Mastermind VIT-By-

Tarun RuchandaniNikhil Ramesh

Aysuhman Ojaswi

April 17th, 2013

1.

"X's boots" is a monument in the Memento Park - an open air museum in Budapest, dedicated to monumental statues from Hungary's Communist period.

1.

In 1956, around two hundred thousand Hungarians gathered in Budapest to demonstrate in sympathy for the Poles who had just gained political reform during the Polish October. The Hungarians broadcast sixteen demands over the radio, one of them being the dismantling of X's statue in Memento Park.

A hundred thousand Hungarian revolutionaries demolished the statue, leaving only his boots, in which they planted a Hungarian flag. The bronze inscribed name of the Hungarians' leader, teacher and "best friend" was ripped off from the pedestal. Before the toppling of the statue, someone had placed a sign over X's mouth that read "RUSSIANS, WHEN YOU RUN AWAY DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND!"

1.

Joseph Stalin

2.

Man O’ War is considered to be the one of the all-time greatest thoroughbred race horses of all time.

Its glittering career stats speaks for itself with an impressive 20 wins from 21 races that it participated.

The only race that it lost was the Sanford Memorial stakes in 1919.

What was the name of the horse it lost to, which also gave rise to a term?

2.

Name of the horse was Upset

This is supposed to be the introduction of the word upset for an unexpected sporting loss.

3.

This town was a seat of the Chandravanshi Tomar Rajputs who claim descent from Arjuna through Janamejaya. Its ruler King Ajmal Tomar was a descendant of Anangpal Tomar who settled Delhi (Lal Kot – the first of the seven cities of Delhi) and constructed the Iron Pillar at Mehrauli.

It later became a seat of the Champawat Rathores, who constructed the Balagarh Fort here in the 14th century. Its name literally means “the place of five mirages.”

Identify this town, now famous in modern Indian history for a different reason.

3.

Pokhran

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This idea was conceived in 1947 when Hyman Goldsmith asked artist Martyl Langsdorf to design a cover for the “Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” magazine for the June 1947 issue. Since then, it has appeared on every cover of the magazine.

This attained its ‘peak’ in 1953 when the US and Soviet Union tested thermo nuclear weapons within nine months of one another.

What am I talking about?

3.

Doomsday Clock

4.

Daedalus’ sister knowing of his prowess of building things took her son Perdix to him so that he could be under his tutelage. Soon Daedalus realises that Perdix is smarter and talented than him and decides to kill him by pushing him off the acropolis mountain.

The Godess Athena saves Perdix by changing him into a bird. This bird does not build its nest in the trees, nor take lofty flights, but nestles in the hedges, and mindful of his fall, avoids high places.

Id the species.

4.

Partridge

5.

She was the only child of an affluent Denver attorney, was born June 27, 1888. As a girl, she studied piano and voice, and was sent to New York's exclusive Miss Ely's School to prepare for a concert career. Her heart, however, was always in the theatre.In 1905, at the age of 16, she made her stage debut in Chicago in a play called "Mrs. Templeton's Telegram." By age 20, she had already become a stage star.Over the course of her lifetime, she became not only a noted actress, but also a director and philanthropist. She became active in the American Theatre Wing, helping to form the American Theater Wing War Service, which held benefits to raise money for the British war effort.Who is she? /How is she remembered today?

5.

5.

Tony Awards

6.

These two terms are quite often used inter-changeably in the fashion industry.

The key differences between the two terms are as follows.

Which terms?

6.

AUsually a curated selection is offered from 1-2 mills.

A list of options that are available, and a list of options that are not. Eg: interior lining, lapel width, button-stance, gorge height.

You meet with a store worker or a sales associate who is trained to take measurements.

No fittings during the creation process.

BSelection of 10+ mills.

No limit on options, regardless of complexity.

You should be meeting directly with the person constructing the garment.

Multiple fittings during creation. 

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A- Made To Measure (MTM)

B - Bespoke

7.

The following is a list of constellations and stars seen by an imaginary observer an infinite distance above a point in the Southern Hemispere on 15 November 1889:

•Procyon (α Canis Minoris),•Canis Major, with the largest star depicting Sirius, Canopus (α Carinae),•Spica (α Virginis)•Hydra•Crux Australis•Sigma Octantis (σ Octantis; south pole star)•Triangulum Australe•Scorpius, with the largest star depicting Antares

7.

Why would these stars and constellation be of particular interest to vexillologsits?

7.

8.

The state of West Virginia passed a law around 1990 that allows people to do something, stating this law would help save the department of transportation.

Workers save a lot of money carrying out a particular maintainance activity along back country roads. The Pochanto Country of Commerce immediately organises a state-wide festival to celebrate this law each year since 1991.

So what is this law?

