Anoop Adithian Memorial Open Quiz 2013

Greycells and Gyaanartha presents

FINALS

ROUND 1

• Written round

• 8 questions, based on movie posters

designed in the form of Turkish miniature

paintings by Murat Palta

• 5 points each

• Bonus of 10 points if you get all 8 correct

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3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

The answers…

1.

Alien

2.

A Clockwork Orange

3.

Goodfellas

4.

Inception

5.

Pulp Fiction

6.

Scarface

7.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

8.

Godfather

Round 2

• 12 questions on infinite pounce

• +10 / -5 on pounce

1. During the 1990/91 season, India and Sri Lanka played a one off test in Chandigarh . India won the test by an innings and 8 runs giving Mohammed Azharuddin his first victory as a captain.

Venkatapathy Raju was the man of the match and Marvan Attapattu made his debut in this test. The Indian line up featured Shastri, Vengsarkar, Kapil, Manjerakar and the young Sachin among others.

Why is this test of particular importance to cricket statisticians , especially with respect with the records and numbers that was splashed across the TV screens in the last 2 weeks ?

The answer is…

There was no proper scoring in this match. Sachin

made 11 runs after spending 92 mins in the middle.

The number of balls were not counted. This is the

reason why Sachin does not have a test strike rate.

#TributeKoschen !

2. The song X is mentioned in the book series

50 Shades of Grey. Elena Lincoln, nicknamed

„X‟ by Ana in a reference to the film „Y‟, was

Christian Grey's oldest friend and business

partner. She is described as an elegant, sexy

regal blonde and always appears to be very

well-groomed. She entered Christian's life as a

friend to his adoptive mother Dr. Grace

Trevelyn Grey and soon they began an affair

when he was 15 years old. Identify X and Y.

The answer is…

Mrs. Robinson, The Graduate

3. Preparing the „Ashtabandham‟ is a 41-day

long procedure. Eight ingredients that go into

the process are finely powdered conch, gall-

nut, sealing wax, gooseberry, resin of „pinus

dammar‟, two varieties of gravel from the

Bharatapuzha and the confluence of three

rivers (Triveni) and cotton. Except cotton

(which is added in the last stage), all the other

ingredients are pounded using five wooden

hammers, each weighing ten kilos. The final

output is made into smooth pebble-like balls

which harden as they cool. What is the

ashtabandham used for?

The answer is…

It is the adhesive used to fix the idol onto the

seat in Hindu temples.

4. Until the late 19th

century, this item was

made using the mold

shown on the right. After a

series of boiling and filtering

processes, the substance

was poured into the mold

and the impurities would

drain through the hole on

the mold.

• What geographical

entity was named after

the substance made

using this mold?

The answer is…

Sugarloaf mountain

5. This guy, along with his older brother

Claude, invented the Pyréolophore, probably

the world's first internal combustion engine.

Ten years later, they were the first in the world

to make an engine work with a fuel injection

system. In 1818 he became interested in the

ancestor of the bicycle, a Laufmaschine and

built himself a model and called it the

vélocipède (fast foot) and caused quite a

sensation on the local country roads.

However, he is most famous for being the first

person to do something. What? Also name

him.

The answer is…

Nicéphore Niépce

Took the world's first known photograph, View

from the Window at Le Gras

6. This dance from a 1904 broadway musical “Piff Paff Pouf” involves twirling or jumping a rope wearing costumes that glow in the dark. The dance was named after the material that they used to make the costumes glow in the dark – it was also used in in products such as toothpaste, hair creams, and even food items due to its supposed curative powers. Name the substance.

The answer is…

Radium

7. Estelle __________, an

actress and singer who

passed away in 2008 was

described by The New York

Times as the "matriarch of

one of the leading families in

American comedy". In an

obituary, they mentioned

that she “delivered one of

the most memorably funny

lines in movie history”. What

was the funny line?

The answer is…

“I‟ll have what she‟s having”

from When Harry met Sally

8. Raza is a mathematical formula used in a

sporting tournament which takes care of what

is some times referred to as “the toughest

scoring job in sports”. The formula, which is

based on a mathematical formula called a

Gompertz curve, is applied to each athlete's

performance to calculate a points score. The

athlete with the highest score wins.

In which tournament is this system employed

and why does the conventional system fail

here?

The answer is…

Paralympics

This is to ensure that the athlete with the least

impairment does not receive an unfair

advantage.

9. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is a condition in which severely overweight people fail to breathe rapidly enough or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Many people with this condition also frequently stop breathing altogether for short periods of time during sleep (obstructive sleep apnea), resulting in many partial awakenings during the night, which leads to continual sleepiness during the day. The condition is commonly known by another name, which is derived from a work of fiction. What is its common name?

The answer is…

Pickwickian syndrome

Joe the “fat boy” in Pickwick papers suffers

from this disease.

10. Identify this unusual musical instrument.

The answer is…

Tesla Coil

11.

The answer is…

12. These were the first answers to what?

7. Human heads or faces,

heads of women or

children

8. Animal: not cat or dog,

four-legged animal

9. Human

10. Crab, lobster, spider,

rabbit head, caterpillars,

worms, snakes

1. Bat, butterfly, moth

2. Two humans, four-

legged animal, dog,

elephant, bear

3. Two humans, human

figures

4. Animal hide, skin, rug

5. Bat, butterfly, moth

6. Animal hide, skin, rug

The answer is…

Rorshach test

Round 3

• Short Visual Connect

• 10 visuals, non - exhaustive

• No points for identifying individual visuals

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

And the connect is…

Scandals with –gate suffix

Round 4

• 12 questions on infinite pounce

• +10 / -5 on pounce

13. This item, which is exhibited in the Museum

of Modern Art in New York has four pages

that are traversed by carefully hand-drawn

vertical lines that seem to denote the units

of time as units of space. On the fourth

page, the following formula is written: “1

page=7 inches=56 seconds.”

What is this object?

The answer is…

Score of John Cage‟s 4‟33”

14. An author‟s representation of his most

famous character. Near the character, he

wrote in Greek “with a minor error in spelling

and characteristically skewed accents”.

Name the author and the character.

The answer is…

James Joyce, Leopold Bloom

15.

The answer is…

16. It was estimated to cost $100,000 and the

initial conceptual design was made of

fiberglass. In order to provide flexibility,

another design contest was held and

International Latex Corporation, otherwise

known as Playtex emerged as the winner.

They originally manufactured bras and

girdles but their expertise in working with

rubber proved to be crucial in the flexibility

aspect. What are we talking about?

The answer is…

The Apollo space suits

17. In 1890, John Elbert Wilkie, a young

reporter for The Chicago Tribune, fabricated

this legend to create sensation in a

cutthroat newspaper market. The trick

made its debut on Aug. 8, 1890, on the front

page of The Tribune's second section. An

anonymous, illustrated article told that two

Yale graduates, an artist and a

photographer, apparently experienced this

on a visit to India. The story gained attention

and soon many other people came forward

claiming to have witnessed this. What was

the article about?

The answer is…

18. Carnatic music composers usually add their

„mudra‟ in kritis to identify themselves – Saint

Tyagaraja uses „Tyagaraja‟, Muttuswami

Dikshitar uses „Guruguha‟ and Syama Sasthri

uses „Syamakrishna‟ as their mudras.

Which famous singer – composer uses

„Varada dasa‟ as his mudra as a tribute to his

Guru? Also name him Guru.

The answer is…

M D Ramanathan, „Tiger‟ Varadachariar

19. Legend goes that this mystic matriarch

from the 14th century was an incarnation of

Durga. At some point during her life, the child

of one of her clansmen died. She attempted

to bring the child back to life, only to be told

by Yama, the god of death, that he had

already been reincarnated. She made a deal

with Yama: From that point forward, all of her

tribespeople would be reborn as ______ until

they could be born back into the clan.

Name her and fill in the blank.

The answer is…

Karni Mata, Rats

20. This invention,

patented in 1949 was

first made using half of

a suitcase as an outer

shell with a series of

belts, pulleys and a

motor to turn a scroll

of butcher paper that

could be turned

gradually. What was

this contraption?

The answer is…

The Teleprompter

21. This cabin, now displayed inside the

Newseum in Washington, D.C. was built by X

just outside Lincoln, Montana where he lived a

simple life on very little money, without

electricity or running water. His original goal

was to move out to a secluded place and

become self-sufficient so that he could live

autonomously. He began to teach himself

survival skills such as tracking, edible plant

identification, and how to construct primitive

technologies such as bow drills. He stayed in

this cabin for more than 15 years. Who?

