DEDICATIONS !

To an awesome bunch of people who showed us that out here, amidst all the hectic work & all sorts of constraints, one can live life to the fullest, enjoying every moment together, no matter however short they may be.

We all have looked up to you for all kinds of reasons – be it academics or sports, asking questions or trolling people – you have inspired us in all senses.

You’d always be remembered for your feats, and lemme underline it twice,

There’s never gonna be a batch like yours !

And also ………………………….

“ Father of Quizzing @ IISER-TVM ”

[ 26/10/91 - still rocking on ……. ]

CHAMP a.k.a Arun Kumar

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONSIts gonna be loooong .

7 rounds – rules to be explained before each one begins.

Audience – it’d be appreciated if you think/guess than Google it up !

You gotto trust the QMs , on all issues/disputes . [ Please do ! ]

All stuff mixed up

Bounce & Pounce applicable

+10 if right , +5 on pass

On pounce, +10 if right, -5 if pass

You cant pounce on your own Q. ( well, why would you ? )

1. Chang and Eng Bunker were born in Thailand in 1811. In 1829, they were “discovered” by British merchant Robert Hunter. Upon termination of their contract with him, they successfully went into business for themselves, and travelled withP.T. Barnum's circus for many years.

What were they called, which has since become a generic term?

Siamese Twins

2. This object is has not been frequently used, but when it is used, it does catch world attention.

Put fundae.

The Papal Stove

3. Clarence Saunders opened his first Piggly Wiggly in 1916 – where patrons roamed freely and paid on the way out.

He patented the idea which is now copiedworldwide.

What are these ubiquitous entities?

Supermarkets !

4. The following image is a tribute to the work of India’s most celebrated person in his field.

The image shows the interiors of Café Mondegar, Colaba Causeway, Mumbai.

Tribute to which legend ?

Mario Miranda

5. 14 collections of over 50000 excitable units were analyzed for this study by researchers @ Lorand university, Hungary, and it was published in 2002 edition of Nature . Each unit, once activated was found to follow the same set of rules to pass through active & refractory phases before returning to resting state.This thing, was found to be 6-12 m wide, moving predominantly clockwise at about 12 m/s, expanding overtime to acquire a near linear shape.

What the hell are we talking about ?

Football, bloody hell ! :D

6. Slightly less quoted than the first words, what quote did this follow:

"Yes, the surface is fine and powdery. I can kick it up loosely with my toe“ ?

“ That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind ”

7. 1600 light projectors with a total power requirement of three million watts producing a total illumination of 3000 lux have been used every September since 2008, in a south-east Asian nation.

For what event?

8. What eight-letter word connects these 3 –

a pastry made by folding a piece of dough over a filling,

the loss of possession of the ball in sports like basketball and,

a business jargon for the number of times a particular stock of goods is sold and restocked during a given period of time ???

Turnover

9.Listen to the song & identify the lead singer .

Shortlisted for national hockey & football squadsCaptain of national junior rugby teamHolds 6 national school swimming records Fastest 100m time in national junior meetNational U19 badminton championReceived national medal for a science project……………………………………..

Who is this ???

10. This region's name literally means "four circuits of rivers and gorges".

The cuisine of this region is categorized as one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of China.

The peppercorn flavour makes it suitable to the Indian palate.

Which region?

Szechuan / Sichuan / Szechwan

11. Name the one word that connects the most commonly used variables to these people –

Lleyton HewittAna Ivanovic Lee Chong Wei Ratchanok Inthanon ;)

12. What links these 2 documents ?

Purchase of Alaska

by the United States from Russia

On 30th March ( ! ) , 1867.

13. This two-Oscar winner who made his acting debut on TV in 1978, is the only person, other than the great Walt Disney to have received Oscar nominations in six different categories.

Madame Tussaud's Las Vegas has a "Marrying him" photo-op, in which museum visitors can put on a wedding gown and stand next to his wax statue.

Who?

14. Whats on the other side & why ?

1000 years of the Brihadeeshwara temple, Thanjavur

L.V.C - 1

Long Visual Connects, each with 5 – 7 pics to link.

Id of the individual pics may/may not carry points.

Scoring for the theme would be indicated below each slide.

Write bros write !

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Christening USS New York, built from the rubbles of the

twin towers

Teardrop memorial , from Russia to the U.S

“The Falling Man”

“Reflecting Absence” Pools, Ground Zero

The Tribute Lights on the 10th anniversary

Actually, we want you to find y & z too :P

3 unknowns per question.

+10 for each right one, bonus 10 if all 3 are right.

No negatives.

Write bros write !

1.An unknown visitor affectionately referred to as the “ X Toaster" paid homage at X’s grave annually beginning in 1949. As the tradition carried on for more than 60 years, it is likely that the “X Toaster" was actually several individuals, though the tribute was always the same. Every January 19, in the early hours of the morning, the person made a toast of cognac to X's original grave marker and left three roses. Members of the X Society in Baltimore helped protect this tradition for decades.The X Toaster's last appearance was on January 19, 2009, the day of X's bicentennial.

