Beck and Spice SPENT Quiz prelims with answers

SPENT

Beck and Spice

•3 member teams•No mobile phones

•* marked questions are inbuilt tie breakers

•Quiz master’s word is binding

RULES

1. ID THE VOICE

ROWAN ATKINSON

ANSWER

Romance imprint (Book series) published by British Publisher Harlequin UK Ltd

It was founded in 1908 by Gerald Rusgrove X and Charles Y as a general publisher

Feminists have pilloried it as misogynistic rape fantasies, even as hate speech, and condemned novels

as responsible for poor sexual health and failed relationships among their readers

Has several series. Series Titles include Blaze, Cherish, Desire, Intrigue, Modern, Medical Romance

etc.

2. NAME THE BOOK

MILLS AND BOON

ANSWER

3. PUT FUNDA

CRICKET IN OLYMPICS

ANSWER

4. THIS ONE IS THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM. ID THE SECOND BLANK. AND

WHAT ARE THESE?

VANITY CARDS

ANSWER

Several character names of this movie are based on Swahili words(Swahili is a language of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of Southeast Africa, including

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo):

Nala - giftSarabi - mirage Rafiki - friend

__________ - simpleton/weak-minded Shenzi - barbarous/uncouth/uncivilized/savage

Banzai - skulk/lurk

5. WHICH MOVIE?

LION KING

ANSWER

Otman BakkalBranislav IvanovicGiorgio Chiellini

6. CONNECT (EXHAUSTIVE)

LUIS SUAREZ

ANSWER

In the year 2012, over 160 baby girls in the U.S. were legally named X after the fictional character. This newly found species of sea slug was

also named Tritonia X after the same character.

7. ID X

ANSWER

8. WHOSE CAREER?

VIJENDER SINGH

ANSWER

X, considered to be one of the greatest sportsperson of all time was known for trash talking, and often freestyled with rhyme

schemes and spoken word poetry, As a musician, X has recorded two spoken word albums and a

rhythm and blues song, and received two Grammy Award nominations.

As an actor, he performed in several films and a Broadway musical (Buck White)

He was also featured in a DC Comics book Superman vs X in 1978"I've done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an

alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick

9. ID X

MUHAMMED ALI

ANSWER

X and Y are the only father and son duo to have ever won the F1 world championship

X is also the only person to have won the Triple Crown of Motorsport.

(Monaco GP, 24 hours Le Mans, Indianapolis 500)

*10. ID X AND Y

GRAHAM AND DAMON HILL

ANSWER

David Saltzberg is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of

California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He received a bachelor's degree in Physics in 1989 from

Princeton University where he worked in the Princeton Cyclotron. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of

Chicago in 1994, where he measured the mass of the W boson at the Fermilab

Tevatron and CDF detector. What is his contribution to the world of entertainment?

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SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR / SCIENCE CONSULTANT TO BIG BANG THEORY

ANSWER

Nicknamed “The Birdman” and owner of a skateboard company “Birdhouse”

Has a video game series named after himAlso has an amusement park ride named after him in three

Six Flags amusement parksHas worked as stunt double or an extra in many films

Filmography include Police Academy 4, Escape from LA, XXX, CSI:Miami

12. ID X

ANSWER

TONY HAWK

13. WARNING FOR WHAT?

POKEMON GO

ANSWER

Highest Singles rank – 16Has defeated the likes of Bjorn Borg, John Laver, John

Mcenroe and Jimmy ConnorsHas acted in films – Octopussy (MI6 Agent),

Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home (1986)A Regular in the NBC TV Series, The Last Precinct

Has also been a judge at Miss Universe pageantWho?

*14. ID X

VIJAY AMIRTARAJ

ANSWER

15. PUT FUNDA

Cameron Earl – June 18,1952 was the firstCharles de Tornaco September 18, 1953

was the secondGilles Villeneuve, Riccardo Paletti, Elio de

Angelis, Roland Ratzenberger, Ayrton Senna are also part of this non exhaustive list

The most recent person to be added to this list was Jules Bianchi

F1 DEATHS

ANSWER

1. Holographic projector2. Acoustic signal

3. Recharge power coupler4. Kenny Baker’s Catheter valve

16. DESIGN AND COMPONENTS OF WHAT?

R2 D2

ANSWER

17. CONNECT

ACTORS WHO HAVE ACTED IN BOTH GOT AND

HARRY POTTER

ANSWER

The following article is about ManuteBol, a 7’7” former NBA player. Which phrase is he credited with?

Washington Post, Jan. 8, 1989 The best thing about him is he keeps the Warriors loose. When he throws a bad pass, he'll say, “___(1)___" instead of “___(2)___" and now all the

other players say the same thing.

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MY BAD

ANSWER

The earliest historical evidence shows the game was played in the 15th century's Malacca Sultanate

In Bangkok, murals at Wat Phra Kaeo which was built in 1785, depict the Hindu god Hanuman playing this game in

a ring with a troop of monkeysOther historical accounts mention the game earlier during

the reign of King Naresuan (1590–1605) of AyutthayaThe first versions of the game were not so much of a competition, but rather cooperative displays of skill

designed to exercise the body, improve dexterity and loosen the limbs after long periods of sitting, standing or workingIt is now a regular sport event in the Asian Games and the

Southeast Asian Games where it is extremely popular

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SEPAK TAKRAW

ANSWER

20 TRIBUTE TO WHO?

QUEEN – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

ANSWER

X's character was loosely based on Sherlock Holmes... but Holmes, in turn, was based on a Doctor that Sir Arthur

Conan Doyle knew while studying medicine, Dr. Joseph Bell, whose specialty was diagnosis.

Y, another character in the show is based on Dr. Watson. The references are pushed further when, In episode 11 of the

fifth season, Y presents X with Joseph Bell's Manual Of the Operations of Surgery as a Christmas gift.

When X's staff begin to wonder why he would throw away the expensive gift, an amused Y begins making up a story about X having a closeted infatuation with a patient named Irene Adler whom he will always consider to be "the one who got

away"

21. X AND Y?

HOUSE AND WILSON

ANSWER

Name the guy in the video and put funda

22. VIDEO

Fosbery flop

ANSWER