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2. THANKS TO Many thanks to CQC (Govind, Yogesh, Ashok, Priya,Professor, Anu, Senthil) To Aditi Flippy and Srinath Benjy Bashyam forsome vital contributions Diwakar Pingle for reviewing it and giving valuablefeedback 3. ROUND 1 4. QUESTION The following are pictures from a book called the Historia Piscium by JohnRay and Francis Willughby in 1686. During the release of the onlinepicture library in April 2012 the Royal Society. During the release ProfessorJonathan Ashmore FRS offered a lame excuse and a semi apologyquoted below ( need I add 300 odd years too late ) .. Although the X may have gone on to achieve lasting fame and glory, wehope that visitors to our new online picture resource will be able to appreciatewhy early Fellows of the Royal Society were so impressed by Willughbysstunning illustrations of piscine natural history.What is the claim to infamy of this book ?Visual 5. VISUAL 6. ANSWER The Royal Society, having spent a fortune in printing this bookrefused to print Principia fearing another dud. Halley (who isprobably the proverbial apple) who had secured a job withthem and had inspired Newton to right Principia underwroteits publication. Little did he know the The Royal Society wasgoing to pay him in copies of History of Fishes. 7. QUESTION A represents Khawarij B represents the Fatamid who took it up to show their alliegience to Ali,the prophets cousin C represents the Umayyad Dynasty, who adopted it as a reminder of theprophets first battle in Badr D represents the Prophet Mohammed What are A B C D. where are do you find them today. 8. ANSWER Pan Arab Colours. A : Red B: Green C: White D: Black Most flags of the middle east have a combination of these colours or allfour. 9. QUESTION 80 % of Venus is covered with volcanic plains withtwo highland continents, named X terra and Yterra. X and Y please 10. ANSWER Aphrodite and Ishtar after the Greek and Babyloniangoddesses of love. 11. QUESTION Connect the movie and the song 12. ANSWER The Movie is Ides of March and the Song Dogs ofWar (Pink Floyd), both popular phrases fromShakespeares Julius Ceaser 13. QUESTION Perhaps one of the most famous binding documents inhistory it has been modified many times and in severalcountries to confirm to modern standards and to overcomelimitations presented in the original. The most famous of therevision was the declaration of Geneva in 1948 in view of thecrimes committed by Nazi Germany. Another modern version(used atleast in the USA) was drafted in 1964 by Lois Lasagna. 14. ANSWER Hippocratic Oath 15. QUESTION 300g Hob Nobs 150g butter , melted 1 x 397g tin condensed milk 3 medium egg yolks finely grated zest and juice of 4 X 300ml double cream 1 tbsp icing sugar extra X zest, to decorateX, cream and a buttery biscuit base -this zesty oven-baked treat makes arefreshing and indulgent end to ameal 16. ANSWER Key Lime Pie. The next flavour of Android 17. QUESTION There were atleast two similar incidents of this nature beforethe much celebrated event which transpired on Dec 1, 1955. One involved Claudette Colvin barely nine months before theabove mentioned date and the other a Mary Louise Smith justtwo months before the above events date Both of them however are relegated to the footnotes ofhistory probably due to the fact Colvin was a pregnantunmarried teen and Smiths dad was a notorious drunk? So what did happen on December 1 st 1955 ? 18. ANSWER Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat. 19. QUESTION Identify the Movie and the invention which is thebone of contention in the video 20. ANSWER Flash of Genius (2008) a movie based on Robert Kearns fightagainst auto majors to award royalty for his invention theintermittent (variable speed) wiper. 21. QUESTIONPoe, E.Near a RavenMidnights so dreary, tired and weary, Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore.During my rather long nap - the weirdest tap! An ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chambers antedoor."This", I whispered quietly, "I ignore".Perfectly, the intellect remembers: the ghostly fires, a glittering ember. Inflamed by lightnings outbursts, windows cast penumbras upon thisfloor.Sorrowful, as one mistreated, unhappy thoughts I heeded: That inimitable lesson in elegance - Lenore -Is delighting, exciting...nevermore. What is this form of Poetry called ? 22. ANSWER Piphilology (the poem is a mnemonic for the digits ofpi) or Piem and an attempted retelling of The Ravenby Mike Keith. 23. QUESTION Developed by Jack Cover, a NASA researcherhe named it after his childhood hero TomSwift, a central character in series of books ofAmerican juvenile science fiction andadventure novels that emphasize science,invention and technology.Visual 24. VISUAL 25. ANSWER Tom A. Swifts Electric Rifle (TASER) 26. QUESTION What word derives comes from Greek for the studyof true sense? 27. ANSWER Etymology 28. QUESTION Where And Why Wouldyou find this Sign ? 