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In X's only novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket(1838), Y is a mutinous sailor on the whaling ship Grampus. After the ship capsizes in a storm, he and three other survivors draw lots upon Y's suggestion to kill one of them to sustain the others. Y then gets cannibalized.

In 1846, the Francis Spaight foundered at sea. Y was among the twenty-one drowning victims of that incident, though there were no cases of cannibalism.

In 1884, the yacht Mignonette sank. Four people survived and drifted in a life boat before one of them, the cabin boy Y, was killed by the others for food. This led to the R v Dudley and Stephens criminal case.

Writer Z included Y as both a _____ and a _____ in his 2001 novel ______. In the novel, the _____ is set adrift in a lifeboat after a shipwreck with three other animals and a boy, the protagonist. It eats the other animals but not the boy.Z went on win the Man Booker Prize in 2002 for this novel.

X,Y,Z please !!

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

X Edgar Allen Poe / Poe

Y Richard Parker

Z Yann Martel

2.Dr. Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh Auguste Dupin (created by Edgar Allan Poe) Monsieur Lecoq (created by Emile Gaboriau)

are cited as inspirations for X.

The following image shows the real Y , a place of extreme significance in X’s life.

Z played X on the silver screen twice, and tops the tops the Forbes list of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors with an estimated $75 million in earnings between June 2012 and June 2013.

[ note : the films of our concern weren’t between this timeline.

Gimme X,Y,Z …..

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

X Sherlock Holmes

Y Reichenbach

Falls

Z RDJ Jr.

3."Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is a song originally by X, a well-known anti-apartheid reggae anthem from the 1980s, written during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played in South Africa nonetheless. It reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming X's first Top 10 hit for more than five years.

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The video you just saw had X performing the song along with South African singer Kurt Darren, at Hyde Park, London, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Y.

"Even the preacher who works for Jesus The Archbishop who's a peaceful man Together say that the freedom fighters Will overcome the very strong"

These are the lyrics that I just mentioned.

Who is the Archbishop(Z) to whom X refers in the song?

X,Y,Z ????

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

X Eddy Grant

Y Nelson Mandela

Z Archbishop Desmond Tutu

4.The X  is an international NGO of public figures noted as statesmen, peace activists, and human rights advocates, who were brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. They describe themselves as "independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights". The goal Mandela set for the X was to use their "almost 1,000 years of collective experience" to work on solutions for seemingly insurmountable problems such as climate change, HIV/AIDS, and poverty, as well as to "use their political independence to help resolve some of the world's most intractable conflicts"

The image that follows this slide shows the X in 2009, when they had to pose with this empty seat, to represent the presence of Y, who couldn’t attend the meetings.

Also, pictured is Z, the only X from India so far.

Id X,Y,Z for me !

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

X The Elders

Y Aung San Suu Kyi

Z Ela Bhatt , founder of SEWA

5.A journalist for the Russian newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda coined this nickname (X) after a famous personality made a scathing attack on the Soviet Union and communism at the Kensington Town Hall. The personality and the nickname eventually became synonymous.

Y played the role of this personality in the film that was titled X, which fetched her 3rd Oscar for the Best Actress in a leading role. Y happens to be the most nominated actor/actress ever in Oscar history, with 18 nominations in 35 years.

Y’s 1st award for Best Actress in a leading role was for the film “Z’s choice”, which is phrase used to refer to a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen.

X,Y,Z please …..

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

X Iron Lady

Y Meryl Streep

Z Sophie’s choice

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MAJOR REVOLUTIONS / UPRISINGS

Jasmine revolution Tunisia, 2011

Bulldozer Revolution Yugoslavia, 2000

Tulip Revolution Kyrgyzstan, 2005

Orange Revolution Ukraine, 2005

Velvet Revolution Czechoslovakia, 1989

Arab Spring ( ! ) The Middle-East, 2010 -13

Rules the same as Aviyal.

Betting is allowed here.

Max. bet – half of your current total if right, +10 + [ your bet ] if wrong , -5 – [half of your bet]

So, lets play !

1. What is the significance of the old Nokia SMS ringtone

'bip bip bip - beep beep - bip bip bip‘ ?

Morse code for SMS !

2. A Direct democracy is a political system where there is no single head of state, but instead a college of several men jointly exercise the powers of the head of state.

Name the only country that follows such a system today.

3. What word, now used mainly in the world of technology, derives from sailors' slang for any small mechanical thing or part of a ship for which they lacked, or had forgotten, a name?

Gadget

4. Song “Doore Doore” from the film ‘Neelakasham

Pachakadal ChuvannaBhoomi’

Just identify the location for me.

INS KursuraVishkhapattanam

5.

6. Which journey started at Iceland's Snaefellsjokull volcano and ended at Stromboli, Italy ?

7. Suveen Mathaudhu, an American materials science proff, estimated the density of X to be about 2.13 g/cc, making it lighter than aluminium.

X is made of uru and Mathaudhu attributed its strength to the fact that it was actually a form of mettalic hydrogen.

