The Legendary RBQ

RBQ

In Memoriam

RULES

• The QM is God.

• The QM is God.

–Tenzing Norgay

“Let’s get high.”

PRELIM

1

• What is known as Chomolungma in Tibet and Sagarmāthā in Nepal?

2

• How do we better know this as today?

3*

• Who they?

4

• Plan of what?

5

• Representation of what particular feat?

6

• How do we better know Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, M.D.?

7*

• The two generic varieties of what entity are indica and sativa?

8

• Rita Hayworth and X is a novella by Stephen King, from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled ‘Hope Springs Eternal’. It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as X and in 2009 was adapted for the stage as the play X. The novella's plotline is heavily based on God Sees the Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy. Give me X.

9

• What is being painted over?Bonus for why.

10*

• New Horizons is for Pluto, Mangalyaan is for Mars, Dawn is for?

11

• Europe brings to mind train rides and car trips that somehow cover three countries in a couple of days, thanks to lack of passport regulations. This is however possible, as of now, between only 26 countries who had signed a certain agreement on June 14, 1985 in this eponymous village in Luxembourg. The names of the agreement, the village and the area comprising these countries are the same, which is?

12*

• Artur Avila, Martin Hairer and Maryam Mirzakhani and one more dude did something last year. What and with whom?

13*

• Identify this duo who who recently closed shop.

14

• What’s the deal?

15

• Michael Jackson’s elder brother and former bandmate Jermaine collaborated with an Indian artist for a collaboration which resulted in a cringeworthy song called “Let’s Go To Mumbai”. Name the Indian bloke.

16

• Who went nuts in this list and why?

17*

• That’s Neena Gupta on the rightand her daughter to the left.Who’s the daddy?

18

• ID this big daddy of IIT-Silicon Valleyentrepreneurs. No points for the startupitself.

19

• Who’s bio?

20*

• Who is this guy —>

–Virat Kohli

“Beep beep!”

ANSWERS

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• What is known as Chomolungma in Tibet and Sagarmāthā in Nepal?

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MOUNT EVEREST

2

• How do we better know this as today?

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• Who they?

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• Plan of what?

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• Representation of what particular feat?

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ROBIN VAN PERSIE/THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

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• How do we better know Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, M.D.?

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• The two generic varieties of what entity are indica and sativa?

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• Rita Hayworth and X is a novella by Stephen King, from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled ‘Hope Springs Eternal’. It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as X and in 2009 was adapted for the stage as the play X. The novella's plotline is heavily based on God Sees the Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy. Give me X.

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• What is being painted over?Bonus for why.

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• New Horizons is for Pluto, Mangalyaan is for Mars, Dawn is for?

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CERES

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• Europe brings to mind train rides and car trips that somehow cover three countries in a couple of days, thanks to lack of passport regulations. This is however possible, as of now, between only 26 countries who had signed a certain agreement on June 14, 1985 in this eponymous village in Luxembourg. The names of the agreement, the village and the area comprising these countries are the same, which is?

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SCHENGEN

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• Artur Avila, Martin Hairer and Maryam Mirzakhani and one more dude did something last year. What and with whom?

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MANJUL BHARGAV / FIELDS MEDAL

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• Identify this duo who who recently closed shop.

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14

• What’s the deal?

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15

• Michael Jackson’s elder brother and former bandmate Jermaine collaborated with an Indian artist for a collaboration which resulted in a cringeworthy song called “Let’s Go To Mumbai”. Name the Indian bloke.

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• Who went nuts in this list?

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• That’s Neena Gupta on the rightand her daughter to the left.Who’s the daddy?

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VIV RICHARDS

18

• ID this big daddy of IIT-Silicon Valleyentrepreneurs. No points for the startupitself.

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VINOD KHOSLA

19

• Who’s bio?

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20*

• Who is this guy —>

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RUSSELL BRAND

WAITand then wait a little more

come on, a little more.That feels good.

–Nauriyal

“Chai-sutta is a perfect example for complementary goods in a free economy.”

ROUND 1

1• What is happening?