8.

Annual Roadkill Cookoff Festival

The practice of preparing and eating the roadkill, ie the animals hit by vehicles and found around roads.

9.

• In professional wrestling it means a character who is morally ambiguous or does not take sides

• In newspaper design, it refers to a person who formats the inside pages of a section

• In TV, it was the title of the 9th episode of season 1 of Prison Break

• In photography, it may be a camera model bridging 2 generations

• In basketball whose skills and physical attributes do not precisely fit any one position.

But everyone associates this term usually with another sport.

Which term?

9.

Tweener

10.

There is not much details regarding the person shown in the next slide . Apart from the fact that she is a first standard teacher at the Rajosana Primary School, is very popular among her Muslim students. she lives in a one-room tenement in the Panchalvas area in the village, and pays a rent of Rs 150 every month. The 100 sq ft room has a tin roof, no toilets, and not even a bathroom. Despite the fact that she can afford a better life, she has chosen to stay in a somewhat im poverished village, in a sympathetic and helpful neighbourhood. Also she does not like being photographed since she believes she is not good looking. How can we connect her to a famous person?

10.

10.

Narendra Modi’s alleged wife

Uncycolpedia Round

• Written round

• ID what/who is being talked about from the Uncylopedia description.

• +5 for every correct answer.

Sample

_____ ______ is an Australian, Swedish, Citizen of the Free Internet World, Ecuadorian campaigner against the tyranny of misinformation about him and what he is up to every time he switches on his laptop. He is currently undergoing martyrdom in a pokey little South American embassy around the back of Harrods department store in London.

Julian Assange is an Australian, Swedish, Citizen of the Free Internet World, Ecuadorian campaigner against the tyranny of misinformation about him and what he is up to every time he switches on his laptop. He is currently undergoing martyrdom in a pokey little South American embassy around the back of Harrods department store in London.

1.

______ ______ M.D. is a renowned Lithuanian psychologist and celebrity chef, who has gained fame for his healthy eating crusades and bizarre personal tastes, namely his interest in the collection of Art Deco and diagrams of internal organs.

2.___ ________ is known as the ship her owners and crews tried to sink - but failed every time. ___ _______ should have ended up at the bottom of the ocean with her sister ships RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic but somehow the _____ never delivered. Four times the crew nearly succeeded but each time the other vessel came off worse. It's a remarkable sailing record and in the wake of Titanic, largely forgotten except by men pretending to be sailors in the comfort of their padded libraries.

3.

_____ __ ____is the first woman who wrote the book about How To: Leave Your Husband and Cause a Big, Big, Fuss. It wasn't her fault that Bronze age Greek super heroes went weak at their hairy knees when they saw her and wanted to sack cities and kill many people in her honour. After all, doesn't every princess want to be fussed over?

4._____ was a Greek philosopher, student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great, and all around philanderer. His teachings covered many topics, including politics, sex, music and of course, Greek daytime stage drama. _____, Plato and Socrates were the most important philosophers of Western society. Without them, Earth as we know it would have been lost in chaos and despair.

5.

So I am out there in this beautiful place called ________. There was a beautiful lady who walked past by when I was dreaming, playing tennis in the courtyard. But when I woke up, it was just a dream, I found myself in some public park underneath an umbrella lying down on a deckchair. There was that kid, who I say he was eight years old, dancing around in the courtyard next to the playground full of children. I thought I lived a high life, but no, I am too poor to do that.

6.________ ____(symbol W, number 74) is a rare transition metal first isolated by the British chemists J. Lea and W. Perrins in 1837. It is most commonly found as an oxide ore in the highest peaks of the mountain ranges of Norfolk. Renowned for its extreme toxicity and acidity, it is twice as corrosive as sulphuric acid and significantly more poisonous than your typical plutonium/cyanide mixture. Because of this, it has found high popularity amongst many Englishmen as an invaluable addition to cookery.

7.

_____ is the brand name of a chocolate spread made in Italy that also contains hazardous waste. Hazardous, yet nutritious. _____ is manufactured by the company Ferrero based on a recipe from 1963, which was based on an earlier recipe from 1944, which was based on the earlier concept of food, which began to be eaten in Italy in around 1400.

8.______ ____ was born in Spain in 1904. He was like any normal person. He lived with his disciplinarian father and his over-compensating mother. He upheld good practises such as eating your vegetables, drinking your milk, spitting on your toothbrush and not your dead mother’s portrait, saying your prayers and taking your vitamins, without complaining. Unlike Pablo Picasso who broke every rule from day one.

Answers

1.

______ ______ M.D. is a renowned Lithuanian psychologist and celebrity chef, who has gained fame for his healthy eating crusades and bizarre personal tastes, namely his interest in the collection of Art Deco and diagrams of internal organs.

