By

Aayush Patial - Abhisu Mishra - Aditya Parkhi

General Trivia Questions

Scoring +50/-10

ROUND 1

Q1. IDENTIFY THE LOGO

RIO 2016 OLYMPICS

These two historical figures- Martin Luther King Jr. and

Malcolm X are the basis of the relationship between which

two famous characters.

Q2. FIND THE CONNECTION

Professor Charles Xavier (based on Martin

Luther King Junior) and

Magneto (based on Malcolm X).

All of us know that Batman’s parents were

murdered after leaving a Theatre. But few

would remember the name of the movie they

were watching prior to being killed.

Name the movie.

Q3. That Night was Dark indeed..

THE MASK OF ZORRO

X left a legacy to chess in the form of

this endgame problem he composed

in 1943. Grandmasters and Endgame

Specialist have since then grappled

with this problem, with most concluding

that there is no solution to this.

Q4. IDENTIFY X

MARCEL DUCHAMP

X has frequently appeared in published lists of the sexiest women in the world,

most notably when she was named the "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire

magazine in both 2006 and 2013 (the only woman to be chosen for the title

twice), and the "Sexiest Celebrity" by Playboy magazine in 2007.

Not many of us know this, but X received an “introducing” credit for the film

“The Horse Whisperer” even though it was her seventh feature.

X also released a music album “ Anywhere I Lay My Head” in December 2008

which consists of one original song and ten covers of Tom Walt’s songs. X

sang Bass in Pocket by The Pretenders in the movie “ THE LOST

TRANSLATION” (2003).

ID X.

Q5. Ou La la..

SCARLETT JOHANSSON

This is one of the oldest computer viruses, dating back to 1987. It infected files in the MS-

DOS operating systems that were standard at the time.It is thought to have originated in

Israel.

This virus had several effects on a computer’s operating system, loaded programs and

files. The virus was known to erase various programs on set days, most commonly on

Friday the 13th of any month. The virus also infected executable programs repeatedly

until they became too large to run on a computer.

The friday 13th day specifically led some to speculate about whether the virus was

designed by someone religious or superstitious. Eventually, the virus ceased to cause

problems for newer operating systems, but not before contributing to some serious

computer crashes worldwide. In the late 1980s, it was the leading virus attacking

computers around the world.

What was the name of this virus ?

Q6. VIRAL VIRUS !!!!!!

JERUSALEM VIRUS

The company ‘X’ had set up a stand at the American exhibition in

Moscow in 1959. Nearby, Nikita Khrushchev and Vice President

Richard Nixon got into a famous debate. During the heated debate, a

‘X’ employee offered Khrushchev their product. Later, ‘X’ got exclusive

rights to the Soviet market in return for exclusive distribution rights for

Stolichnaya vodka in the U.S.

However, due to limitations of vodka market in US, Soviet government

gave ‘X’ 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate and a destroyer which was

resold for crap.

Q7. IDENTIFY X

X- PEPSI

This a quote by one Alcides Ghiggia:

“Only three people have ever silenced 200,000 people at

the ‘X’ with a single gesture:

Frank Sinatra, Pope John Paul II and I”

ID X and what did he do ?

Q8. The SILENCER..

X- Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.

He scored the winning goal against Brazil in the

1950 World Cup at this stadium.

“Russian Mountains” were specifically constructed hills of ice,

located especially around St. Petersburg.The slides were built to

a height between 70 to 80 feet, consisted of a 50 degree drop

and were reinforced by wooden supports.The name Russian

mountains to designate a ‘X’ is preserved in most Latin

languages.Ironically, the Russian term for X is "американские

горки", which means American Mountains.

Q9.IDENTIFY X

ROLLER COASTER

Q10. What’s in the name ?

In December 2013, ‘X’ signed a deal with a famous football club ‘Y’. This was more than just a sponsorship deal. The logo of this tech giant was placed in a very unusual place in the jersey , in fact it was the first time in the history of football that a logo was placed in such spot of a club’s jersey.ID X and Y.

X- INTEL

Y- FC BARCELONA

Since August Horch was banned from using “Horch” as a trade name in his

new car business, he called a meeting with close business friends, Paul and

Franz Fikentscher from Germany. At the apartment of Franz Fikentscher, they

discussed how to come up with a new name for the company . During this

meeting, Franz’s son was quietly studying latin in a corner of the room. Several

times he looked like he was on the verge of saying something but would

swallow his words and continue working, until he finally blurted out,

“Father - wouldn’t it be a good idea to call it ‘X’ instead of horch?”

“Horch!” in German means “Hark!” or “hear”, while ‘X’ in latin means the same.

Identify X

Q11. VRoooooom

X- AUDI

The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, 6 July

1967- 15 January 1970, was an ethnic and political conflict

caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern

provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra.

However in 1970, both the groups agreed to halt the war for 48

hours.

Why?

Q12. The WAR-STOPPER

TO WATCH PELE PLAY.

