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Prelims of SpEnt quiz done at Reverberates 6 in Calicut on 3rd June 2011 by your truly and Jithin Jacob

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Jithin & Raouf

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Jeff Dowd is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer.

During the Vietnam War, he was involved in violent anti war

protests as a member of the Seattle Liberation Front, a

radical anti-Vietnam War movement, based in Seattle,

Washington. He was also a part of the Seattle Seven, a group

of 7 members of SLF prosecuted on charges of inciting a

riot and conspiracy to damage the Seattle Federal Building

on February 17, 1970. Even though the prosecution was not

successful, he was found guilty of contempt of court and

sentenced to six months of which he served three.

What was his childhood nickname?

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The Dude

Inspired Jeff Bridges’s character in The Big Lebowski

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Fill in the blanks of this song written by Cole Porter for the

1956 film High Society.

_____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ________? I don't

Have flashy flunkies everywhere? I don't

Who wants the bother of a country estate?

A country estate is something I'd hate

_____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ________? I don't

And go to every swell affair?

Who wants to ride behind a liveried chauffeur?

A liveried chauffeur, do I want? No sir 2

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Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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Before which game was this photograph taken?

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USA vs Iran

1998 FIFA World Cup

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X is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is

also the name of one of the towns in the island. Its name is

derived from Spanish and is a reference to its size. It is a

popular tourist destination for scuba diving and fishing.

Map of X on next slide.

X?

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Key Largo

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This is the first of the 3 short stories in Treehouse of Horror

V, the sixth episode of The Simpsons’ sixth season.

Which movie does this segment parody?

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The Shining

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Fill in the blanked out

portion

Who would have found

these glasses useful on 17

August 2011?

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Jose Mourinho Tito Villanova, who was poked in the eye by Mou on this

date.

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The Game of Death is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action

film by Bruce Lee. In 1978 a new film, also called The Game

of Death was made using portions of the original footage

with a completely new plot. A prop used in the movie is now

a Bruce Lee memorabilia and is available online for purchase.

How was homage paid to the films in 2003?

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Kill Bill

The Bride’s yellow and black tracksuit

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Robert Altman’s 2001 film, Gosford Park is partly inspired from a

1939 Jean Renoir film, often considered one of the greatest films

of all time. The scene is a direct reference to the film. Which film?

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La Règle du jeu

Rules of the Game

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Who are the only father-son duo both to have won the Formula 1 Driver’s World Championship?

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Graham & Damon Hill

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Whose gravestone?

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Billy Wilder

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Connect.

Paganica (1st century BC, Rome)

Chuiwan (8-14th century AD, China)

Cambuca (12th century, England)

Chambot (12th century, France)

Kolven (13th century, Netherlands)

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Early forms of golf

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In Nora Ephron's 1998 romantic comedy You've Got Mail, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan play bookstore owners who maintain an online friendship without knowing each other's identities, but are adversaries in real life. Joe Fox runs Fox Books, a bookstore chain, while Kathleen Kelly runs a family run independent bookstore.

What is the name of Meg Ryan’s bookstore?

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The Shop Around The Corner

Some of the plot elements of You've Got Mail was adapted from The Shop Around The Corner.

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During Andre Agassi’s 1999 French Open run he initially forgot his _____________ for the first round match. He won that match and then decided to keep the streak going. He did not use ____________ for the remainder of the tournament and went on to win the whole thing.

What was Agassi’s source of luck ? Or simply fill in the

blanks.

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Underwear

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_____________ was involved in amateur wrestling during

both high school and college. In college at Clarion University

of Pennsylvania, he won numerous accolades, including

being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association

Division I champion. After graduating, he won a gold medal

in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling

Championships. _________ then competed in the 1996

Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he won a gold

medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling by beating Abbas

Jadidi of Iran in a controversial decision.

Who?

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Kurt Angle , the

WWE Wrestler

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He started his film career as an assistant director in 1973. In

1975, he became a lyricist and has written over 100 songs for

nearly 50 films. He reached his peak as a lyricist in the late

1970s and early 1980s, after which the volume of his work

has considerably reduced. Oru nimisham tharoo, Thaarake

mizhiyithalil kannerumayi, Oh mrudule, Kannodu kannaya

swapnangal, Manatharil ennum, Viswam kakkunna nadha are

some of his best known songs.

Who?

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Sathyan Anthikkad

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This caricature was used in the

opening credits of a 1955 - 62

television series. The minimalist

self caricature drawing was

composed of just nine strokes

and was the work of the producer

and host of the series, who had

begun his film career as an

illustrator of title cards for silent

movies.

Who? Which TV series?

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Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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What connects these games?

Italy vs West Germany - 1970

Honinbo Shusai Vs Go Seigen - 1974

Houston Cougars Vs UCLA Bruins - 1968

Donald Byrne Vs Bobby Fischer - 1956

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‘The Game of the Century’

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The opening words in this 1971 book by Ken Welsh were

“____________ is a game of chance. In this world where we

expect things to run on time or to be in a certain place by

three o’clock, it is a refreshing experience. Just because the

ninth car doesn’t stop doesn't mean the tenth will; nor the

hundredth, nor the thousandth. But you'll get there.”

Which book?

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Hitch-hiker’s Guide to Europe

Inspired the title of Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Who’s tweeting about what? Or fill in both the blanks.

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British cyclist Chris Hoy on being mistaken for EPL ref Chris Foy and thus being abused by fans on twitter for Foy’s blunders.

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Connect the five Oscar nominated films.

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The complete filmography of John Cazale

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What obligation, which was mandatory for all olympic

athletes till its abolishment in 1999, was waived for Princess

Anne of Great Britain when she took part in the Equestrian

event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics?

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A sex determination test

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What evocative name was given to the HBO documentary

detailing the Bjorn Borg- John Mcenroe rivalry, to reflect the

temperaments of the two great rivals?

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Fire & Ice

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What is this scene in the 1987 Brian De Palma film The

Untouchables a tribute to?

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The Odessa step sequence

Battleship Potemkein

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What first was achieved by the Eastleigh F.C. vs A.F.C.

Totton game in the Hampshire Senior Cup final at

Southampton in England on May 16 2012?

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First official match to use Hawk-Eye goal-line technology.

No points for ‘goal-line technology’ alone or any other variants.

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Connect

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Jumpman

Mario was originally named Jumpman

Nike’s Jumpman logo on Air Jordans featuring Michael Jordan

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Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe for portraying the titular character in the movie "____ ______ : Only in America".

The movie title implies that only in America could a man like him, a small time crook rise to the position he ended up in, as a big time crook.

Known for his shady deals and unscrupulous, often illegal swindles, he was the subject of this Larry Holmes quote ' That hairdo is probably to hide his horns'.

Who?

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Don King

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_________ has been described by its creator, Adam Reed, as "James Bond meets Arrested Development". The comparison with Arrested Development is drawn not only from the fact that ____________ shares 4 actors with Arrested Development but they play characters with similar traits as well. They also employ catchphrases and callbacks in a similar manner.

Which show?

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Archer

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Connect

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John 3:16

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What connects the following events?

Popular Olympiad, 1936

Liberty Bell Classic, 1980

The Friendship games, 1984

Why does the Popular Olympiad stand out in this list?

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29.

All 3 were Olympic Boycott games.

30.

’36 Popular Olympiad never happened because of the Spanish Civil War.