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Rules

• Guess freely. There is a very good chance of you being right.

• Show some emotion while answering…exult after each correct answer.

• Whatever happens, the Quizmaster ‘s decision is final.

Round 1 (+10/-0)

• Infinite bounds. • If the question is to say, Guy 1 but guy 4 and

guy 5 know the answer, they can put their hand up and alert the quizmaster that they wish to ‘pounce’ on the question. If their answers are right they get +10 but if they are wrong, they get a -5 points.

Question 1• There is something very unique about the idol

of the presiding deity in this temple located in the Nandrudayan village. Identify the deity and why is it unique?

Identify the deity.

Answer 1

• This is Lord Vinayaka. The idol depicts Lord Ganesha with his original divine face without the usual elephantine head and the trunk.

Question 2• In 2009, Google launched a technology

driven philanthropic organization that uses Google’s strengths in information and technology to build products and advocate for policies that address global challenges. Their projects and activities have been largely successful.

What is the url of their website?

Answer 2

google.org

Question 3• The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks refers

to the two rounds of bilateral talks between the United States and the Soviet Union on the issue of armament control.

How did they influence the role of the mother of Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne in 2010?

Answer 3• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks = SALTSALT They inspired the name of the movie and the character.

The woman in the question is Angelina Jolie.

Q 4• This cricketer of the 1960s and early 70s is regarded by many as one of the best Indian batsman against spin bowling. He scored around 2000 runs in the 30 matches he played. His son is also very famous (not necessarily due to cricketing reasons) and has been in the news in recent times. Identify the cricketer and his son.

Q 4• Id him and his son.

A 4• Answer • Dilip Sardesai and his son is• Rajdeep Sardesai, CEO of CNN-IBN

Q 5• The Colonial British government was

concerned about the large number of Xs(creature) in India. • The Government therefore offered a

reward for every dead X brought to them. Initially this was a successful strategy as large numbers of Xs were killed for the reward. Eventually however the Indians began to breed X for the income.

• Contd….

Q 5• Contd from previous slide

• When this was realized the reward was canceled, but the X breeders set the Xs free and the wild Xs consequently multiplied. The apparent solution for the problem made the situation even worse.• This is how the X effect where a solution

for solving a problem could actually make it worse, got its name. • X = Which creature?

Q 5• Answer

• Cobra.

The term ‘Cobra Effect’ is used to illustrate the causes of wrong stimulation in economy and politics.

Q 6Q 6 Yoga Vasishta is based on 36,000 questions that

Rama asks Vasishta after returning from a pilgrimage that fills him with vairagya or detachment. On the 19th day of his conversation with Vasishta, Rama says, "I have given up everything, but I have not established myself in wisdom... There is a secret that enables one to remain unaffected by suffering in this world: What is that secret? If you consider that I am neither fit nor capable of understanding this, I shall _____ _____ _____” .

Which form of protest, currently very popular, did Rama threaten to use?

Q 6Q 6Answer:

Fast Unto Death

Round 2Same rules as round 1 but

we goAnticlockwise

Question 1• a) Identify this Nobel laureate.

b) Why did he spend a lot of time on tying his keffiyeh (turban) so that it falls in this shape?

Question 1• Explain

why he was particular about the shape of the turban.

Answer 1• Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader. His scarf

resembles the map of Palestine.

Question 2• Identify her… We’ll accept answers like ‘the

wife of Y’ or ‘the sister of Z’.

Answer 2• She is Shweta Nanda, daughter of Amitabh

Bachan.

Question 3• When somebody married this lady

named Maniammai in 1948, a lot breaking up happened in Tamil Nadu politics. Explain.

Answer 3• Maniyammai was EVR Naicker (Periyar)'s

nurse who later went on to become his second wife. Periyar was 78 while she was only 38 years old.Annadurai used this marriage (the age difference of nearly 40 years between Periyar and Maniyammai being the issue) as an excuse to split from Periyar's Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) and form the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)

Question 4• The TV Week presents the best of the

Australian television industry with these awards. They are named after a person without whom the TV industry in Australia wouldn’t exist. Who?

Answer 4• The TV Week Logie Awards,

named after John Logie Baird, inventor of the television.

Question 5Apart from these two series, this author has released three

more that much more popular than these. Name the author.

The 39 Clues series• The Maze of Bones – September 9, 2008• The Black Book of Buried Secrets – (Introduction) October 26, 2010• Vespers Rising- April 5, 2011

• Tres Navarre Series• Big Red Tequila – May 1997• Widower's Two-Step – June 1998• The Last King of Texas – January 2000• The Devil Went Down to Austin – June 2001• Southtown – April 2004• Mission Road – June 2005• Rebel Island– August 2007

Answer 5

Rick Riordan,Author of Percy Jackson and the OlympiansThe Heroes of Olympus&The Kane Chronicles

Question 6• Identify

.

