Don Quizote - Finals

Audience Question (if there is any audience)

_______ (/ˈhʊtspə/ or /ˈxʊtspə/) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word ḥutspâ (ֻחְצָּפה), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity".)

1. What is the software X?

• Inori Aizawa , also known as _______ - tan , is an anthropomorphic mascot character of the software X.

• She was created in 2013, and is featured in a video, Facebook profile as well as a special edition of the software.

• Inori's purpose is to help advertise X , and to convince anime fans to return to using X, due to the its falling popularity.

2. Name the character or the story

• X is a character from a short story made into two movies, one made in 1940s and the other in 2013.

• It is believed that the protagonist was based on the author himself.

• Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran has suggested that the author may have had a neurological condition that causes bizarre hallucinations even in blind patients, explaining what happened to X.

3. Like Nelson Mandela and Morgan Freeman

• As often happens to certain celebrities, in August 2012, the names of 3 celebrities were mixed up on Twitter and Facebook, leading to some hilarious posts.

• Based on the image in the next slide – give me the names of the celebrities.

4. Give context to this picture

5. Id X and Y

In the song Y, which has become one of X’s most famous songs, Jody Perpick was once a part of X group during his early gigging days but quit to concentrate on the equipment for X as he achieved success. Drummer Jim Wesley, who worked for X in his club gigging days, who quit the band because he and X did not get along.

6. Name the contraption•This contraption was originally used to harness the power of animals or humans to do work, usually to grind flour. In later times they were also used as punishment devices for people sentenced to hard labour in prisons.

•In modern times, the usage has totally changed, now the contraption relates to health and fitness. What are we talking about?

7. Whose famous gesture?

• The _______-Raute (“______ rhombus”, also called the _____ diamond or “Triangle of Power”) is a hand gesture made by resting one's hands in front of the stomach so that the fingertips meet, with the thumbs and index fingers forming a quadrangular shape.

• It is probably one of the most recognisable hand gestures in the world

• _______ said “There was always the question, what to do with your arms, and that's how it came about.” 

• _____ also famously supports the country’s football team.

8. Whose words?

"Their works contain incredible mathematical discoveries, and were very inspirational to me. The classic works of Pingala, Hemachandra, and Brahmagupta have been particularly influential in my own work.“

“My work was primarily about deciding when certain fundamental equations in mathematics (such as quadratic forms and elliptic curves) have solutions in the whole numbers. My work introduced, in particular, a new geometric method for answering such questions.”

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• Who was active in teaching a course at the Harvard Business School on The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports in May 2014?

• He did this after retiring for what he is known for, which he did for 27 years.

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• Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas, a school dropout, votes in the midst of Gujarat's Gir forest, and has done so for every election he has been eligible to vote for, including the April 2014 one. He votes from a place called Banej.

• What is so unusual about him voting? And for 5 extra points, why does this happen?

Audience Question!

Several participants at the 2014 Tour de France complained about a social media phenomenon that added to the physical dangers of the competition. In this case, a non-participant could potentially cause a self-inflicted form of injury. What were the cyclists and the Tour de France organisers worried about?

1. Name XY

• It’s been incredibly easy to be cynical about the upcoming XY movie. The animated big screen adaptation of the popular game couldn’t be more of a textbook cash-in.

• Will feature the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride, Kate McKinnon, and Keegan-Michael Key.

• Fans of the game unlocked the cast list by launching one billion _______ , making it the most literal “flock to unlock” campaign of all time.

2. Give X and Y.

• In 2007, Microsoft made a major change by changing a default X to a new default Y.

• The change was made for 2 reasons : the rise of digital reading, and the need for modernisation as X was used for a looong time.

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Relate basketball player Andrei Kirilenko’s nickname to someone who died last year. •Looking for two names– give both.

5. Mono Sodium Glutamate

• Lady Gaga has done this 7 times.• Justin Bieber was the youngest to do this

at 16. • Elton John has done this 64 times! • Identify the most recent person to

achieve the same feat.

6. Shiva + Norwegian

• Senator Tom Harkin and University of Iowa law professor Lea VanderVelde have been trying to do something since 2005, and have finally succeeded this year.

7. Which adage in economics?

The expression refers to the once-common tradition of saloons in the United States providing a ____ _____ to patrons who had purchased at least one drink. Many foods on offer were high in salt (e.g., ham, cheese, and salted crackers), so those who ate them ended up buying a lot of beer, making the saloons a lot of money!

8. Etymology of?

• _____ was the favourite sport of the medieval French knights; the original version of the game included no _____ while the players had to strike the ball with the palms of their hands. The game was originally called La Pulme, simply meaning palm but the players' service cry, X, eventually identified the game.

• The word X in turn gives rise to a word that describes a strong, unrelenting hold.

Jeopardy!Where the answers are questions

+10 for correct answers Rest of the rules are the same

Why can’t this foul creature get around without having its motives being

questioned?

The most famous dialogue in the play asked by ________ is the most misunderstood. One protagonist is asking the other why he was _______ and not asking for his location, as famously believed.

The feud between the two families, which makes their union impossible, is what causes ______ to ask the question in the first place. Which famous question?

A 1957 Associated Press piece refers to the question as "a riddle which beats the Sphinx, since it's still unanswered". A more concrete

answer was published by the Associated Press in 1988, which reported that a New York fish and wildlife technician named Richard Thomas had calculated the volume of dirt in a typical 25–30 foot long _______ burrow, and had determined

that if the _______ had moved an equivalent volume of timber, it could move "about 700

pounds on a good day, with the wind at his back". Another study determined that a ________ could ingest 361.9237001 cubic centimeters of timber

per day.

In Asterix and the Magic Carpet, what is the name of the Indian Fakir who asks for

Asterix’s help?

This form/type of music was used in religious music especially in churches and

the name of this type of music is Italian for “in the manner of the church” or

“in the manner of the chapel”.

The most toxic substance known is botulinum toxin. 100 nanograms is enough to kill a full-grown man; 1kg (2 pounds) would be enough to wipe out the entire human race. 

It is secreted by a bacterium, C. botulinum. It causes muscle paralysis by cutting off proteins which normally enable vesicle function at the neuromuscular junction. 

The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens or more people doing a variety of

amusing things at a given location. Many illustrations contain "red herrings"

involving deceptive use of striped objects.Some character names are – Wilma,

Wenda, Odlaw, Woof, Wizard Whitebeard.

1. Hint - Think recent!

Ramesh Srivats :

So, Flipkart is giving 44% off on X. Which of course makes it just slightly over a Quarter _________.

2. #BadlyExplainedFilmPlot

A man's wife is brutally murdered by a serial killer and his son is left physically disabled. In a twisted turn of events, his son is kidnapped and he has to chase the kidnapper thousands of miles with the help of a mentally disabled woman.

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