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DEFINITION OF PLUTOIDS VOTED ON, DEMOTING PLUTO

2

• What is Swahili for ‘lion’?

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SIMBA

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3

• When Venus Williams won the Wimbledon in 2000, her dad Richard Williams screamed onto the centre court a phrase indicating her origins. What is this cult phrase that took 1988 by storm?

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• This is an early Indian band,The Hectics, existing between 1958 and 1962 consisting of Bruce Murray, Derrick Branche, Farang Irani, Victory Rana and a pianist dude.Name the pianist.

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5

• ID or where have you seen him?

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PEGMAN, THE GOOGLE STREET ASSISTANT

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• Historically, the middlemen in the sale of Xskins would sell skins they had yet to receive. As such, they would speculate on the future purchase price of these skins from the trappers, hoping they would drop. The trappers would profit from a spread - the difference between the cost price and the selling price. These middlemen became known as “Xs”, short of Xskin jobbers. What term did it give rise to and in what context?

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BEAR MARKET, WHEN THE STOCK MARKET PRICES DECLINE

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• Ad for which e-travel company?

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EXPEDIA

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8• This is the most famous work of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953).

Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, it was actually written in 1947 when he was in Florence with his family. It was published, along with other stories previously written, as part of his In Country Sleep, And Other Poems in 1952.

• It has been suggested that it was written for Thomas' dying father, although he did not die until just before Christmas 1952. It has no title other than its first line, X, a line which appears as a refrain throughout.

• It is quoted by the character François Bernardine in Chapter 19, in the third Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Ultimatum.

• In the 1996 film Independence Day, the President makes a rousing speech as he prepares to lead the attack against the alien invaders, adapting one of Thomas' line.

• In the 2000 episode "Fore, Father" of the cartoon Family Guy, an ill Stewie Griffin tells himself: "Fight it Stewie, fight it. 'X' to quote Bob Dylan. Wait, no, wait, Dylan Thomas."

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DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT

SCORECARDSand bragging rights

–Rahul Gandhi

“Mere paas maa hai.”

ROUND 2

1

• Developed by restaurateur Joe Baum and designed initially by Warren Platner, Windows on the World occupied 50,000 square feet (4,600 m²) of space. The restaurants opened on April 19, 1976.

• Executive Chef of Windows on the World included Philippe Feret of Brasserie Julien, and Michael Lomonaco.

• Windows on the World closed in 1993. It underwent a US$25 million renovation and reopened in 1996. In its final full year of operation, it reported revenues of US$37 million, making it the highest-grossing restaurant in the United States.

• Where do I find this restaurant if I get the munchies?

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2

"Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eye

Through the bazaars, caravans of Egypt pass

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs

And _______________ that hide behind her walls"

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3

• Why?

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DC COMICS MOVED TO BURBANK, CALIFORNIA FROM MANHATTAN,

WHERE IT WAS NEXT DOOR TO MARVEL.

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4• The year was 1992. So engrossed was the nation with economic liberalization that nothing

else was supposed to matter. In the least, the wedding of Anupama Priyadarshini to her 24-year-old beau, X. But then, this low-key family affair in New Delhi eventually ended up becoming a talking point, thanks to an illustrious guest who decided to turn up at the venue uninvited. It was the then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao.

• His "uncle" (the husband of his mother's first cousin) K R Venugopal, Anupama's father, was then secretary to the PM, in-charge of Kashmir affairs and social development, while X's father, B N Yugandhar, was special secretary to the PM.

• Give me more X.

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5• X

• Y

• Charles "Pete" Conrad

• Alan L. Bean

• Alan Shepard

• Edgar D. Mitchell

• David Randolph Scott

• James B. Irwin

• John Watts Young

• Charles M. Duke Jr.

• Harrison “Jack” Schmidt

• Eugene A. Cernan

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ASTRONAUTS WHO HAVE WALKED ON MOONNEIL A. ARMSTRONG

EDWIN “BUZZ” ALDRIN

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• The X rate of growth is a derogatory term referring to the low annual growth rate of the planned economy of India before the liberalisations of 1991, which stagnated around 3.5% from 1950s to 1980s, while per capita income growth averaged 1.3%.