Hannibal Lecter M.D. is a renowned Lithuanian psychologist and celebrity chef, who has gained fame for his healthy eating crusades and bizarre personal tastes, namely his interest in the collection of Art Deco and diagrams of internal organs.

2.___ ________ is known as the ship her owners and crews tried to sink - but failed every time. The _____ should have ended up at the bottom of the ocean with her sister ships RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic but somehow the _____ never delivered. Four times the crew nearly succeeded but each time the other vessel came off worse. It's a remarkable sailing record and in the wake of Titanic, largely forgotten except by men pretending to be sailors in the comfort of their padded libraries.

RMS Olympic is known as the ship her owners and crews tried to sink - but failed every time. The Olympic should have ended up at the bottom of the ocean with her sister ships RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic but somehow the Olympic never delivered. Four times the crew nearly succeeded but each time the other vessel came off worse. It's a remarkable sailing record and in the wake of Titanic, largely forgotten except by men pretending to be sailors in the comfort of their padded libraries.

3.

_____ __ ____is the first woman who wrote the book about How To: Leave Your Husband and Cause a Big, Big, Fuss. It wasn't her fault that Bronze age Greek super heroes went weak at their hairy knees when they saw her and wanted to sack cities and kill many people in her honour. After all, doesn't every princess want to be fussed over?

Helen of Troy is the first woman who wrote the book about How To: Leave Your Husband and Cause a Big, Big, Fuss. It wasn't her fault that Bronze age Greek super heroes went weak at their hairy knees when they saw her and wanted to sack cities and kill many people in her honour. After all, doesn't every princess want to be fussed over?

4._____ was a Greek philosopher, student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great, and all around philanderer. His teachings covered many topics, including politics, sex, music and of course, Greek daytime stage drama. _____, Plato and Socrates were the most important philosophers of Western society. Without them, Earth as we know it would have been lost in chaos and despair.

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great, and all around philanderer. His teachings covered many topics, including politics, sex, music and of course, Greek daytime stage drama. Aristotle, Plato and Socrates were the most important philosophers of Western society. Without them, Earth as we know it would have been lost in chaos and despair.

5.

So I am out there in this beautiful place called ________. There was a beautiful lady who walked past by when I was dreaming, playing tennis in the courtyard. But when I woke up, it was just a dream, I found myself in some public park underneath an umbrella lying down on a deckchair. There was that kid, who I say he was eight years old, dancing around in the courtyard next to the playground full of children. I thought I lived a high life, but no, I am too poor to do that.

So I am out there in this beautiful place called Gangnam. There was a beautiful lady who walked past by when I was dreaming, playing tennis in the courtyard. But when I woke up, it was just a dream, I found myself in some public park underneath an umbrella lying down on a deckchair. There was that kid, who I say he was eight years old, dancing around in the courtyard next to the playground full of children. I thought I lived a high life, but no, I am too poor to do that.

6.________ ____(symbol W, number 74) is a rare transition metal first isolated by the British chemists J. Lea and W. Perrins in 1837. It is most commonly found as an oxide ore in the highest peaks of the mountain ranges of Norfolk. Renowned for its extreme toxicity and acidity, it is twice as corrosive as sulphuric acid and significantly more poisonous than your typical plutonium/cyanide mixture. Because of this, it has found high popularity amongst many Englishmen as an invaluable addition to cookery.

Worcestershire Sauce (symbol W, number 74) is a rare transition metal first isolated by the British chemists J. Lea and W. Perrins in 1837. It is most commonly found as an oxide ore in the highest peaks of the mountain ranges of Norfolk. Renowned for its extreme toxicity and acidity, it is twice as corrosive as sulphuric acid and significantly more poisonous than your typical plutonium/cyanide mixture. Because of this, it has found high popularity amongst many Englishmen as an invaluable addition to cookery.

7.

_____ is the brand name of a chocolate spread made in Italy that also contains hazardous waste. Hazardous, yet nutritious. _____ is manufactured by the company Ferrero based on a recipe from 1963, which was based on an earlier recipe from 1944, which was based on the earlier concept of food, which began to be eaten in Italy in around 1400.

Nutella is the brand name of a chocolate spread made in Italy that also contains hazardous waste. Hazardous, yet nutritious. Nutella is manufactured by the company Ferrero based on a recipe from 1963, which was based on an earlier recipe from 1944, which was based on the earlier concept of food, which began to be eaten in Italy in around 1400.

8.______ ____ was born in Spain in 1904. He was like any normal person. He lived with his disciplinarian father and his over-compensating mother. He upheld good practises such as eating your vegetables, drinking your milk, spitting on your toothbrush and not your dead mother’s portrait, saying your prayers and taking your vitamins, without complaining. Unlike Pablo Picasso who broke every rule from day one.