Answer 6• Charlie Chaplin

without makeup and moustache

Written round

• Write your answers on the sheet.

• Points you get per correct answer = (3*no on people

who got it wrong)

Question 1 Which is the predominant feature missing

from this list

• Sparks

• Huddle

• Hangouts

• Mobile.

Question 2 These crocodiles, common in India used to attack their prey stealthily. A word used to denote a robber who robs in a public place gets its name from the Sanskrit word for crocodiles. What is the English word?

Question 3• Here's an MCQ

Swatch is a contraction ofa) Sports Watchb) Swiss Watchc) Superior Watchd) Second Watche) So Wat(ch)

Question 4• Who is the only sportsman, as of now to

have received not only the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award but also the Dronacharya Award ?

Question 5 Connect. U may look around for

clues

Exchange papers

Question 1 Which is the predominant feature missing

from this list

• Sparks

• Huddle

• Hangouts

• Mobile.

Answer 1• Answer =

Circles. These are features in Google+

Question 2 These crocodiles, common in India used to attack their prey stealthily. A word used to denote a robber who robs in a public place gets its name from the Sanskrit word for crocodiles. What is the English word?

Answer 2

Mugger, from Makara

Question 3• Here's an MCQ

Swatch is a contraction ofa) Sports Watchb) Swiss Watchc) Superior Watchd) Second Watche) So Wat(ch)

Answer 3

Second Watch

Question 4 Who is the only sportsman, as of now to

have received not only the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award but also the Dronacharya Award ?

Answer 4

Pullela Gopichand

Question 5Connect.

Answer 5

Vani Mahal Sri Chandrasekhara Mahaswamigal HallAndP.Obul Reddy Mini Hall

Round 2

• Same rules as first 2 rounds but this time only the person who buzzes first can ‘pounce’.

Q 7Q 7 Which ‘maniac’ designed this car, called the Saroukh el-Jamahiriya which he believes to be the safest car ever? It was probably recent circumstances that led him to design the ‘electronic defense system’ that allegedly makes it very safe.

Q 7Q 7Answer :

Muammar Muhammad al- Gaddafi

Q 8Q 8 Plates such as these were very popular during

the medieval times, especially among the poor. They were also popular among sailors since they didn't slide as easily as round ones. Which commonly used phrase/term did their shape possibly inspire?

Which phrase did the shape of plates such as these inspire?

Q 8Q 8Answer :

Square Meal

Q 9Q 9 The Malayalam film Bombay Mittayi marks

the acting debut of which Indian politician? He was as recent as yesterday, chargesheeted in a major scam.

Q 9Q 9 Answer

Amar Singh,former SamajwadiParty MP

Q 10Q 10 The legendary rock and roll musician in the

image initially wanted to call his group something but later changed his mind and called his group ‘The Crickets’.

Another music group, decided to call themselves that name he discarded, in honour of him. Identify the musician and the group.

Larger photographs in next slide.

Q 10Q 10

Same guy in both images. Id him and the music group he helped set up.

Q 10Q 10Answer

BUDDY HOLLY initially wanted to use the name ‘the Beatles’.

Q 11• Why is Ravi Shastri a regular at Audi Car Launches? (need proper details here)

Q 11• Answer: Ravi Shastri won an audi 100 for being the Man of Series in the World Championship of Cricket, 1985 for his 182 runs and 8 wickets, due to which he became the first Indian to own an audi. Cricket brought Audi to India before business!

Q 11

Q 12• The Florida Gators, a collegiate football team asked a team of researchers headed by Robert Cade to come up with something to help the team. What they came up with became gained instant fame and people started attributing the success of the team to Cade’s product. What did he come up with?

Q 12• Answer

• Gatorade

Gators + Cade =

Nag A Ram, Anagram round

• Buzzer round..open to all people on stage• There are a set of letters on your screen. You

need to jumble them to get two different words based on the clues provided.

