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Conundrumsmood indigo 2012

omnisciencethe general quiz

semi-final 1

conducted by j. ramanand

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BackgroundThe first semi final

conducted at Conundrums, Mood

Indigo, Dec 2012

Eight Teams

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format1. split personality (2)2. passing (12)3. pseudo-Q: set 1 (3)

1st Qualifier chosen4. reverse passing (8)5. pseudo-Q: set 2 (3)

2nd Qualifier chosen6. reverse passing (4)7. pseudo-Q: set 3 (3)

3rd & 4th Qualifiers

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split personality

the answer is the name of a personopen to all teamswritten+10/no negatives2 questions

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one

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Mithun Chakraborty

co-owned the Royal Bengal Tigers team in the now defunct ICLhosted Dadagiri Unlimited in 2012Won a National Award for his portrayal of Ramakrishna Paramhansa in the film “Swami Vivekananda”Jimmy, Jimmy,... :-)

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two

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meter^2

program HelloWorld(output);begin WriteLn('Hello world!') {comment;}end.

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Blaise Pascal

The programming languagePascal's Trianglethe SI unit of Pascal = 1 Newton/sq meterCalvin is essentially following the principle of Pascal's Wager

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in passingA → H

10 points eachmodified infinite

rebounds12 questions

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His Lenin-esque transformation was due to a female barber in Sochi, during his stint as Ambassador to the Soviet Union in the 70s. Who?

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I K Gujral

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Pedantically speaking, what would you be doing if you went in search of its eggs?

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Nit-picking. Nits are the eggs of lice.

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Raja Bhupinder Singh was the Maharaja of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. One of his sons was Bhalindra Singh.

Both of them held a certain post that their grandson has not yet held.

Which post or who is the grandson?

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President of the Indian Olympic Association; Randhir Singh stood for the 2012 election, but later withdrew.

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These are some of the less popular stories involving what?

Creatures from outer space (according to the Inuits)Foul matter that have fallen from the skiesAn attempt to reach the lost continent of Atlantis

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Lemmings.

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The film “Byari” won the top prize at the 2011 National Film Awards. This was the first film in its language to win any National Award.

Which language, which is spoken in the region bordering Karnataka and Kerala?

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That is also “Byari” - also the name of the language and community.

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Nancy Pelosi : US

? : IndiaBetty Boothroyd : UK

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Nancy Pelosi : US

Meira Kumar : India

Betty Boothroyd : UK

First women speakers in their legislatures

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In 2009, the new roof above Wimbledon's Centre Court

was unveiled to the public. An exhibition doubles match was

held on the occasion.

The then British star Tim Henman partnered Kim

Clijsters. Who were their two opponents?

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Steffi Graf & Andre Agassi

(image: ontennis.com)

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In this Greek myth, Hero (a priestess) lives in a tower on one side of the Dardanelles strait. Each night, she shines a lamp so that her lover can swim over to be with her. Then a storm happens, and the light is blown out. The fellow dies.

Most Indians may not have heard of this myth but they have heard of at least one person with this name. What was his name?`

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Leander

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It's dubbed the capital of the English Riviera. Agatha

Christie was a resident here for most of her life. The series

“Fawlty Towers” was set in this seaside town.

Which place?

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Torquay

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Nepal's national motto is a Sanskrit phrase attributed to Rama in the Ramayana and translates to “The mother and motherland are greater than heaven”.

Which phrase, which is also found in the book “Anand Math”?

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“janani janmabhoomischa swargadapi gariyasi”

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From “The Social Network”

Divya Narendra to lawyer: “[Zuckerberg] was the biggest thing on a campus that included nineteen Nobel Laureates, fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, two future Olympians, and a movie star.”

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin wrote in “the movie star” reference apparently as a nod to someone who helped with some inside stories of Harvard.

Who?

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Natalie Portman, who was at Harvard during the same time as Zuckerberg

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One of the possible origins of this dance's name is from a word for “Cantonment”. The dance is said to derive from

tribal martial arts, with dancers using aggressive

movements, kicks, etc. Which dance?

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“Chhau” (from “Chaavni”)

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Pseudo-Q!

A 3x3 magic square

Each cell is associated with an answer that has a number in ite.g.: Octopus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,...

We'll start with the top row, left to right

Scoring: +10/-5

5 2 6

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Both these characters have the same name/nickname in their films. What?