Seen in Melbourne, what is the name of this lane?

Q13. BUZZZZ

AC DC lane

These weapons were used in WW II. They are

M1 carbines. Who manufactured them?

Q14 BOOM BOOM !

IBM

Don’t tell me it’s Sildenafil Citrate :P What is this commonly

know as ?

Free Hint : Apart from its primary usage, it’s also used for

treating pulmonary and altitude sickness.

Q15 SCIENCE BITCH !

Viagra

● “The King in Yellow ” is a book of short stories by

Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. The book

is named after a fictional play with the same title which

recurs as a motif through some of the stories. It is

considered to be a classic of supernatural genre.

● In February 2014, what caused it to reach the amazon

top bestsellers list?

Q16. More than just a book..

True Detective

Q17. Too good to be true...

Which 2014 English Film by Warner Bros. is

the first ever to feature Superman, Batman,

Gandalf, William Shakespeare, C-3P0,

Abraham Lincoln, Green Lantern and Wonder

Woman together ?

The Lego Movie

Q18.

Where does one see this?

Wimbledon

SHORT CONNECTS

SCORING +50/-0

ROUND 2

Celebrities who have twins.

-Vin and Paul Diesel

-Elvis And Jesse Presley

-Ashton and Michael Kutcher

-Scarlett And Hunter Johansson

Harry Potter

-Petunia

-Lily

-Ludo Bagman

-Hermione(Meeting of Orestes and Hermione )

-Sirius (Brightest star in the night sky)

-Rubeus shape

Voices of the Furious Five from

Kung Fu Panda

Companies with Indian CEOs

-Adobe - Shantanu Narayen

-Cognizant - Francisco D’Souza

-Global foundries - Sanjay Jha

-Deutsche Bank - Anshuman Jain

-Harman International - Dinesh Paliwal

-Mastercard - Ajay Banga

Blackberry Models

Curve

Storm

Torch

Bold

Pearl

LIVERPOOL F.C.

All owned by the same company Mindgeek!!

(Apart from the fact that they are all porn

websites :P )

ROUND 3 : LONG CONNECT

Better write them down :P

SCORINGGuessing individual slides : +50/-10

1st slide : +150/-70

2nd slide : +100/-40

3rd slide : +50/-20

4th slide : +20/-0

IDENTIFY X +150/-70

Badfinger were a British rock band that originally consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom

Evans and Joey Molland. Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972:

"Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), "No Matter What", "Day After

Day" and "__X___". The band became embroiled in the chaos of Apple Records' dissolution

following the breakup of beatles. They signed to Warner Bros., but their managers financial

machinations resulted in a lawsuit by Warner over missing money. Warner's consequent

withdrawal from market of the 1974 album, Wish You Were Here (seven weeks after its

release), cut off the band's income. Ham committed suicide by hanging himself. Over the next

three years, surviving members struggled to rebuild their personal and professional lives

against a backdrop of lawsuits. On 19 November 1983, Evans also took his own life by

hanging.

Pete Ham Wrote the song “___X___” about a woman named Dixie Armstrong, whom he had

dated during Badfinger’s last US tour.

NAME THE MISSING GM BRAND

-Cadillac

-LaSalle

-Buick

-Marquette

-Viking

-Oldsmobile

-_________

-Chevrolet

+100/-40

ID X . Bonus for IDing A. +50/-20

During the late 30’s and earle 40’s ___X___ was one of the few european

scientists who decided to stay in his homeland of Germany. Unfortunately for

the allied forces, and for __X__ himself, he was considered by his colleagues

to be the preeminent mind on nuclear fission.

The OSS (Precursor of the CIA) sent former Boston Red Sox catcher __A__ to

find out what __X__ was upto. They gave __A__ a rudimentary education on

nuclear physics and a list of keywords and phrases to pay attention to and sent

him on his way. A symposium was arranged in Zurich and __X__ was invited

as a guest speaker. If any of the keywords or phrases learned by __A__ were

said in the speech, indicating that __X__ was working on an atomic bomb,

__A__’s orders were to kill him right there and then. Luckily for the scientist

and spy __X__ did not speak about atomic weaponry. It was also in German,

which __A__ knew how to speak, but probably had a hard time understanding

physics in.

+20/-0

IDENTIFY X

Badfinger were a British rock band that originally consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans

and Joey Molland. Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972: "Come and Get

It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "__X___". The

band became embroiled in the chaos of Apple Records' dissolution following the breakup of beatles.

They signed to Warner Bros., but their managers financial machinations resulted in a lawsuit by

Warner over missing money. Warner's consequent withdrawal from market of the 1974 album, Wish

You Were Here (seven weeks after its release), cut off the band's income. Ham committed suicide by

hanging himself. Over the next three years, surviving members struggled to rebuild their personal and

professional lives against a backdrop of lawsuits. On 19 November 1983, Evans also took his own life

by hanging.