(Image in the next slide)

The answer is…

Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber

22. In the 2011 romantic comedy „Friends with Benefits‟, Justin Timberlakes‟ character, a Los Angeles transplant living in New York City, repeatedly suggests to people, while flying between the two locations, that modern airplanes practically fly themselves, and that Captain Sully‟s feat is less notable than it is portrayed to be. Mila Kunis's character often refutes Timberlake regarding this and is also seen reading Captain Sully‟s Wikipedia article. Captain Sully also does a cameo in the film as a security guard.

Who is the „Captain Sully‟ mentioned here and what is the feat?

The answer is…

Capt Chesley Sullenberger who executed the

water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the

Hudson River

23. Which ape species are known as the

hippies of the ape kingdom, because they are

a peaceful and affectionate species that is

more interested in making love than killing

each other? They also have a variety of sexual

behaviors to build social relationships.

The answer is…

Bonobo

24. After decades of waiting, physicists at

Trinity College, Dublin have captured a rare

scientific event on camera for the first time in

July 2013. Over several decades a number of

such events happened, but it was never

witnessed or captured on camera, which

would have definitively proved certain theory.

What did they capture / name the

experiment, which is recognized by the

Guinness World Records as the world's longest

continuously running laboratory experiment.

The answer is…

The Pitch Drop Experiment

ROUND 5

• Written round

• 6 questions

• 5 points each

• 10 bonus points if you get all 6 correct

In the US navy, there are certain „fraternities‟

of sailors those who achieve distinctions like

crossing the equator (people who do this are

called shellbacks). The following fraternities

are associated with which geographical

features?

a. The Imperial Order of the Golden Dragon

b. The Order of the Ditch

c. The Order of the Rock

d. The Golden Shellback

e. The Realm of the Czars

f. The Order of Magellan

The answers…

• The Imperial Order of the Golden Dragon for sailors

who have crossed the International Date Line.

• The Order of the Ditch for sailors who have passed

through the Panama Canal.

• The Order of the Rock for sailors who have transited

the Strait of Gibraltar.

• The Golden Shellback for sailors who have crossed

the point where the Equator crosses the

International Date Line.

• The Realm of the Czars for sailors who crossed into

the Black Sea.

• The Order of Magellan for sailors who

circumnavigated the Earth.

ROUND 6

• Closed theme

• 5 questions – 10 points each

• +30/-5 for the theme after questions 1 & 2

• +20/-5 for the theme after questions 3 & 4

• +10/-5 for the theme after question 5

1. Al Kooper picked a famous phrase as the

name for his new jazz-rock band in 1967. He

could hardly have known how apt a choice it

was. The band has gone through more

disagreements, sackings and changes of

direction than most, with at least 140

musicians having been members at some

point. Which band?

2. What was the title of

this book of essays by

Aldous Huxley? It was

subtitled “an Enquiry

Into the Nature of Ideals

and Into the Methods

Employed for Their Realization”

3. Trailer for which movie?

4. It is a pastry of French origin that is akin to a

highly enriched bread, and whose

high egg and butter content give it a rich and

tender crumb. It is "light and slightly puffy,

more or less fine, according to the proportion

of butter and eggs" It has a dark, golden, and

flaky crust, frequently accentuated by an egg

wash applied after proofing. Name it.

(Image in the next slide)

5. What is being described?

Rob often calls it a bromance, but one of the

bros just happens to be a woman. He said

that from the very beginning and I think it's

really an apt description. There's this idea that

a man and a woman can't be together on a

show especially without needing to be

together sexually or in love or whatever, and

this is really about the evolution of a friendship

and how that happens. Watching that should

be as much the story of this show as the

mysteries that you see week in and week out

about who killed who.

•

The answers…

1. Al Kooper picked a famous phrase as the

name for his new jazz-rock band in 1967. He

could hardly have known how apt a choice it

was. The band has gone through more

disagreements, sackings and changes of

direction than most, with at least 140

musicians having been members at some

point. Which band?

2. What was the title of

this book of essays by

Aldous Huxley? It was

subtitled “an Enquiry

Into the Nature of Ideals

and Into the Methods

Employed for Their Realization”

3. Trailer for which movie?

Play it again, Sam

4. It is a pastry of French origin that is akin to a

highly enriched bread, and whose

high egg and butter content give it a rich and

tender crumb. It is "light and slightly puffy,

more or less fine, according to the proportion

of butter and eggs" It has a dark, golden, and

flaky crust, frequently accentuated by an egg

wash applied after proofing. Name it.