• If you get both right, +10, otherwise -5

i, l, n, n, e

1. A Russian Leader, Revolutionary, Philosopher and Lawyer.

2. A textile made from the fibers of the Flax plant.

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

1)Lenin

2)Linen

AnswerEXAMPLEEXAMPLE

o , e, p, g, h, t, n, a

1. A seven sided polygon.

2. A micro-organism such as a Virus or bacteria that causes diseases in it's host.

1) Heptagon

2)Pathogen

Answer

i, a, a, n, m, c

1. A member of the Crocodile family which lives in Central and South America, known for it's popping eyes.

2. An insane person; Shows excessive enthusiasm or desire for something.

1)Caiman

2)Maniac

Answer

n, a, o, c, o, c, r

Clue 1

2. A latin word that means 'CROWN'; can be seen during a total solar eclipse.

1)Raccoon

2)Corona

Answer

n, u, c, o, s, e

1. A measure of weight abbreviated as Oz. (plural form)

2. A body of the UN responsible for promoting international peace and security through education, science and culture.

1)Ounces

2)Unesco

Answer

s, i, g, a, n, n, p, w

1. Live creation of a body or character in video-game terminology.

2. The albatross has the largest ________ among birds.

1)Spawning

2)Wingspan

Answer

o, s, e, l, u

1. Common name given to several species of wingless parasitic insects(singular form)

2.Olympic City in Asia.

1) Louse

2) Seoul

Answer

Round 6

• Infinite bounds…but this time anti clockwise.

Q 13• Till a couple of centuries ago, Aluminium was one

of the most expensive substances, though it was found abundantly. Bars of aluminium were exhibited alongside the French crown jewels at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 and Napoleon’s most important guests were given aluminium cutlery, while those less worthy dined with mere silver.

• But we all know that Aluminium is pretty inexpensive nowadays. What was the reason for the permanent vary sharp decrease in price of Aluminium?

Q 13• Answer : • One of the best methods to obtain pure

Aluminium is the Hall–Héroult process which involves electrolyzing a solution of Alumina.

Prices were very high during Napoleonic times because electricity wasn’t discovered yet.

But after the process was discovered, the prices naturally fell down.

Q 14• This song was probably written in 1925, when

Rajaji had defended the right of an untouchable to enter the shrine of Tirupathi. In this song, Rajaji compares the untouchable's inability to have a glimpse of his favorite God to his own inability to have a glimpse of the invisible creator. A striking aspect of this song is that Rajaji does not elicit any favour from God but only maintains that he has no regrets or dissatisfaction about anything in life. Which popular song?

Q 14• Answer:

• Kurai Ondrum Illai

Q 15• The name of this popular TV show in

Japanese literally meant ‘Turbulence’. It featured this Japanese actor (first name = X) who appeared as a count and defended his (Y). The show was called X’s Y in other parts of the world. Identify the show.

Same guy in both images. What’s his first name?

Q 15• Answer• This actor is Takeshi Kitano, the guy

who appears in the game show Takeshi’s Castle.

Q 16• The building on the West of the Taj Mahal is

a mosque. What was the purpose of the one on the East?

Q 16• Answer• Called the Jawab, its main purpose is for the

architectural symmetry of the main structure.

Q 17• Why was Yoshinori Sakai chosen to light

the 1964 Olympic Cauldron, despite the fact that he had never participated in the Olympics or in any major sporting event?

Q 17• Yoshinori Sakai was born on August 6th 1945 in

Hiroshima, the day the atomic bomb was dropped. He was chosen for the role to symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction and rebirth and as a call for World Peace.

Q 18• This hill in Kanyakumari has startled several scholars. Firstly, it is located in the middle of plain lands that have very little undulation. And more importantly, none of the several varieties of plants here are known to grow anywhere else in this region. The herbs found here are known to have several medicinal properties and are usually native to very cold climates and high altitudes, like the Himalayas.

• contd….

Q 18• Due to the medicinal property of the herbs found here, the hill is called ‘Marunthu Vaazhum Malai’. Now, what is the local story about the hill’s origin?

Q 18• Answer: People believe that a stone fell down from the Sanjeevani mountain while Hanuman was carrying it to Lanka. That stone manifests as ‘Marunthu Vaazhum Malai’.

Connects

On the buzzer+15/-5

Connect 1

Answer = George Harrison

• The first pic is George Harrison as visualised by famed photographer Richard Avedon.

• He was a part of the supergroup ‘The Travelling Wilburys’

• Eric Clapton was his very good friend. • Learnt how to play the Sitar from Pandit Ravi

Shankar• He released All Things Must Pass after the

break-up of The Beatles.

Connect 2

Arthur Ashe ->

Answer = ‘Centre Courts’ of the Grand Slams named after them

• Philippe Chatrier - French Open Arthur Ashe – US OpenRod Laver - Australian Open

Connect 3

Answer: Both logos are based on the magdeburg spheres experiment in which horses were unsuccessful in trying to pull apart two hemispheres enclosing a vacuum.

Connect 4 wrt a player

Answer 4 clubs Baichung Bhutia represented

Bhutia announced his retirement yesterday (Aug 24th, 2011).

Farewell Bhutia and farewell audience!Special thanks to Amrith Bhargav for his questions and for volunteering to be quiz master.