QUESTION HOUR: THE WORLD HISTORY AND POLITICS QUIZ

RESEARCHED AND CONDUCTED BY KRISHNADEV ROY & RITWIK GHOSH

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCHOLASTIC CONCLAVE 2015

PRESENTS

FINALS

Format

• 32 question final• First 16 questions will go clockwise• Anti-clockwise for the next 16• Long Visual Connect after the 16th question, i.e. halfway• Infinite Bounce• Limited Pounce (maximum of 8)• +10 for every correct answer• No negative for an incorrect answer on Bounce• -10 for an incorrect answer on Pounce

Question 1“My first reaction was anger. Who the hell would do that to America? Then I immediately focused on the children, and the contrast between the ______ and the innocence of children.”X was sitting with a group of children who were reading aloud when he said he saw reporters at the back of the room getting the news on their cell phones, which he described as like ‘watching a silent movie’.He said he realized a lot of people beyond that classroom would be watching for his reaction. “So I made the decision not to jump up immediately and leave the classroom. I didn’t want to rattle the kids. I wanted to project a sense of calm,” he said.

Who is X ? What am I talking about ?

AnswerGeorge W Bush talking about the moment he got to know about 9/11

Question 2When X went to meet Y and Z during the politically significant X-Y talks of November, 1947, he was asked to pose for a picture with Y and Z. Chivalrous as he was, X assumed that Z would be between X and Y and thus remarked how Z was “a rose between two thorns”. However, the joke backfired for X when the photographer put X in the middle, leaving several puns for the trio to crack up on.Identify X, Y and Z.

AnswerX: Md. Ali Jinnah. Y: Lord MountbattenZ: Edwina Mountbatten

Question 3X, born around 1959 in Gaffney, South Carolina, graduated from The Sentinel, The Military College of South Carolina and Harvard Law School. X is often described as manipulative, conniving,Machiavellian, and even evil and homicidal. A member of theDemocratic Party, the following is a list of X’s accolades:• Member of the South Carolina State Senate• Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South

Carolina's 5th congressional district• Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives• Vice President of the United States• President of the United StatesIdentify X.

AnswerFrancis J Underwood

Question 4 Originally the scene had been scheduled to shoot on the street outside the Trans-Lux at 1:00 am on 15 September 1954. However, the presence of X and the movie cameras caught the curiosity of hundreds of fans, so the director Billy Wilder was forced to reshoot the moment on a set at 20th Century Fox. The depiction of X over the grate has been compared to a similar event in the 1901 short film What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City.It has also been described as one of the iconic images of the entire 20th century.What image is being talked about ?

Answer

Question 5X is one of the national languages of Guyana, Fiji, and Suriname and an official language of Nepal. X was historically written in Kaithi scripts, but after 1894, Devanagari has served as the primary script. In May 2012, P Chidambaram, then Home Minister announced to the Lok Sabha a proposal to include X in 8th Schedule of the Constitution and accorded the official status. X has been said to influence the tone and style of many authors such as Bharatendu Harishchandra and Lorikayan, or the story of Lorik, is a world famous X folklore.

Identify X

Answer

Bhojpuri

Question 6Referring to President Obama, actress Claire Danes said, “It's waycool that he's a fan. It speaks to the relevancy of the show. It's hugely validating.” “I don't think it's particularly a political show. It'sa psychological thriller that tackles big ideas.“ "It's not so preachy,which is, in some ways, why it carries its message so well," Danessaid of the terrorism themes. While appearing on stage at an

eveningat the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Damian Lewis told theaudience that he asked the President when he found time to watch television. "He said 'Michelle goes out with the kids and they playtennis on a Saturday afternoon. I tell her I'm going to work and then Igo in my room and watch ________.'“

What show is being hinted at ?

Answer

Homeland

Question 7The two were shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. Smith wore a black scarf around his neck to represent black pride, Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue collarworkers in the US. The reason for the anomaly was that Carlos had forgotten to get his black gloves and it was the third person present, Australian Peter Norman who had suggested that Carlos wear Smith’s left handed glove. What anomaly is being discussed here?

AnswerJohn Carlos had his left hand raised when a traditional Black Power Salute involved the right hand

Question 8Identify who’s speaking and finish the speech with four iconic words.

AnswerRonald Reagan

Question 9The emblem, in use since 1950, comprises the following elements:• A representation of the globe, to indicate that X's activities are

worldwide• Olive branches either side of the globe to symbolize peace• The name X below the globe in the centre of the olive branches• A vertical sword behind the globe, symbolizing police action• The abbreviations "OIPC" and "ICPO" above the globe either side

of the sword• The scales below the olive branches symbolize justice

What emblem is being discussed ?

