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ABOVE & BEYOND –
The ABOVE Quiz 2010Welcome to the FINALS
Quizmaster: Venkatesh S
(Venky)
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Write Choice• 10 questions
• Write down all your answers
• 5 pts per question or part
• 10 point bonus if you get all right
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What is this?
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2Where will you find this on the internet / what is it called?
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3What is shown on this $5 note and 1 cent coin?
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4Name the band
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7. 5Identify the film
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6Which company?
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7An actress portraying an actress. Name both
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Who? 8
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What‟s blanked out?
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Who? 10
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Whose house?
Answers
1.Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel with the ICC 2011 WC
2. Failed Whale on Twitter
3. Lincoln Memorial
4. Indian Ocean
5. Yaadon ki Baarat featuring Aamir Khan
6. NVIDIA
7. Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn
8. Lord Mountbatten
9.Symbian OS
10.David Beckham
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Clockwise9 questions on Infinite
Bounce
+10 for direct and pass
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• When we now think of the Afghan city of _____, we
equate it with the Taliban. But its original name was
Gandhara, and it was a part of the ancient Buddhist
civilization with its capital city in _____.
• Swat, Peshawar and the Kabul Valley were all included
in this thriving, peaceful community that had
absorbed Mediterranean culture brought to the
subcontinent by Alexander, and before him, by Greek
mercenaries and traders.
• Fill in the two blanks
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KandaharTaxila
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Father's Name: Shri S.K. Andimuthu
Date of Birth: 1963-05-10
Birth Place: Velur, Tamil Nadu
Education:
Government Arts College, Trichy,
Government Law College, Madurai and
Government Law College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu
Who is this?
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• A Raja
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857, known to the
British as the "Great Mutiny", but to Indians as
the "First War of Independence", resulted in
widespread devastation in India and a shake-up
in the British administration.
What was the direct result in the „corporate
world‟ of this rebellion?
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India was taken over directly by the
Crown (British Queen) and the East
India Company lost its powers.
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• Why did this house become vacant recently?
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This is where Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar leader was imprisoned and she was finally released recently
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Where?
What does it
represent?
Who is the sculptor?
Which company
commissioned it?
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MG Road in BangaloreDNA Double HelixSculpted by Yusuf ArakkalCommissioned by Biocon
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What‟s the story?
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The phrase “Zandu Balm” is apparently a favorite of Madhur Bhandarkar’s and he uses this to address or call people.
Lalit Pandit who wrote the song was paying tribute to him.
Emami owns Zandu Balm
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In 1984, why was this a famous answer by a high-
flying achiever?
7
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In a famous conversation, Rakesh
Sharma was asked by the then Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi how India looked
from space, to which he replied, Saare
Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan hamara
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From 1896 the construction was started and it was
completed in 1906 with 698 cells. It was constructed
with seven wings, spreading out like a seven-petal
flower. In its centre it had a tower with a turret.
Connected to this were the three storey high seven
wings with 698 cells. This is why it is called the
_______ _____.
What?
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Cellular Jail in Andaman
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Who on what?
9
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Mark Zuckerberg, on The Social Network
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Anti-
Clockwise9 questions on Infinite
Bounce
+10 for direct and pass
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• One of the ways in which a batsman can be given out
(has never happened in international cricket)
• One of Homer‟s Greek epics
• A puzzle - the creating of these is called
cruciverbalism among its practitioners, who are
referred to as cruciverbalists
• An achievement of significance
• What is the lateral connection to all these?
1
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Book Stores! Time Out, Odyssey, Crossword, Landmark
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• A countdown clock from Feb 2010.
Where and for what??
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• Winter Olympics, Vancouver, 2010
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• X denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our
leaders must be indifferent to material gains and
dedicate themselves to their work.
• The Y in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide
our conduct.
• The Z shows our relation to (the) soil, our relation to
the plant life here, on which all other life depends.
• The “AC” denotes Truth or virtue… it also denotes
motion and represents the dynamism of a peaceful
change
Who, in 1947, about what?
3
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S Radhakrishnan, India’s first VP about
the National Flag (Orange, White, Green
and the Ashoka Chakra)
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• So I did that which I thought was most dignified. As I advanced
slowly toward him I noticed he was pale, looked wearied, had a
gray beard, wore a bluish cap with a faded gold band round it, had
on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of gray tweed trousers. I
would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of
such a mob, - would have embraced him, only, he being an
Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did
what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing, -
walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said,
“_ _________ _ ________”? Who, about what?
4
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Henry Morton Stanley’s famous words, “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”
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Connect – think telecom
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Blackberry models – Storm, Pearl, Torch and Curve
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“In 1981, a young woman wrote him a letter, which
informed the singer that he was the father of one of
her twins. She continued to send more letters, which
stated that she loved him and wanted to be with him.
She wrote of how happy they would be if they raised
the child together. She pondered how he could ignore
his own flesh and blood. The letters disturbed him to
the extent that he suffered nightmares”
Who is he? And this story is given as the basis of
what?
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Michael JacksonThe song, “Billie Jean”
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Who, among what?
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Omi Vaidya, on the role of Chatur
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Video of Aishwariya Rai dancing from the film Umrao
Jaan
What connects the video to the cities of Lucknow,
Banaras and Jaipur?
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Kathak – its three main schools / gharanas are in these three cities
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(Audio of an actor speaking at a college function)
Connect
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Kamal Hassan, Mamooty and Amitabh
Bachchan – people who have won National
Award for Best Actor 3 time
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Relatively
Speaking8 visuals
All written
+10 for each; +15 if you
are among 1 or 2 teams
to get it
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ID her husband1
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ID her dad or mom
2
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ID her brother
3
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ID his wife4
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ID his grandson
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ID her father6
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ID his son7
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ID her grandfather
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Whose house?
Answers
1. Mani Ratnam
2. Bill & Hilary Clinton
3. Abhishek Bachchan
4. Indira Gandhi
5. Neil Nitin Mukesh
6. M Karunanidhi
7. Stuart Broad
8. Mahatma Gandhi
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