CQC Beginner's Quiz

24/06/2012

About me

• I am Nandha K Samy

• Currently doing my 10th in SBOA

Modified Infi-Bounce

• 11 Questions

• +10

• Clock-wise

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• These are the apple trees that are reportedly the descendants of the tree that inspired Isaac Newton to formulate his theory of gravitation

2 FITB

____________ : I am what I am because of who we all are.

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3 FITB

___________ Ranadhiran

Reign 710 CE-735 CE

Coronation 710 CE

PredecessorArikesariMaravarman

SuccessorMaravarmanRajasimha I

Dynasty Pandya

FatherArikesariMaravarman

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• Kochadaiyan Ranadhiran (reigned 710 CE -735 CE) was a Pandyan king. He was the son and successor of Arikesari Maravarman.

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_______ a is Chuvash word meaning

"The whole world can talk for free”.

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5 ID (both the person and the object)

5 Erno Rubik & Rubik’s Cube

6 Put Funda

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• During the plague in the Middle Ages, some doctors wore a primitive form of biohazard suit called “plague suits” (pictured above). The mask included red glass eyepieces, which were thought to make the wearer impervious to evil. The beak of the mask was often filled with strongly aromatic herbs and spices to overpower the miasmas or “bad air” which was also thought to carry the plague. The costume's bird-like beak contained spices and vinegar-soaked cloth to mask the stench of death and decay and make the physicians' work less unbearable.

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This the first of it’s kind. It’s patent in the right.What ?

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• The first prototype of a computer mouse, as designed by Douglas Engelbart

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• In 1930, Mars introduced _______, named after the favorite horse of the Mars family. It was marketed under the name "Marathon" in the UK and Ireland until 1990, when Mars decided to align the UK product with the global ______ name.

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• _______ began at 6:13 pm on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 and ended at 4:48 PM on Thursday, June 24 in london.

10 Marathon match between Isner & Mahut

11 Where else have you seen this boy ?

11 Boy on the moon

SVC

• 8 Slides

• Non-Exhaustive

• 1 guess per slide & 2 guesses per team

• No Negatives

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+10

Answer

Types of Moustache

• English• Handlebar• Horseshoe• Mexican• Toothbrush• Pencil• Walrus• Dali

Modified Infi-Bounce

• 11 questions

• +10

• Anti Clock-wise

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• In a ship’s name, what does HMS stand for?

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• Her Majesty's Ship (or) His Majesty's Ship

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2 ArcelorMittal Orbit

• The official name of the sculpture, "ArcelorMittal Orbit", combines the name of Mittal's company, as chief sponsor, with "Orbit", the original working title of Kapoorand Balmond's design.

3 Minimalist poster

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• The only event at the first olympics was the Stadion race – a race of around 190 meters. The race was named after the building in which the race took place (the source of the English word “stadium”)

• Why 190 meters ?

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• It was measured after the feet of Zeus

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• It is believed that the Greek tradition of athletic nudity started at the games in 720 BC, and it was most likely introduced by the Spartans or Megarian Orsippus. It is from this practice that we have our word “_________” – derived from the Greek word “_______” meaning “naked”. Competing naked was meant as a tribute to the gods and to encourage aesthetic appreciation of the male body.

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• Gymnasium ; Gymnos

6 Promoting what ?

6 Car Pooling

• A poster used to promote carpooling as a way to ration gasoline during World War II

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• As a boy of just two or three, Gaius accompanied his father, Germanicus, on campaigns in the north of Germania.The soldiers were amused that Gaius was dressed in a miniature soldier's uniform, including boots and armor. He was soon given his nickname _____________, meaning "little (soldier's) boot" in Latin, after the small boots he wore as part of his uniform(pic. below).

7 3rd Emperor of Roman Empire -Caligula

Caliga

8 Uniqueness ?

Eugene Merle Shoemaker (or Gene Shoemaker) (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997), American geologist, was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science

Hint : First and only person to _________ in moon

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• To date, he is the only person to have been buried on the Moon

• January 7, 1998: Sample of the remains of Eugene Shoemaker as secondary payload on a three-stage Athena rocket to the Moon

9 ID

9 Walt Disney & Salvador Dali

10 Connection with literature ?

• The River ______ flows through the county of Suffolk in England. Its source river is known as the River Gipping.

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• The pen-name "George Orwell" was inspired by the River Orwell

11 What are they protecting ?

• "We fortified the ceiling and the floor around here with concrete bricks two feet thick," Bo Dietl , a former New York City Police Department detective and a media personality known for contributing on the Fox News Network said. "We put in motion sensors also CCTV that's hooked up to security downstairs. They have 24/7 armed guys downstairs, so in the amount of 30 seconds you'll have somebody up here. Once in here, you have to have two people with two keys and two different PIN numbers, and that's what you have to have. This safe is bolted down and there is no way anybody can get in here unauthorized without us knowing about it."

11 KFC Top Secret

Theme

• 6 Questions

• Written Round

• Each Question carries 5 points

• 2 guesses per team & 1 guess per slide

+60/-5

• The X Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. The dynasty was interrupted briefly by the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 8, 690 – March 3, 705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, becoming the first and only Chinese empress regnant, ruling in her own right.

+50/-10

• The X Movement, originally known as Movement of National Liberation is an ecologist and anti-corruption political movement in Italy launched by Beppe Grillo, a popular comedian and blogger, on 4 October 2009.

+40/-15

• X is an insulting termed often used by blacks to derogate other blacks as "Black on the outside, white on the inside.”

+30/-20

• X is a model village on the south side of Birmingham, England.

• Originally the area that was to become X consisted of a few scattered farmsteads and cottages, linked by winding country lanes, with the only visual highlight being the Georgian built Bournbrook Hall.

+20/-25

• Kalidasa• Vetala Bhatta• Varahamihira• Vararuchi• Amarasimha• Dhanvantari• Bhaktamara Stotra• Shanku• Ghatakarpura

+10/-30

• Cupcake

• Donut

• ______

• Froyo

• Gingerbread

• Honeycomb

• Ice-cream sandwich

Answers for Theme Round

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• The X Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. The dynasty was interrupted briefly by the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 8, 690 – March 3, 705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, becoming the first and only Chinese empress regnant, ruling in her own right.

1 Tang Dynasty

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• The X Movement, originally known as Movement of National Liberation is an ecologist and anti-corruption political movement in Italy launched by Beppe Grillo, a popular comedian and blogger, on 4 October 2009.

2 Five Star Movement

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• X is an insulting termed often used by blacks to derogate other blacks as "Black on the outside, white on the inside.”

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• X is a model village on the south side of Birmingham, England.

• Originally the area that was to become X consisted of a few scattered farmsteads and cottages, linked by winding country lanes, with the only visual highlight being the Georgian built Bournbrook Hall.

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• Kalidasa• Vetala Bhatta• Varahamihira• Vararuchi• Amarasimha• Dhanvantari• Bhaktamara Stotra• Shanku• Ghatakarpura

5 Navarathnas or Nine Gems

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• Cupcake

• Donut

• ______

• Froyo

• Gingerbread

• Honeycomb

• Ice-cream sandwich

6 Éclair

Theme is

Thank You !