Answer

Question 10

This clip is from Seinfeld’s The Cadillac. Whatscene from modern history is being parodied by Morty Seinfeld?

* Video next slide

AnswerPresident Nixon’s last goodbye

Question 11“My absence in Delhi has been discussed rather too much. I don't mean to disrespect any institution. When I came back from England, there was a medical emergency in my family; certain things I want to keep private,” X informed a large gathering at Vigyan Bhawan."But just to let you know, my elder brother Ajit had to undergo a bypass surgery and I had to be by his side," X added.Who is X and what is he talking about, sometimeduring 2014 ?

AnswerSachin Tendulkar; talking about his poor attendance in the Rajya Sabha

Question 12

Nilüfer Demir is a Turkish photojournalist andphotographer based in Bodrum, Turkey. She worked with Doğan News Agency since she was ateenager. In the summer of 2015, while covering an issue ofglobal importance, something which left herpetrified also brought her worldwide fame.What petrifying thing brought Demir worldwidefame?

Answer

Syrian hostage crisis child pic; Aylan Kurdi

Question 13In the 2010 general election, X (a legend of sorts in his own field) was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Brazilian Socialist Party ticket. X was against Brazil hosting the 2014 FIFA WC, denouncing the event as immersed in corruption and money laundering.X has even had his disagreements with the likes of Jérôme Valcke and Sepp Blatter.X also ran for the Brazilian Senate in 2014 general elections. Eventually, X was elected to the Brazilian senate with the most votes ever received by a candidate representing the state of Rio de Janeiro.Who’s X ?

AnswerRomário

Question 14On Nov. 7, 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisionalgovernment of Alexander Kerensky. This revolution, however is known more famously as something else, which baffles many people. What seems to be a gaffe, actually makes sense when we realise that Russia only started following the Gregorian calendar from 1918.

How do we better know the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917?

Answer

The October Revolution

Question 15In 1977, Janata Dal leader Babu Jagjivan Ram was slated toaddress a rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on a Sunday. It is often claimed that in order to ensure a low turnout at the rally, the Congress got Doordarshan to telecast the RishiKapoor and Dimple Kapadia starrer X as its Sunday eveningfilm. Detractors of Indira Gandhi allege that that was why itwas shown as the Sunday evening film, a weekly fixture that millions of Indians would wait eagerly for. Despite such aneffort, the rally had an overwhelming attendance. This led to a leading newspaper reporting it with a clever headline, “_____ beats ______.” So what was the special headline ?

Answer“Babu beats Bobby”

Question 16Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories. The VC is usually presented to the recipient or to their next of kin by the British monarch at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace.The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria. For what particular reason was it introduced?

AnswerTo recognize the war heroes of the Crimean War

Question 17One depiction in 1860 made X (_____ ___) look like Benjamin Franklin. Perhaps the most famous image of X was created by artist James Montgomery Flagg. It was this image more than any other that set the appearance of X as the elderly man with white hair and a goatee wearing a white top hat with white stars on a blue band, a blue tail coat and red and white striped trousers. _____ ___ also serves as a national personification that came into use during the war of 1812.Who’s X ?

Answer

Uncle Sam

Question 18M. B. Haneefa was the inventor of X in 1980. His originaldesign (using Integrated Circuits) was exhibited to the public in Government Exhibitions held in six cities across Tamil Nadu. Now manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited, and Electronic Corporation of India, Xs are powered by an ordinary 6 volt alkaline battery. Nepal, Bhutan, Namibia, Kenya and Fiji are the nations where India exports X. So what is X that have been used in part from 1999 and in total since 2004 ?

AnswerElectronic Voting Machines

Question 19Oliver Stone’s upcoming release stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the titular role. In April 2015, it was revealed that Oliver Stone paid $1 million for the movie rights to Moldavian attorney Anatoly Kucherena's novel, Time of the Octopus, the story of one Joshua Cold. Over the past 18 years, Kucherena has defended numerous high profile clients in Russia and Ukraine, including Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov.Who is Stone’s next film about or who is Kucherena’s latest client whom he fights for pro bono?

AnswerEdward Snowden

Question 20Seen here is a certain Mr. Harpal Singh receiving something from Mrs. Indira Gandhi at a function in Gurgaon in 1983. This picture came into prominence once again in 2014 following

the end of a historic journey vis-à-vis the Indian middle class in the 1980s. Put funda. (Bigger picture next slide.)

