MasterMinds 2013 Finals

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QUIZ

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> 6 Rounds > Scoring rules: to be informed

before each round > Most answers can be worked out… so go for it!

> Decision of the quiz master stands true and final

R1: Warm UpDirect: 20Bonus: 10

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(Audience) Which is the only king without a

moustache in a deck of cards?

Answer

King of Hearts

1.1 Which fictional character has written books like

‘Whole Art of Detection’, ‘On the Study of Tobaccos and

Their Ashes’, and ‘On Secret Writings’?

Answer

Sherlock Holmes

1.2 Mokshapat, created by a 13th Century poet saint Gyandev,

was a game representing virtues and vices. How do we know it today?

Answer

Snakes and Ladders

1.3 Which Tiger Reserve in India gets its name from the word ‘bakshish’

meaning tips, which were often offered to the plantation workers by

British rulers?

Answer

1.4 Nagarjuna, V Chamundeshwarnath and which former Mumbai sheriff

owns the Mumbai Masters franchise of the inaugural

Indian Badminton League?

Answer

Sunil Gavaskar

1.5 Raaste Pyar Ke, Punar Milan in Hindi has already hit the stands along with some Tamil titles. Following soon will be versions in Marathi, Malayalam and Bengali. What 1908 founded thing

am I talking about that was in 1997 added to the Oxford English Dictionary

meaning “romantic story book”?

Answer

Mills and Boons

1.6 The first Otis Elevator in Calcutta was installed in the late 19th Century

in which famous building?

Answer

Raj Bhavan

1.7 In 2001 John Koegh of Australia filed a patent for

"Circular transportation facilitation device". What is this?

Answer

Wheel

1.8 Which literary work is nicknamed the "Monalisa of English Literature"?

Answer

Wuthering Heights

(Audience) Which Internet term originally meant

"harmless, creative fun"?

Answer

Hacking

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R3: FundasDirect: 20Bonus: 10

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R4: Eye SpyDirect: 20Bonus: 10

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R5: Back to BasicsDirect: 20Bonus: 10

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AUDIENCE: Albino Luciani held which post for just

33 days in 1978?

Answer

The “September” Pope

5.1 X is running for office in Australia as a representative of a newly formed party. He recently appeared in blond mullet wig, a flag necktie as a headband and retro-looking Aussie jersey in a parody video called "Game of Polls".

The video was produced by Juice Rap News. It

blends a hip hop beat with the theme from the HBO series Game of Thrones. The video has actors playing versions of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. ID.

Answer

Julian Assange - The WikiLeaks Party

5.22000 John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia2003 Sir Michael Parkinson, British Media Personality2005 Richie Benaud, former Australian Captain2006 Alan Jones, Radio Personality ; Rugby coach2008 General Peter Cosgrove, retired army officer2008 Ricky Ponting, Former Australian Captain2009 Greg Chappell, Former Australian Captain2010 Sir Tim Rice2011 Rahul Dravid, Former Indian Captain2012 Gideon Haigh, Sports Journalist2013 Mike Brearley, Former England Captain

CONNECT.

Answer

5.3 Polianthes tuberosa is a night

blooming perennial plant, the flowers of which are used in perfumery.

Which 1974 film directed by Basu Chaterjee is named after this flower?

Answer

5.4 Late Dutch programmer, Joannes Jozef

Everardus Van Der Meer, who was a "pioneer in the development of user-friendly Web technologies," is believed to have created this in 1998.

This was officially launched by a different company on February 9,2009. In an average day, there are approximately 2.7 billion of this, meaning over 955 billion in an average year. What?

Answer

5.4 A human can be identified uniquely

by their fingerprints. Similarly, A dog can be identified

uniquely by what?

Answer

5.5 This is one of the many phrases

coined by Shakespeare. It refers to the warmest part of the

day.

USAGE: Next slide

ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE:There's none but witches do inhabit

here;And therefore 'tis XX that I were hence.She that doth call me husband, even my

soulDoth for a wife abhor.

Answer

5.6

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5.7

Answer

5.8 This logo is said to be based on

Dreizack, the trident of Neptune.

An urban myth is that former VP Al Gore helped design the same. What?

Answer

USB

R6: ConneXionEIGHT Qs

Non-exhaustiveEvery correct answer: 10

Points mentioned on every slide

CLUEONE

Chau and Macau come together to make this company's logo.

What?

+70 -35

CLUETWO

+60 -30

X is an out of shape middle aged man, disk jockey. With the discovery of his powers he quickly became a special British government operative for M.I.6, a secret British national security unit, under the name X.

His costume is made of unstable molecules and has a sound system in it. Image follows.

CLUETWO

CLUETHREEX can be classified into two primary types: pahoehoe (pronounced 'paw-hoey-hoey") and aa (pronounced "ah-ah")

There is a third type called “pillow” but that is applicable only to the submarine variety. What?

CLUE: Next Slide

+50 -25

CLUETHREE

+50 -25

CLUEFOUR

+40 -20

X is small town with a population of 32,000. Its Coat of arms has an image of a Soot Marten which is still found there. X got city status in 1977. Better known for a different reason. ID.

CLUEFOUR

CLUEFIVE

+30 -15

CLUESIX

+20 -10

CLUESEVEN

+10 -5

CLUEEIGHT

+5 -0

FINAL CONNECT

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