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QUIZZINGA! 2013- A quiz for a cause
Answers to the Prelims
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# of 2-member teams that took part: 31
Highest score: 28.5/36
Cut-off score: 17/36
ANSWERS FOLLOW AFTER THIS SLIDE!
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1. From Asterix The Gladiator – Identify the non applauding seated character (A) and what Caesar commands him in indignation (B)
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A – Brutus
B – Et Tu Brute!
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2.
Who/what is being parodied in this comic?
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National Security Agency (NSA) Tracking/ Surveillance
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3.
Great Britain won a gold and a silver medal in tennis at the 2012 London Olympics. We all know who won the gold medal.
Who won the silver medal for Team GB?
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Andy Murray and Laura Robson in the Mixed Doubles
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4.
There was a panel discussion in May 1978 at the Women’s Action Alliance Conference. The panel was titled, “Mirror, Mirror on the wall”.
After listening to powerful women air their frustrations, Marilyn Loden, HR Manager from NY Telephone, used what two word expression, which became well known after a Wall Street Journal headline 8 years later?
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Glass Ceiling
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5.
A political cartoon released in January 2013. What are the two blanked out pronouncements?
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I Have A Dream
Emancipation Proclamation
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6. Fill in the blanks in the title of this biography with two parts
A) His profession
B) His wife’s name
Bigger pic follows
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A – Archaeology
B – Agatha Christie
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7.
This two word term was coined by skeptics Joe Nickell and James McGahawho identified 5 distinct stages associated with :
• Incident: Initial incident and reporting on July 1947
• Debunking: Subsequent denial and allegations of government involvement
• Submergence: Fading and recreative memories of those involved, speculation followed by self-appointed conspiracy theorists
• Mythologizing: Re-emergence of the story and development into an elaborate myth aided by exaggeration, folklore and hoaxing for personal gains
• Reemergence and Media Bandwagon Effect: Publication of books, TV shows, media coverage to perpetuate the story and mirror political attitudes to the government.
What specific term/incident that is a framework for others of its kind?
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Roswellian Syndrome
(points if Roswell UFO is in the answer)
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8.
Carl Hertz was a famous American touring magician of the late 19th century, who was employed by the Lumiere Brothers and became famous as a debunker of medium-ship & spirituality.
In 1901, during one of his tours to Asia, he was approached by a middle aged man who became his apprentice, learnt illusory tricks under his guidance and went on to perform tricks under the name Kelpha.
Who was this pioneering individual, who used the skills gained on this apprenticeship, in a change of vocation?
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Dadasaheb Phalke, who used these illusions for special effects in his early films
(Kelpha is an anagram of Phalke)
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9.
There are conflicting claims as to the exact timeline of the photographs involving these two gentlemen ironically playing this upper class sport at the only venue which A had not ploughed up in the entire country!
One report suggests it happened in 1959 ahead of A’s planned meeting with Dwight Eisenhower, while another report suggests it happened after Eisenhower cancelled the meeting.
A third account from a photographer who made the other individual (B) famous suggests that Eisenhower made the front page of the NY times with a rare sporting achievement, inspiring A to ask B to teach him this game.
Who were A and B, caught in a rare moment of elitist display?
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Fidel Castro (A) and Che Guevera (B) playing golf
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10. All of us would have heard of CAMPCO, the cooperative that makes chocolates among other things. The name CAMPCO makes reference to two natural products, one which is essential in making the products that it is more well known for. The other one has seen a resurgence in sales in recent times owing to the fact that Gutka is banned in Gujarat.
Name both natural products.
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Cocoa
Arecanut
CAMPCO is Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd.
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11.*
Known alternately as a reserved seat engagement, this was a term up until the 1970s in the American motion picture industry for films screened in limited theatres for fixed period before a wider release.
The screening in such presentations consisted of longer versions of legendary films such as Ben Hur and Birth of a Nation, and was accompanied by suitable fanfare involving opening musical overtures, two acts separated by an intermission and walkout music.
What term, that now remains in the context of a media and movie production firm?
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ANSWER
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Roadshow Releases
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Owned by the Antrobus family up until 1915, the entire lot was put up for sale when the last heir to the family died in WW I.
Sir Cecil Chubb, is said to have wandered up to the auction and purchased it on a whim for £6,600, some say as a gift for his wife, who was less than pleased with precious stonesshe could not wear.