Salvador Dali was born in Spain in 1904. He was like any normal person. He lived with his disciplinarian father and his over-compensating mother. He upheld good practises such as eating your vegetables, drinking your milk, spitting on your toothbrush and not your dead mother’s portrait, saying your prayers and taking your vitamins, without complaining. Unlike Pablo Picasso who broke every rule from day one.

Mastermind Round

• 8 Topics. Each topic has 6 questions.• +3 for each correct answer. Time limit – 2

mins.• One with lowest score gets to go first.

• Indian UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Women in Business

• Cricket World Cup

• Shakespeare

• Band etymologies

• The Internet

• Booker Prize

• Nobel Prize

11.

‘How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension’ is a paper by mathematician X, first published in Science in 1967.

The paper examines the coastline paradox: the property that the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement. Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement, the longer the measured length becomes.

What term did he come up with to solve this dilemma ?

11.

11.

Fractal(Benoit Mandelbrot is

X)

12.

The pic in the next slide is of a lady named Oliwia Dabrowska. She is currently in her third year of library science degree and hopes to go into publishing.However she attained worldwide fame and attention for a particular incident close to 2 decades ago , a decision she says she regrets to this day. In her own words she said she was ashamed and frustrated when people asked her about that and was angry with both her mom and dad for letting her do that.

Now, she has come out of the initial disgust and feels proud to have part of something historic! What’s her fame to claim?

12.

12.

She was the girl in red coat in Schindler’s List

13.

Fernando Botero is a Columbian figurative artist who depicts women, men, daily life, historical events and characters, milestones of art, still-life, animals and the natural world in general, with exaggerated and disproportionate volumetry, accompanied by fine details of scathing criticism, irony, humor, and ingenuity. In 2005 he gained popularity for his particular series of paintings which was first exhibited in Europe.

He decided not to sell the paintings but to donate it to museums.

So on what topic did he draw this series of paintings?

13.

13.

Abu Gharib Series

Describing about the torture of the US troops on the prisoners of the Abu Gharib prison.

14.

This project was launched by predictive text company T9. The Europe-wide project sees users, unknown to each other, text a word of their choosing to the Website. The text message is free and as it continues the words are combined to form lyrics.

The lyrics are then made into a song by the Hip Hop artist Sparo which will be released as an album. If any of the tracks becomes a hit the people who texted in the words for the lyrics will receive royalties from the project.

What was this project appropriately named as?

14.

Infinite Monkey Theorem

15.

The government of this country is trying to make a negative campaign trying to portray itself as a country where it always rains, jobs are scarce and public services are at the seams

This is aimed at Bulgarians and Romanians, who starting next January, will have automatic rights to settle in the said country as their countries become full members of the European Union. 

Which country?

15.

England

16.

In Chess, a draw usually refers to a game ending in a tie in which neither player is in a distinct advantage of winning from that particular position. The draws are codified in the form of stalemate, threefold repetition, fifty move rule etc. But until 1867 the tournament games which were drawn caused a lot of organisational problems, the best example being the Paris tournament that year. Hence the British Chess Association decided to introduce a new rule to solve this issue which has been in existence till now.

Which rule?

16.

Awarding half points to both the players in case of a draw.

Till 1867, when the match was drawn the matches would be replayed till the victor was found.

17.

This type of genre is commonly found in Latin American books and movies, though usually it can’t happen in real life, but fits into the story and looks real. For eg in the Latino movie “ like water for chocolate(1992)”, there’s a woman who cooks food that magically transfers her emotions to the people who eat her food. For eg: i) if she feels sad when she cooks, people start crying. Ii) if she feels horny, the birth rate shoots up in the town 9 months later.

So what is this genre called?

17.

Magic Realism

18.

Sallie Gardner is considered the first real star of motion picture. She was selected by the director for an experimental work. Her contribution was so important that title of the movie included her full name which was an important honour.

So what did Sallie Gardner do to gain such fame and who was the director who made this experiment for which world cinema really should be grateful to him?

18.

Sallie Gardner was the name of the mare.The director was Edward Muybridge

19.

1. Which iconic Indian builiding’s dome was inspired by the dome of Basilica di Santa Maria in Florence

2. The gray basalt façade of the building in question 1 is inspired by another Indian monument. Which monument?

19.

1. Taj Mahal Palace hotel

2. Hawa Mahal in Jaipur

20.

This expression which means 'with continuous progress; with regular advances' or 'speedily; increasingly' is nautical in origin and referred literally to rope work and was used in reference to the act of climbing a rope or pulling something in with a rope.

Used nowadays in reference to financial dealing.

What expression?

20.

Hand over fist.

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