All these calcs were necessitated by this tweet from the great Neil Tyson

What is X ???

8. In july 2013, a few items of clothing went under the hammer at heritage auctions, Dallas. These were promptly purchased and tied on by a Japanese businessman named Masao Watanabe for the sum of $21,510.

Watanabe also happened to be the Japan head of something the original owner had set in motion in 1952.

Who owned these clothes ?

Image to follow.

9. Zachary Copfer, a new age artist invented a form of photography in 2012 in which the source of light was different and the medium used was not ordinary photographic paper.

Pictured are some his works from the series titled “My Favourite Scientists” .

How did he make these ?

Or what is it called ?

10. Historically, these were arrow slits intended for the archers to take shelter and shoot down the enemies. What term it gave rise to, considering the fact it was also sort of an entry for the rivals without breaking the gates. ?

Loopholes !

11. Brilliant ad by an Italian newspaper.What can we infer from it about them ?

It’s the ad for Il ManifestoA major Left wing

newspaper in Italy !

13.Name : John.T.Daniels

Fame : witness to & photographer of an epic event

Fun fact : it was the 1st time he had seen a camera in his life !

What did he capture ?

14. Its believed if the eagle land on the perch, thus completing the club logo, its gonna be victory for the home team.

Where can you find this fantastic show ?

Video to follow ……..

BenficaPortugal

15.Ingenious idea for a bridge !

Gimme d reason for the twist in between .

Hint : It links China & Taiwan

China follows ‘drive right’ policy while Taiwan, a former British colony has the ‘drive left’ system.

The idea is thought to automatically allign the border crossing vehicles the right way,And to remind the drivers the change in systems

L.V.C - 3

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SHAZAM / Captain Marvel

S – the wisdom of SolomonH – the strength of HerculesA – the stamina of AtlasZ – the power of ZeusA – the courage of AchillesM – the speed of Mercury

Yep ! Its differential Scoring here !

Questions that are quite hard nuts to crack, so exclusive cracks would be fittingly rewarded !

Reward proportional to exclusiveness :D

Let x be no.of teams answering a question right Then points per team = [ 8 – x ] * 5

All good things come at a cost, so there are -5 for each wrong attempt :P

1. In 1956 , Richard Stokes was taken by his father to witness a match at Old Trafford. Some 43 years later, Stokes, who became a trainer for KPMG Finance in Germany, was on a business trip to New Delhi, India. In this process, he witnessed another incident which made him the only person with a unique record.

What is the unique feat Stokes achieved ?

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

The only recorded person to have witnessed first hand both 10 wicket scalps.

( Jim Laker at Old Trafford and Anil Kumble at FerozShah Kotla).

2. Artist Jitish Kallat is well known for coloring the Art Institute of Chicago steps with lines from Swami Vivekananda’s Parliament of Religions speech. His new sculpture Public Notice 2 uses a 1930 speech, delivered on the eve of a historic event, laying out the rules of conduct for followers and sparking mass revolts across the country.

What event succeeded this speech?

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AND THE ANSWER IS …….

The Dandi March

3. The production of this multinational film involved nine different countries, hence it could not be specifically affiliated with any one of them. So it could not get the Academy nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

However it was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Which film?

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

4. The above pic is rare, considering the fact that this guy has always appeared in another form. Such a piece with him sitting straight is perhaps, unknown to the most.

Who is he & how do we see him the usual way ?

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

5. This scene from the “The Great Train Robbery” wont be as famous as the scene that was inspired by it.

Which is that scene ???

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

007 intro scene !

6.Who owns this tattoo & why ???

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

Coordinates from the places of her child adoptions !

7. Legend has it that a God planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe.

In rage the god sliced the river, condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.

Which natural wonder, that once made Eleanor Roosevelt exclaim, "Poor Niagara!"?

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

8. According to the Vatican, we are supposed to say this prayer before doing something. What ?

“ Almighty & eternal God,Who created us in Thy image,And bade us to seek after all that is good,True & Beautiful,Especially in the divine person,Of Thy only-begotten Son,Our Lord Jesus Christ,Grant we beseech Thee that,Through the intercession of Saint Isidore of Seville,Bishop & Doctor,During our journeys through the __________We will direct our hands and eyes,Only to that which is pleasing to Thee,And Treat with charity & patience,All those should whom we encounter,Through Christ our Lord.Amen.”

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

Well, we are supposed to say that whole thing

before

LOGGING ONTO THE INTERNET !

9. The shortest ones have single letters – A,J,G,S,N,R & Y .

But these, as well as the 2-lettered ones are very less in number.

Most of them have 3 or 4 letters, 3 being the most common.

The list starts with ABB and ends with ZW.

What are we talking about ?

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

Indian Railway Stations’ Codes !

10. The Red-Capped Manakin is probably known for its unusual courting method in which the male, where it shuffles back & forth along a branch.

This motion is often referred to as a speedy ________, and it is the only bird known to do such motion.

What ???

AND THE ANSWER IS …….

Answer in the video !!!