• The term was coined by Indian economist Raj Krishna.

• It suggests that the low growth rate of India was in a sharp contrast to high growth rates in other Asian countries, especially the East Asian Tigers, which were also newly independent. This meaning of the term, popularised by Robert McNamara, was used disparagingly and has connotations that refer to the supposed X outlook of fatalism and contentedness.

• As noted politician and journalist Arun Shourie has pointed out, the so-called "X rate of growth" was a result of socialist policies implemented by staunch secular governments and had nothing to do with Xism: “because of those very socialist policies that their kind had swallowed and imposed on the country, our growth was held down to 3-4 per cent, it was dubbed — with much glee — as ‘the X rate of growth”.

• With the rise of social media in India, a parallel term now being used is the Nehruvian rate of growth, as India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, laid the foundations of Nehruvian Socialism which is held responsible for the low growth. Nehru himself was a secular atheist.

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HINDU

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• X, literally meaning ‘publicity’, called for increasing governmental openness and transparency.

• Y, literally meaning ‘restructuring’, called for a complete revamp of the political and economic system.

• These two bullets shot by Mikhail Gorbachev, killed the erstwhile Soviet Union.

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GLASNOSTPERESTROIKA

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8• This program (Operation X Y) was known to a grand total of 300

people including PM Indira Gandhi, the Chiefs of Defence Staff, Intelligence heads and her two defence advisors, apart from Dr. Raja Ramanna, Dr. P. K. Iyengar and Dr. Homi Sethna.

• May 18th is celebrated as Y Jayanti in India.

• On its successful completion, Dr. Ramanna relayed the PM: “The Y is now X.”

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OPERATION SMILING BUDDHA / POKHRAN TEST - 1

–Lionel Richie

“Hello.”

CONNECT

A(50/-50)

• X (born 11 April 1955) is an Indian actress of film, theatre and television. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. An alumna of the National School of Drama of New Delhi, X had worked mainly in theatre when she made her movie debut with Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan in 1978. Some of her noted cinematic roles were in such art films as Arth (1982), Party and Saaransh (1984). X was mostly offered character roles in mainstream Hindi cinema, often typecast in mother roles much ahead of her years. Respected for her acting prowess, she has appeared in over 80 feature films, and is active in theatre and television.

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B(30/-20)• Y is an Indian-born British actor, who appears mainly in British and American films. He is

known for his critically acclaimed performances in the films Mississippi Masala, Not Without My Daughter, My Beautiful Laundrette, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Such a Long Journey, and Street Fighter : The Movie.

• Y was born in Patna, Bihar, British India to a Muslim Anglo-Indian mother and a Hindu father. His father was a biochemistry professor at Patna Medical College. He was educated at The Doon School, then furthered his education doing graduate studies in History at St Stephen's College, and honing his theatrical skills at the Shakespeare Society before moving on to the United Kingdom for further training. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in British repertory theatre.

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C(20/-10)• X (born 8 January 1929) is an Indian actor based in the United Kingdom, who has appeared in

numerous British and Indian movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits include The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film), The Far Pavilions (1984), and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). He has also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. For television he has starred in Gangsters (1975–1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He also appeared as Ravi Desai on Coronation Street as the father of Vikram Desai, the cousin of Dev Alahan and in Minder as Mr Mukerjee in Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger.

• His daughter, Sakina, is a renowned actress herself and has appeared as Linda Vasquez in House of Cards as well as in movies such as The Manchurian Candidate and Definitely, Maybe.

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D(10/0)• X (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, film

producer, entrepreneur and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). As a film director and producer, Attenborough had won two Academy Awards. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic Park.

• He was the older brother of David, a naturalist and broadcaster, and John, an executive at Alfa Romeo. He was married to actress Sheila Sim from 1945 until his death.

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E (0)

• X (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), Sexy Beast (2000), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Shutter Island (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hugo (2011), and Iron Man 3 (2013). X was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000, and a Knight Bachelor in 2002. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013 he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.

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