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“Number Two”

(The first is Emilio Largo a.k.a “SPECTRE #2” in Thunderball; spoofed as “Number 2” in the Austin Powers series)

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Cognitive psychologist George Miller’s highly cited paper “"The Magical Number _____, Plus or Minus Two” states that the number of items an average human can remember is usually what number?

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Seven

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Which instrument is Captain Haddock using?

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A sextant

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First Qualifier

Round 2 (6 questions)

Passing reverses from Team H

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Identify

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David Ogilvy

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Some of the other things named for a 15th century Pope are:

this bridge across the Tiber

a road from the Castel Sant'Angelo to St. Peter's Basilica

The most famous?

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Sistine Chapel. The pope is Sixtus IV. These are Ponte Sistine and Via Sistina.

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Which entity entered the Guinness Book of World Records when it helped evacuate 1,11,000 people from Amman during a 59 day period in 1990?

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Air India (along with Indian Airlines)

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X tweeted: @Y's ________ would've been much

better with his new BBQ sauce. check it out realdealbbqsauce.com #TGIF

Y tweeted: My realdealbbqsauce.com will

make u wanna take a bite out of ____ ______! Ask @X - Luv ya bro!

Identify X and Y.

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X: Mike Tyson; Y : Evander Holyfield

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Currently, the primate is “Rowan Cantuar”. From March 2013, the primate will become “Justin Cantuar”.

What is this all about?

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Archbishop of Canterbury. Rowan Williams is being succeeded by Justin Welby. “Cantuar” stands for “Canterbury”.

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He wrote the book “A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa” His Samoan name was “Tusitala” which meant Teller of Tales. Who?

Image: The Guardian

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Pseudo-Q!

Middle Row (3 questions)

Second qualifier chosen after this

Answers after 3 questions

number 2 seven sextant

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Which entertainment entity’s logo is this?

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Channel 9/Nine Network

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In the Billy Bunter stories, this phrase was applied to Harry Wharton, Frank Nugent, Johnny Bull, Robert Cherry, and Hurree Jamset Ram Singh.

You've probably heard about another, more famous, group in children’s literature with this name.

What phrase?

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The Famous Five

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Logo of which non-profit?

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Second Qualifier

Passing Round resumes (6 questions)

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In the late 90s, whose website was hosted on three servers nicknamed “Raphael”, “Gabriel”, and “Michael”?

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The Vatican

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Both areas are from the South of the city, but dominated by two very different communities.

Each is named after a leader belonging to the respective community.

One leader died in 1928 in police action. He was President of the Congress in 1920 (Calcutta special session).

The other was the President of the Congress in 1922 (Gaya session), and was one of the founders of the Swaraj Party.

Which leaders, and thus areas?

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Lajpat Nagar and C.R.Park in DelhiLala Lajpat Rai; Chittaranjan Das

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The players, who are part of the ATP vote, for a peer for the ATP's Sportsmanship Award. The Award was renamed in 1996 after a person who won the prize 5 times since its inception in 1982.

Who?

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Stefan Edberg.

(Federer has now won it 8 times)

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Charles Gaouette: “any news on the package for us?”Samuel Perez: “FedEx delivered the package. Both trucks are safely en route home base."

What is the significance of this conversation?

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Code exchanged between Admirals in the USS Carl Vinson to note the arrival of Osama Bin Laden's body onboard.

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What was shown for the first time on August 15, 1988, during the coverage of the Prime Minister's speech on the occasion of India's independence?

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Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

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At 2nd place is a celebrity condolence message for 6 year old Avalanna Routh.

At 3rd place is Green Bay Packers guard T J Lang's outburst against the NFL after being fined for saying some not so pleasant things against some referees.

What's at 1st place?

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The most retweeted tweets of all time:

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Pseudo-Q!

Bottom Row (3 questions)

Last 3 questions for the quiz

Answers after 3 questions

number 2 seven sextant

nine network famous five one laptop

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What is the Greek word from theology for this?

YHWH

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Tetragrammaton; the name of God in Judaism, which is often pronounced as “Yahweh”

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Which site in Pennsylvania, USA, was the location of the worst nuclear accident in American history on March 28, 1979?

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Three Mile Island

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Which alleged Nazi sympathiser was posted as British Governor of the Bahamas during World War II?

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(former King) Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor

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number 2

2seven

7sextant

6

nine network

9famous five

5OLPC1

tetragrammaton4

3 mile island3

edward VIII8

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