AnswerHarpal Singh receiving the keys to the first ever Maruti 800, which he neither sold nor upgraded in his lifetime!

Question 21After a prolific career in sports, X took his seat in the450 strong Duma as a representative of the NyzhnyNovgorod region for Prime minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party.X went on to say at a recent interview –"I will be working for the next five years day after day, sitting in an office, wearing a suit. I will have good days, bad days and I will have to fight once again like I've been fighting on the court. It will be complicated.”Identify X.

Answer

Marat Safin

Question 22Insignia of what? (bigger picture next slide)

Answer

STS-107 (Space Shuttle Columbia)

Question 23"Mainly we just liked the way it sounded," says Bob. "We liked the alliteration." "He was an incredible figure as well," continues Alex. "His life, or at least the ending of it, was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world and that is what we want our music to be. But I don't want to over-intellectualize the name thing. Basically a name should just sound good … like music.“Which British band with a rather in your face historical connect? Audio next slide.

Answer

Question 24Harriet Quimby was an early American aviator and a movie screenwriter. In 1911, she was awarded a U.S. pilot's certificate by the Aero Club of America, becoming the first woman to gain a pilot's license in the United States.Her claim to further fame came when she made the short Dover-Calais air trip across the English Channel, thus becoming the first woman to do so.Quimby died at an aviation meet only weeks after her historic flight, which went rather unnoticed throughout the world and hence, buried with her was her legacy.Why didn’t Harriet Quimby’s flight make news?

Answer

The Titanic sunk one day before her flight and had hoarded the newspapers.

Question 25X has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice. X had received 240 nominations in both 2010 and 2011. X hasn’t been awarded yet as no one knows who should the prize be given to. X has instilled the feeling of right to freedom of speech and the right to information in humans for the past 15 years and continues to do so. X has also helped overthrow many governments.Identify X.

Answer

The Internet

Question 26

Pictured in the next slide is PM Narenda Modi paying his respects to a bust of X in the Central Asian capital city of Y.

Name X and explain his connection to the city Y.

AnswerLal Bahdur Shastri; Tashkent

Question 27The 1868-69 work/series carries the date 1867 because the titular event occurred on 19th June, 1867. The person mentioned in the title of the work wasn’t the only one facing the music, alongside him in true Dismas-Gestas style were Generals Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía. Which impressionist work from the 19th century is being discussed?

Actual photograph of the 1867 event

AnswerThe Execution of Emperor Maximilian; Manet

Question 28Proclamation No. 1081 was one of the most important proclamations in modern Philippines history decreed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1972. It became effective throughout the entire country on 21st September 1972, and was announced to the public two days later.India’s Article 34 deals with the same issue as Proclamation 1081. What specific two word term am I looking for in this context whose Google search trends are in the next slide?

AnswerMartial Law; Anthony Martial’s recent prowess.

Question 29 On the desk of this US President would you find the famouspaperweight on which is etched “I’m from Missouri”. More famous/iconic is the flipside of the sign, which reads “___ ____ _____ ____!”, an iconic four word phrase made famous by the said President. On more than one occasion, he has spoken about the desk sign in public statements,including his farewell speech, where he said “The President- whoever he is- has to decide. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job.” in reference to his desk sign.

ID the President and FITB.

Answer

Harry Truman ; The Buck Stops Here!

Question 30X was one of the students in an informal school in the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in 1984. X's photograph was taken byphotographer Steve McCurry on Kodachrome 64 color slide film, with a Nikon FM2 camera and Nikkor 105mm Ai-S F2.5 lens. This picture appeared on the June 1985 cover of acertain magazine and was named "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the magazine. It has been likened to the Mona Lisa and has been called "the First World's Third World Mona Lisa".

What photograph am I talking about ? Also, identify X.

AnswerX: Sharbat Gula ; Afghan Girl

Question 31The ________ ____ is a nickname for an unknown woman present during the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy who might have photographed the events that occurred in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza at the time President John F. Kennedy was shot. The ________ ____ was seen to be holding a camera by eyewitnesses and was also seen in film accounts of the assassination. She was observed standing on the grass between Elm and Main streets and can be seen in the Zapruder film as well as in the films of Orville Nix, Marie Muchmore, and Mark Bell.What did the press nickname this mystery woman solely based on her get-up, or so the FBI say?

AnswerThe Babushka Lady

Question 32

Identify this 19th century work known for its climactic ending and brass fanfare. Which event of the early 19th century does this work commemorate? (5+5)

AnswerTchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture; Napoleon’s 1812

invasion of Russia

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