29. ANSWER Sign at the Abbey Road DLRStation. 30. THEME ROUND 31. QUESTION The following samples were the first analysed to prove what ? A Douglas Fir from Red Rock Valley provided by Terah L.Smiley A Piece from a mummy coffin from the Ptolemy era provided by John Wilson Fragments from the palace floor of the Syro-Hittite period provided by Robert Braidwood Redwood furnished by Edmund Schulman Piece of the deckboard from funerary boat of the Egyptian Sesostris III Samples from the Tombs of Zoser at Sakkara and Sneferu of Meydum50 / -30 32. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 33. ANSWER Libby proving the accuracy of carbon dating. 34. QUESTION The products which come with this accompaniment arelabelled Con Gusano. The reason of it being a timehonoured tradition, an indicator of quality, or an aphrodisiacare false and its only a recent marketing gimmick by oneJacobo Lozano Paez dating back only to the 1950s. Usuallyassociated only with the mezcal it has gone on to befashionable with the product in question as well. Name theproduct and the accompaniment. 35. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 36. ANSWER Tequila and the worms in it. 37. QUESTION If the Flight Recorder was to be named after theactual colour its usually painted in what would it becalled ? 38. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 39. ANSWER The Orange Box, FlightRecorder or Black Boxesare usuallypaintedOrange. 40. QUESTION This is a recurringsymbol in the Watchmengraphic novel. What isthe specific symbolism ofthe blood stain 41. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 42. ANSWER It references the Doomsday Clock at the University ofChicago. The closer the clock is to midnight, the closer theworld is estimated to be to global disaster. 43. QUESTION Identify the literary device which is being used herequite literally ? 44. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 45. ANSWER Deus Ex Machina (God In a Machine) 46. QUESTIONHIC SVNT LEONES literally meaning here there be Lionswas used in maps by ancient and medieval cartographers todepict what ? 47. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 48. ANSWER It is used to depict unknown or uncharted territoriesin maps. 49. QUESTION Smoother than a babies bottom, Grandma could besitting up there sipping lemonade . Who said this andon what occasion ? 50. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 51. Chuck Yeager on the supersonic flight 52. QUESTION Identify the Painter 53. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 54. ANSWER Mario Miranda 55. THEME ANSWERS Half Life Worms World Party The Orange Box Doom Deus Ex Uncharted Sonic Mario 56. ROUND 3 57. QUESTION 14 Connect 58. ANSWER Time Woman of the Year (As individuals, there have been women whohave been declared jointly or a group of women declared as person of theyear) 59. The excerpts from the many papers the following the event was hardly allpositive. What & Who are these papers lambasting ? Chicago Times : The cheek of every American must tingle with shame ashe reads the silly, flat and dishwatery utterances of the man who has to bepointed out to intelligent foreigners as the ________. London Times : Anything more dull and commonplace it would not beeasy to produce. Harrisburg Patriot and Union: ..for the credit of the Nation we are willingthat the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall nomore be repeated or thought of. 60. ANSWER Lincolns Gettysburg Address. 61. QUESTION Your TCQ of the quiz. Name the person who voicedAtlas in this Game ? 62. Micheal Clarke Duncan 63. QUESTION Which Movies IMDB rating is this ? 64. ANSWER This is Spinal Tap 65. QUESTION Located in Scottsboro, Alabama is a huge warehousemall with the tagline You Never know what youllfind and is pitched for bargain & treasure?Hunters and could pass for another mundane mall.Also attached is a museum featuring some of its rarermerchandise. Where does the mall source itsmerchandise from ?Visual 66. VISUAL 67. ANSWER 68. On the right is a 1786painting by EnglishmanSir Joshua Reynolds.Where would you morecommonly see it 69. ANSWER Woodwards Gripewater Logo 70. QUESTIONA hard, howling, tossing water scene.Strong tide was washing hero clean."How cold!" Weather stings as in anger.O Silent night shows war ace danger!The cold waters swashing on in rage.Redcoats warn slow his hint engage.When star generals action wishd "Go!"He saw his ragged continentals row.Ah, he stands sailor crew went going.And so this general watches rowing.He hastens winter again grows cold.A wet crew gain Hessian stronghold.George cant lose war withs hands in;Hes astern so go alight, crew, and win! This is a sonnet written by David Shulman. What is its title and what is specialabout the sonnet ? 71. ANSWER Washington Crossing The Delaware. Each line in the sonnet is an anagramof the title. 