(Image in the next slide)

Brioche

5. What is being described?

Rob often calls it a bromance, but one of the

bros just happens to be a woman. He said

that from the very beginning and I think it's

really an apt description. There's this idea that

a man and a woman can't be together on a

show especially without needing to be

together sexually or in love or whatever, and

this is really about the evolution of a friendship

and how that happens. Watching that should

be as much the story of this show as the

mysteries that you see week in and week out

about who killed who.

•

And the theme is…

Famous misquotes

• "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" – Winston Churchill

• Correct quote: "I have nothing to offer but blood,

toil, tears and sweat."

• The end justifies the means.

• Often misattributed to Machiavelli's The Prince, in

which the idea appears, but not the phrase itself,

and to many other writers who repeat this aphorism.

• "Play it again, Sam“

• Actual quote: "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake,

play 'As Time Goes By'." – Ingrid Bergman

• Actual quote: "You played it for her, you can play it

for me. ... If she can stand to listen to it, I can. Play

it." – Humphrey Bogart

• Let them eat cake.

• This was never said by Marie Antoinette. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his 1783 autobiography Confessions, relates that "a great princess" is said to have advised, with regard to starving peasants, "S‟ils n‟ont plus de pain, qu‟ils mangent de la brioche," commonly translated as "If they have no bread, let them eat cake!" It has been speculated that he was actually referring to Maria Theresa of Spain. (Rousseau's manuscript was written in 1767, when Marie Antoinette was only 12 and would not marry the future Louis XVI for another three years.)

• "Elementary, my dear Watson" – Sherlock Holmes

• This phrase was never uttered by the character in any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's written works. Though "Elementary," and "...my dear Watson." both do appear near the beginning of The Crooked Man (1893), it is the "...my dear Watson" that appears first, and "Elementary" is the succinct reply to Watson's exclamation a few lines of dialogue later. This is the closest these four immortal words ever appear together in the canon.

Round 7

• Written round

• 6 questions

• 3 parts for each question

• 5 points for each part

• 5 bonus points if you get all 3 parts correct

• -5 if you attempt and fail to get at least one

part correct

• No negatives if you do not attempt

1.

a. What is the title of THIS song?

b. What incident prompted Hisham Fageeh to

record this song?

c. Who is the friend he is referring to?

And the answers…

a. No woman, no drive

b. The October 26 drive campaign in Saudi

Arabia

c. Alaa Wardi, who became famous for his A

capella renditions of Jiya Re & Pehla Nasha

2. Introduction to what? (a). Also identify b & c.

When Anu the sublime, the King of the Annunaki and Bêl, the lord of heaven and earth, who fixed the destiny of the country, had committed the whole of mankind to Marduk, the son of Ea, the god of right, when they made him great among the Egigi, had pronounced the sublime name of ____b___, made it great upon earth, had established in it an eternal kingdom, the foundations of which are laid firm like heaven and earth, at that time Anu and Bêl called me, ____c____, the great prince, who fears God, to give justice a status in the country, to destroy the wicked and bad, that the strong should not overcome the weak, that I might rise over the block-headed ones; like Shamash, to illuminate the land and to further the welfare of humanity, ____c____, the prince, the one called by Bêl, am I.

And the answers…

a – Code of laws

b – Babylon

c- Hammurabi

3. Which country tops this list? Also identify A & B.

No. Country A B

1 __________ 221 501

2 Ukraine 81 196

3 China 34 25

4 France 47 100

5 Armenia 36 23

6 Hungary 52 111

7 United States

of America 79 123

8 India 34 76

9 Netherlands 30 79

10 Israel 39 49

And the answers…

Country –Russia

A – Number of Grand Masters

B – Number of International Masters

4.

a) Scene from which documentary film?

b) Name the dance form.

c) Which epic provides the backdrop for this

dance?

And the answers…

a) Baraka

b) Kecak

c) Ramayana

5. Though the origin of the dish

X can be traced back to

the late 19th century, its

most commonly used recipe is often taken from Nora

Ephron's book Heartburn

(pictured here). It was in the

news recently because something (Z) was named

after this dish. It was later

renamed after another

eatable, Y. Identify X, Y and Z.

And the answers…

X – Key lime pie

Y – Kit kat

Z – Android version 4.4

6.

a. Name the award.

b. Identify the structure and its exact location.

c. On what day is this given annually / what

does it commemorate?

And the answers…

• Quadriga award

• The quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate in

Berlin

• The award is presented every year on

German Unity Day (3 October), which

commemorates German reunification in

1990