On 26 October 1918, Sir Chubb gifted the acquisition back to the nation under conditions that included proceeds from viewing going to the Red Cross, entry fee being no more than a shilling and no competing attractions nearby.
What are we talking about?
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Stonehenge
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13.*
This stamp pays tribute to a rite of
passage story about a young, frightened
country boy, lost and penniless in a big
city.
Which book?
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Emil and the Detectives
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14.*
This person recently signed up for Disney’s adaptation of The Queen of Katwe, a true story of Phiona Mutesi, the first Ugandan grandmaster, who has made a name for herself in chess but still sells corn in the slums of Kampala.
The person said in a recent interview “I am also the daughter of Uganda and it is my job to bring their stories alive as well.”
Who are we referring to?
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Mira Nair, who is married to a Ugandan, Professor Mahmood Mamdani.
Her 1991 film Mississippi Masala tells the story of a displaced third-generation Ugandan Indian
family, expelled by the Idi Amin regime.
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He was born in 1903 in Syracuse, where his father was part owner of a store. Yardsticks were popularly used those days for a particular measure.
Seeking to come up with a way to measure length, width and arch length at the same time, he spent his spare time in college tinkering with prototypes and finally patented the design. Even today, this device is known after him.
Who? (0.5 points for telling us what this device is)
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Charles Brannock – the Brannock’s device measures shoe sizes
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16.* In Jan 2013, this episode of Tweenies caused controversy leading to the channel issuing an apology. The episode featured characters performing songs, introduced by the character Max, who was presenting a Top Of The Pops-style show on the children's programme.
Why was it controversial? Bigger pic follows
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The character was dressed like the DJ Jimmy Savile who was convicted of child abuse during his time at BBC
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Having been appointed Director of the Paris Observatory, he also dabbled in cartography, making the first informed estimate of the actual size of France leading the king to quip that his calculations had robbed him of more land than the king had won in all his wars.
The winner of a mad race to map the surface of the moon, his depictions were mostly accurate but for the whimsical act of replacing the Cape Heraclides feature with a young girl’s face, now known as the Moon Maiden.
Which scientist, after whom a 3000 mile wide ‘region’ is named?
Pics follow
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ANSWER
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Giovanni Cassini
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18.* Three different depictions of one man who used to recite to himself until someone – nephews, friends, and hired scribes – came to write it all down.
Who (A) and what was he working on (B)? Bigger pics follow
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John Milton (A) dictating Paradise Lost (B)
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19.*
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, it was a Sunday. A sailor named James Jones later remembered that there was a bonus ration of milk to go along with breakfast that morning.
“It was not till the first low-flying fighter came whammering overhead with his MGs going that we ran outside, still clutching our half-pints of milk to keep them from being stolen.”
Jones used his experiences to write a book, that was also the basis for an Academy Best Picture winner.
Which book/movie?
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ANSWER
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From Here to Eternity
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20.*
Identify the singer – he is the son of a famous name in Indian music (full name required)
(Audio removed – song Zinda from Bhaag MilkhaBhaag)
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ANSWER
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Siddharth Mahadevan
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21.
The Sheriff of Madras was a position of dignity and honour conferred first on Nicholas Morse in 1722. The first Indian to hold this position was S. RamaswamyMudaliar between 1886-1887.
Traditionally, the post has been conferred for a year and a new sheriff takes over the next year, unless circumstances deem otherwise.
Which influential, in-the-news personality held this post (among others) for two terms between 1996 and 1998?
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N Srinivasan
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22.
A wide variety of animals exhibit a particular trait dubbed thanatosis either as a form of defense or aggressive mimicry.
Tiger sharks, when threatened by orca, hog nosed snakes with cats and some invertebrates such as the Nasonnia vitripennis wasp and the Gryllus bimaculatuscricket have been known to enter such states.
What phrase in English originates from this marsupial, that is possibly the best example of this trait? Pic follows
Pic on next slide
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ANSWER
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Playing Possum
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23.
They are a swelling of the lymph nodes, look like large blisters and usually appear under the armpit or on the neck.
Found in infections such as TB, syphilis or gonorrhea, they are also seen in a bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis, generally believed to be the cause of the Black Death killing nearly 50% of the European population in the 14th century.
What are these swellings called?
Pic follows
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ANSWER
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Buboes (bubos) from which we get “bubonic plague”
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24.