72. QUESTION Identify the scene from Indian History from thepainting in the next slide ?Visual 73. VISUAL 74. ANSWER The Parade of Dara Shikoh in Delhi after his Defeatto Aurangzeb. 75. QUESTION Identify 76. ANSWER Natalia Partyka of Poland. Competedboth in the 2008 and 2012 SummerOlympics. 77. QUESTION X is the attempt to create an impression ofwidespread grassroots support for a policy, individual,or product, where little such support exists bymasking the sponsors of the message to give theappearance of coming from a disinterested groups.(Hint : if required) 78. ANSWER Astroturfing 79. QUESTION Before the advent of Engineering techniques and thematerials required to build tall skyscrapers. What werethe tallest buildings used for? They used to make a specific product which neededheights to produce it.Visual 80. VISUAL 81. ANSWER Ball Bearings and Leadshots. These towers were used to drop molten lead and theyused to become spherical on falling till they hit thewater to condense. 82. QUESTION In his search for India. Columbus stumbled upon America. Tocover up his blunder he declared that this was India and thatshow the Americans came to be known as Indians. In avegetable he made a similar blunder. He renamed a vegetableto a plant native to India and thence the name has stuck 83. ANSWER Chilli Pepper 84. LONG VISUAL CONNECT 85. 50 / -30 86. 45 / -27 87. 40 / -24 88. 35 / -21 89. 30 / -18 90. 25 / -15 91. 20 / -12 92. 15 / -9 93. 10 / -6 94. 5 / -3 95. LVC ANSWERS Edvard MUNCH The KISS(ES) Central PERK Big CRUNCH MARS HMS BOUNTY TOBLERONE MILKY WAY / GALAXY CADBURY LADY GODIVA 96. TO INFINITY AND BEYOND ! 97. QUESTION This is an atempt by Robert Scotts photographer HerbertPontings attempt to recreate what by replacing the bullterrier(?) with a husky 98. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 99. ANSWER The HMV Logo or the then gramophone company logo 100. QUESTION Many people managed to capture this much celebratedmoment, the most famous of which was JeffWideners. Other surviving versions were those of StuartFranklin, Charlie Cole and Arthur Tsang Hin Wah andthe one shot by BBC 20 years past the event in 2009 Terril Jones released awhole new perspective to this event. 101. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 102. ANSWER The Tank man from Tiananmen 103. QUESTION Identify the kid ? 104. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 105. ANSWER The Prince of PersiaThe footage of Jordan Mechners brother in the parking lot fromwhich he modelled the movements in the original Prince ofPersia game. 106. QUESTION Which company currently owns IMDB and acquiredthe same way back in 1999 ? 107. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 108. ANSWER 109. QUESTION This is a Photo of JuanPelota Caf. Who ownsthe place and why is thecaf called Juan Pelota ? 110. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 111. Situated in Austin, Texas its owned by LanceArmstrong, Juan Pelota in Spanish is one ball. 112. QUESTION There have been now six instances of this happeningin ODI/LOI cricket. The first (and perhaps the mostfamous) happened 1986 in Sharjah and was notreplicated for the next 13 years until Lance Kluesnerrepeated the feat against New Zealand. The mostrecent instance involved South African Ryan Mclarenbarely a week ago. What am I talking about ? 113. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 114. ANSWER Six of the last ball to win a matchMiandad of Chetan SharmaLance Kluesner of Dion NashBredon Taylor of Mashrafe MortazaChanderpaul of Chaminda VaasEd Rainsford of Kevin OBreinAnd most recently Mclaren of Franklin 115. QUESTION Which nineteenth centuryEnglish astromomer gavehis name To the brilliantspots of sunlight ( beads )which appear Brieflyaround the moon justbefore and after a totalsolar eclipse ? 116. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 117. ANSWER Francis Bailey d.1844 Baileys Beads 118. QUESTION What is the commonname of this tropicalevergreen tree of themyrtle family comesfrom the flavour of itsaromatic dried berries,whichresemblesacombination of cloves,cinnamon and nutmeg? 119. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 120. ANSWER All Spice 121. QUESTION What was the name of the fine wire which was movedto make contact with a crystal in order to receivebroadcasts on early wireless sets or radio? 122. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 123. ANSWER Cats Whisker 124. QUESTION 13 This work was donated forauction in April 2011 for raisingmoney for Parkinsons Diseaseand was the artists first knownpublic art in more than 16 yearsat that point in time. Identify theartist ? 125. BUZZZZZZZZZ!!! 126. ANSWER Bill Watterson 127. TIE BREAK / AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 128. SPORTS One of the earliest mention of this sport was in Jane AustensNorthhanger Abbey published in 1803. Since then the gamehas caught on strangely not in Britain but in another country? 129. ANSWER Baseball