Pete Ham Wrote the song “___X___” about a woman named Dixie Armstrong, whom he had dated

during Badfinger’s last US tour.

NAME THE MISSING GM BRAND

-Cadillac

-LaSalle

-Buick

-Marquette

-Viking

-Oldsmobile

-PONTIAC

-Chevrolet

ID X . Bonus for IDing A.During the late 30s and earle 40s ___X___ was one of the few european

scientists who decided to stay in his homeland of germany. Unfortunately for

the allied forces, and for __X__ himself, he was considered by his colleagues

to be the preeminent mind on nuclear fission.

The OSS (Precursor of the CIA) sent former Boston Red Sox catcher __A__ to

find out what __X__ was upto. They gave __A__ a rudimentary education on

nuclear physics and a list of keywords and phrases to pay attention to and sent

him on his way. A symposium was arranged in zurich and __X__ was invited as

a guest speaker. If any of the keywords or phrases learned by __A__ were said

in the speech, indicating that __X__ was working on an atomic bomb, __A__’s

orders were to kill him right there and then. Luckily for the scientist and spy

__X__ did not speak about atomic weaponry. It was also in German, which

__A__ knew how to speak, but probably had a hard time understanding physics

in.

X- Werner HeisenbergA- Moe Berg

Albuquerque

BREAKING BAD

ROUND 4The no negatives round :)

A _____ (from the Italian and Dutch word, meaning strong, heavy paper or

pasteboard) is a full-size drawing made on sturdy paper as a study or

modello for a painting, stained glass or tapestry.

______s were typically used in the production of frescoes, to accurately

link the component parts of the composition when painted on damp plaster

over a series of days (giornate).Such _____s often have pinpricks along

the outlines of the design; a bag of soot was then patted or "pounced" over

the ____, held against the wall to leave black dots on the plaster

("pouncing"). Tapestry ____s, usually coloured, were followed by eye by

the weavers on the loom.

____s by painters, such as the Raphael ______s in London and examples

by Leonardo da Vinci, are highly prized in their own right.

BONUS QUESTION +100

Answer is CARTOON. WELCOME BACK TO THE CARTOON ROUND

Cartoon Trivia

Scoring +50/-0

1. NO KIDDING!!

Which country’s currency is this ?

Niue , a Polynesian island

2. Stronger than hydrogen bond :P

The bond between 'X' and 'Y' is very deep as they have saved

each other from perilous situations.X frequently speaks to the

reader through his thoughts, which are supposedly not heard by

the human characters in the story. X has let Y down on

occasions, particularly when distracted by something. He is fond

of Loch Lomond brand Scotch whisky, and his occasional bouts

of drinking tend to get him into trouble, as does his

arachnophobia.

ID X and Y.

X - SNOWY

Y - TINTIN

3. Better be safe than sorry..

When asked if he would sue ‘X’ over certain copyrights on

his creation ‘Y’, Kenneth Chapman said “I don’t think so.

He’s got his finger on the nuclear button and the whole of

the U.S. Army under his command. I don’t want Delta

Force coming over my garden wall. He’s free to use it as

much as he likes.”

ID X and Y, and the object in question here.

X- BARACK OBAMA

Y-BOB THE BUILDER

Used the slogan “YES WE CAN” for his

Presidential elections inspired from this

cartoon.

4. Andre andre iipa iipa

What’s the name of Speedy Gonsalves’ cousin,

who made appearances in a few of Speedy’s

cartoons ?

SLOWPOKE RODRIGUEZ

5.Identify these famous siblings.

HINT :They

have made a

hell lot

of cartoons...

WARNER BROTHERS

CARTOON SHORT CONNECTS

SCORING

+50/0

1.

TMNT characters

Leonardo - Mona Lisa

Michelangelo - The Creation of Adam

Donatello - The Feast of Herod

Raphael - Sistine Madonna

2.

The Looney Tunes

Tasmanian Devil - Henery Hawk - Malvin the Martian - Tweety

3.

MR. BEAN

4.

The Flintstones

GUESS THE CARTOON

SCORING

+50/-0

+30 - For naming the character

+20 - For naming the show

1.

MANDARK

from Dexter’s Laboratory

2.

WOBBUFFET

From POKEMON

3.

Professor Utonium

From Powerpuff Girls

4.Mere mann mein aayi shaitani !! :P

Freaky Fred

From Courage the Cowardly Dog

5.

Numbuh 2

Form KND

LONG CONNECT

FREE HINT - Not technically a cartoon but

most of us, if not all, have seen it.

Scoring

No individual slide scoring :P

Marking on the slide.

Hint - 1924-28 +500/-300

Hint - 1928-56 +400/-200

Hint 1934 - 56 +300/-150

Hint- 1956-58

+200/ -100

Hint - 1957 - Present +150/ -50

+100/ -20

+50/ -0

Slats

Jackie

Tanner

George

Leo

NAMES OF MGM LIONS