The 9th edition will take place on 20-Nov-2013, at 80˚ S, at
the foot of the Ellsworth mountains. The event presents a
formidable challenge with an average wind-chill
temperature of –20C, and the possibility of strong Katabatic
winds to contend with. Those who enter get the opportunity
to complete the ________ grand slam.
For a registration fee of €10,500, participants will be flown
round-trip from Punta Arenas, Chile. After taking part in the
event, it is also possible to stay back a few more days and
climb Vinson Massif.
What event? (no part points, need two key words in
answer)
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ANSWER
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The marathon grand slam means taking part in a marathon on all continents plus the North Pole.
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25.
In using these objects to attach upholstery, or removing them in order to detach upholstery, a craftsperson was reaching the “heart of the matter”. This is one explanation for the origin of the term.
A second explanation is that these objects were used as markers to measure cloth on a shop's counter.
What is the English phrase that they give rise to –used synonymously with the act of coming to terms with ground realities or fundamentals?
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Getting down to brass tacks
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26. According to the OED, this song written in 1876, and now a bluegrass standard, is responsible for the name by which an artefact came to be called.
My ___________’s _____ was too large for the shelf,So it stood ninety years on the floor;It was taller by half than the old man himself,Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,And was always his treasure and pride;But it stopp'd short — never to go again —When the old man died.
Fill in the blanks.
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ANSWER
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Grandfather Clock
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27. This ad is a parody of a photo at which famous event?
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The Yalta conference
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28.
A recent blog tried to establish a distinction between these two interchangeably used terms for certain people.
The first (A) stands for fans of a subject while the latter (B) stands for practitioners of the same. The former category is collection oriented, gathering facts and mementos, while the latter is achievement oriented and focuses on knowledge and skill acquisition.
In a final effort, the blog went ahead and provided two pictorial distinctions of the use of these terms – one from the Simpsons TV series and another via data gathered from usage on Twitter & Facebook.
What 2 terms – A and B ?
Pics follow
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ANSWER
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A – Geek
B – Nerd
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29.
Brightly coloured Triggerfish get their name from their ability to erect a bristly spine when under attack. Another family of animals also has a prominent ridge along their spines, and a similar bristly mane. This probably led to a mistranslation, which got amplified in the media and the name stuck.
What name that we know from a 1961 altercation?
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Bay of Pigs
The correct name is Bahía de Cochinos –‘Cochinos’ not meaning the derisory slang of
“dirty pig”, but rather the local name for Triggerfish.
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30.
Where will you see the following?
The word ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΟΨΣ, the letters RTM, standing for Robert Tait Mckenzie, a Canadian sculptor, the words TRANSIRE SUUM PECTUS MUNDOQUE POTIRI on one side, and on the other, the inscription
CONGREGATIEX TOTO ORBEMATHEMATICIOB SCRIPTA INSIGNIATRIBUERE
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ANSWER
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Fields Medal
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31.
The most famous person carrying the Gujarati occupational surname that means “ship builder” was the 13th person in India to (currently) hold a constitutional post.
Name the person (A) and the post (B)
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A - Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
B - Attorney General of India
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32. Connect – one proper noun needed
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Calliope
- The muse of epic poetry
- Calliope Torres – the character from the TV show Grey’s Anatomy
- The musical instrument
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33.
If you were a tourist coming to the town of Ocho Rios in the northern coast of this country, you would make a day trip to the capital city, visit the Bob Marley Museum and come here for lunch.
This bar and eatery has an adjoining casino and a nightclub called Fiction. Inside the bar, you will find a tribute to two performances at the World Championships Berlin 2009.
Who owns this place?
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Tracks and Records owned by Usain Bolt
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34.
Identify this company that’s been in the news because of one key shareholder
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Rhiti Sports
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35.
Identify this award winning film that takes its name from one of the most debated paradoxes. (video removed)
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Ship of Theseus
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36.
In a 2011 interview, Mary McDowell, the Executive VP of this technology firm had this to say :
“Choosing a name for a global sub-brand is incredibly challenging because of the legal process and the “connotation check”, where specific names are translated into myriad languages to see if they mean anything they shouldn’t and cause unnecessary confusion.
The name chosen means hope and represents the aspirations of consumers in growth economies, especially India, where a billion people are waiting to get connected. What’s more, the name passed both tests with flying colors, enabling it to be chosen as the new name. “
What company (A) and product name (B) was she talking about?
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A – Nokia
B – Asha series of phones
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