you,heyNow lets go till the end…

English version of which super-popular song??

Gangnam STYLE

31)The XY was a form of entertainment amongst the African American community..Well-dressed couples who took part in this competition were made to __Y___ around a __X___The pair that performed this task most gracefully was given a prize,which was most often the __X__ itself..

Later,XY also referred to a form of dance…

The ENGLISH LANGUAGE picked the word & is now used in a completely different context as we know it,its modern meaning being something which is very easily achieved

The word please??

32)For 3 days & 3 nights,Magician DAVID BLAINE stood surrounded by 1 million volts of electricity without food or sleep.Fans could interact & engage with Blaine during the performance using a____X____,controlling the intensity & direction of the Tesla coils..

All this was a marketing gimmick for the launch of ___X____

33)In the pic,the guy’s holding something called the COTTONian SHIELD

Who’s this famous Indian??

34)Who’s she & why would havemillions of Indians heard of her in the last 10 days or so??

35)When the LONDON OLYMPICS COMMITTEE decided to name 361 Metro stations of the LONDON TUBE after top sportspersons in the Olympics over the years just three Indians made it to the list,all from the same sport…The 1st two are brothers & the 3rd passed away recently…Name all three

36)This Pakistani pop singer made many songs in the late '80s and early '90s that anyone growing up during those decades will have fond memories of…But just the mention of this onetime pop sensation's name will play out the intro of his massive hit, ‘_____’in the heads of most children of the '80s,a song which can still be heard in small towns & closer home,you could’ve seen many dance to it at one of the parties at the BOYS HOSTEL,AFMC

Song & artist please…

37)Created by pressing shoes on to snow…What is this art form called??

38)One of the most famous logos in the corporate world,the font of the logo of this company when first revealed was thought to be a mistake as one of its letters lay out of plane…

Later,when it was revealed that the design was deliberate,the owner explained it saying that it was an indication towards his ‘desire to turn the world on its head’…

And true to what he said,his company has indeed gone on to completely change the industry on its head….

Which company/logo??

• 9 questions, all connected by a common theme

• A correct answer after the first 3 means 30/-15• A correct answer after the first 6 means 20/-10• A correct entry at the end means 10/0.• All entries to be submitted in written.• +5 for each correct answer as well• Really easy connect…Intelligent guessing will

see you through

Theme roundLast Round

1)Megasthenes,a Greek ethnographer & an ambassador of Seleucus Necator to the court of CHANDRAGUPTA MOURYA ,in his famous work INDICA, described an Indian tribe called Sourasenoi,who worshipped a deity called HERAKLES in their land which consisted of two cities,METHORA & KLEISOBORA & a river called JOBARES…

Indian historians have speculated that the: Sourasenoi could’ve referred to ShurasenasMethora could’ve referred to MathuraKleisobora could’ve referred to KrishnapuraJobares could’ve referred to JamunaHerakles-----___________???

2)

‘There are no rights and wrongs,only POWER’

Tagline of which Bollywood movie??

3)This 1981 film is a satire on the angst of a worker in Mumbai,exemplified by a young Christian car mechanic played by (Naseeruddin Shah) who is under the illusion that if he works hard and emulates the rich, one day he can also be successful…

The film was quite successful & even won a FilmFare…

However,the movie’s name has proved to be an oft-repeated catchphrase used by all-&-sundry ‘to question as to why someone gets angry repeatedly’

Gimme that catchphrase/the movie’s name…

+30/-15 at this stage

Anyone going for the theme??

4)A literal translation of the ___X____ reads

“May we attain the excellent glory of SAVITAR,the Sun God,So may he stimulate our prayers” --Translated by Ralph Griffith from the hymns of the Rigaveda

5)Growing up in the 90’s if you saw the following actors in various roles on screen:-Shahbaz Khan as a princeMukesh Khanna as a Warrior named JaanbaazParikshit Sahni as a KingVarsha Usgaonkar as a SNAKE QUEENPankaj Dheer as a King & Durga Jasraj her queen Surendra Singh as his enemy kingAkhilendra Mishra as the Villain(with an iconic,evil laugh)Irrfan khan in a twin role as the king’s henchman with mystical powers

Then name the character you’d have seen Shikha Swaroop play in the same show….

6) The Kenyan cricketer in pic and his father are unique as the only father/son pair to appear as batsman and umpire in the same One-day International where against Bangladesh at Nairobi in August 2006,the father gave his son out lbw..

Name this cricketer..

+20/-10 at this stage…

Who all are trying??

7)Identify….

8)Name the company…

9)Whose biography??

+10/-0

ITS obvious now….GIVE it a shot….no negatives

Answer time …

Exchange sheets please

1)Megasthenes,a Greek ethnographer & an ambassador of Seleucus Necator to the court of CHANDRAGUPTA MOURYA ,in his famous work INDICA, described an Indian tribe called Sourasenoi,who worshipped a deity called HERAKLES in their land which consisted of two cities,METHORA & KLEISOBORA & a river called JOBARES…

Indian historians have speculated that the: Sourasenoi could’ve referred to ShurasenasMethora could’ve referred to MathuraKleisobora could’ve referred to KrishnapuraJobares could’ve referred to JamunaHerakles-----___________???

Krishna

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‘There are no rights and wrongs,only POWER’

Tagline of which Bollywood movie??

Sarkar

3)This 1981 film is a satire on the angst of a worker in Mumbai,exemplified by a young Christian car mechanic played by (Naseeruddin Shah) who is under the illusion that if he works hard and emulates the rich, one day he can also be successful…

The film was quite successful & even won a FilmFare…

However,the movie’s name has proved to be an oft-repeated catchphrase used by all-&-sundry ‘to question as to why someone gets angry repeatedly’

Gimme that catchphrase/the movie’s name…

Albert Pinto ko Gussa kyun aata hai??

4)A literal translation of the ___X____ reads

“May we attain the excellent glory of SAVITAR,the Sun God,So may he stimulate our prayers” --Translated by Ralph Griffith from the hymns of the Rigaveda

Gayatri Mantra

5)Growing up in the 90’s if you saw the following actors in various roles on screen:-Shahbaz Khan as a princeMukesh Khanna as a Warrior named JaanbaazParikshit Sahni as a KingVarsha Usgaonkar as a SNAKE QUEENPankaj Dheer as a King & Durga Jasraj her queen Surendra Singh as his enemy kingAkhilendra Mishra as the Villain(with an iconic,evil laugh)Irrfan khan in a twin role as the king’s henchman with mystical powers

Then name the character you’d have seen Shikha Swaroop play in the same show….

Chandrakanta

6) The Kenyan cricketer in pic and his father are unique as the only father/son pair to appear as batsman and umpire in the same One-day International where against Bangladesh at Nairobi in August 2006,the father gave his son out lbw..

Name this cricketer..

Hitesh Modi

7)Identify….

Abhishek manu Singhvi

8)Name the company…

Khaitan

9)Whose biography??

Abhinav Bindra

1)Krishna2) Sarkar3)Albert Pinto ko Gussa Kyun aata

hai??4)Gayatri mantra5)Chandrakanta6) Hitesh Modi7)Abhishek Manu Singhvi8)Khaitan9) Abhinav

& THUS the THEME is?????

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