seqc oct2015 monthly

Sunday Evening Quiz Club

The October ‘15 monthly

Long Visual Connect

• Am feeling good today, take 50 points all

• Set of images, bound by a common theme

• First run – Find the connection

• With each slide that pass, you lose a point

• 3 shots at the theme allowed: – For each wrong guess you score -10

• Second run – Written round, Identify each for +1/0

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Legislative Assembly complex of states of India

‘Love is Shabby’… ain’t it?

This is song from a 1987 crossover Telugu film, Padamati Sandhya Ragam. Just identify the male actor.

Shivmani

Padamati Sandhya Ragam is also the acting debut of Hollywood actor Thomas Jane. Here is a picture of his 18-year-old year self playing a 50 year old with hyper-realistic make up in the film. His critically acclaimed roles include Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist and the cult HBO series, Hung.

He is however famous for playing a Marvel antihero, in its 2004 incarnation? Clue Anybody?

The Punisher

X is an Indian film actress and a politician from the state of Telangana. She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" of South Indian cinema. During the 1999 general election she was named BJP's contestant from the Cuddapah Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi of Congress(I) (however, she withdrew from the race after Sonia Gandhi decided to contest from Bellary).

Vijayshanti

Dry days

• 6 dry ‘koschans’

• Clockwise

• First Strike (+10/-10)

• Infinite bounce (+10/0)

Q1

Lasalgaon is a census town in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It famous for AhilyadeviHolkar's fort located in the center of the city built in the 17th century. However Lasalgaon has been in news recently for entirely different reason. What is it Asia's No. 1 Market of?

Onion

Q2

She got the state government's gallantry award in 1987 after she jumped into the Narmada dam to save two girls from drowning. The girls had gone there as part of a picnic team from her school, Mohniba Vidyalaya in Ahmedabad, where X had joined as a primary school teacher in 1968 and stayed for 30 years. Her bravery earned instant fame, and she was soon persuaded to join the politics.

Anandiben Patel, CM of Gujarat

Q3

Almost all Indians states have undergone alterations to its boundaries since independence, due to amalgamation or splitting. However there are only three states/provinces that haven't change its boundaries since at the time of independence.

Rajasthan, West-Bengal, Orissa

Q4

Last month twitter and social media was abuzz with picture of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi along with the hashtag #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik. What did the hashtag mean?

Humanity Washed Ashore

Q5

The university of Southern California (USC) has introduced a course in the study of ‘______’. The course was introduced in the university’s latest semester under the title “Writing 150: Writing and Critical Reasoning: Identity and Diversity” though it is better known among students as #______Class. What ‘mental disorder’?

Selfie

Q6

A driver of a bulldozer was killed in the western German town of Euskirchen in January 2014 in an explosion during con-struction work. Eight others were in-jured in the explosion, two of them seri-ously. Though it might seem mundane accident, there was special about his death. What?

Latest victim of WW2 when a bomb exploded.

Whats in the name?

• Round dedicated to Paul

• 20 names of companies

• Just ‘pronounce’ it

• Infinite Bounce (+10/0)

• First strike (+10/-10)

Ek ka teen… Buzz karo

Google recently announced organizational rejig under which it will become a part of a parent umbrella company. Name it.

Alphabets

What URL is this parent company website accessing at?

abc.xyz

Typical to techie companies taking potshots at each other, if you go to the website ABC.WTF or ABC.FAIL — a clear play on the ABC.XYZ site Google used to make its Alphabet announcement — you’re immediately whisked away to which rival page.

Bing

Chai-Biskoot

Dry days… are gone

• 10 audio/video ‘koschans’

• Counter-Clockwise

• First Strike (+10/-10)

• Infinite bounce (+10/0)

Q1

This Mumbai resident and Business Head, India, at Videogram was at receiving end of abuse on twitter basically due to his twitter handle.

Just to avoid confusion in his identify, he even changed his display name to

I am SHAH, NOT ______ ______.

Hardik Patel

Q2

This abandoned car registered ‘DIA 6479’ has been rusting with weed growing around it outside the owner’s Green Park residence in Delhi, its manufacturer having borrowed it from different occasions and even offered to buy-back the same. What is so special about this car?

First Maruti

Q3

These were few of the long list entries towards a competition organized by a particular government. Out of these 6 were shortlisted among which one will be the new what?

New Flag of New Zealand

Q4This ia surreal tribute by Indian Jam Project to X movies' soundtrack, originally composed by John Williams.

Q5

Identify anybody from this picture and take points

Laalu Prasad Yadav & fly

Q6

Medical procedure depicting what?

Extraction of Wisdom tooth

Q7

The man pictured here is Nirmalsingh, who retired as assistant commissioner of police. However back then when he was a sub-inspector he did something, which made headlines. However typical to a boss, the then deputy commissioner of police took all the credit and became an urban legend, thus garnering an epithet as well in the process that was flaunted in the twitter bio. What did this guy do?

The man who towed the PM's car

Q8

Their website was hacked and this message was displayed allegedly by the CEO himself after he was sacked after a bitter tussle with the BoDs. Name the firm and the CEO

Housing.com

Rahul Yadav

Q9

Some of the features of this $20 per roommate service include:

Gatorade: When we arrive we give every roommate a cold, revitalizing Gatorade to cure dehydration.Breakfast Burrito: We bring a panini maker and cook you a delicious, homemade breakfast burrito in your kitchen.The Clean up: We sweep, mop and vacuum every room where the thing happened. Next we take care of all your dirty dishes, pots, pans and trash. Your house will look cleaner than it has all semester.

Hangover helpers

Q10

Identify this veteran Poet, Writer, Dramatist, Journalist, Management Consultant/ Trainer playing the other god here.

Vishnu Surya Wagh

Answer in ‘Brief’ and on paper

Rivolta, an undergarment manufacturer came up with interesting campaign they called ‘A brief history of famous lovers’. Identify the lovers.

5 points for each pair and a bonus 10 if you get all six.

Brief exchange karo…

Dry days are back again

• 7 dry koschans

• Counter-Clockwise

• First Strike (+10/-10)

• Infinite bounce (+10/0)

Q1

The practice of #Droughtshaming that began online last year went viral in California as it entered its fourth summer of extreme drought. What exactly is it?

Residents who catch their neighbors wasting water are posting pictures and videos, often with addresses, on Facebook and Twitter as well as via apps

Q2

Who says ‘Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, namumkin hai’?

The Delhi police did the impossible when they picked up "Don" from the residence of a former minister at Malviya Nagar residence in south Delhi. Don had allegedly attacked the minister's wife at the behest of minister himself, who is now at the centre of a police probe. Social media however went berserk on this arrest and police had to clarify that they had picked him up as he suffers from heart disease and requires regular medication. Give Funda.

Somnath Bharti and his pet Labrador --"Don"

Q3

What does the term ‘Anchor babies’ refer to?

It is term given to ‘babies’ born to expats who intentionally plan to have their kids born on the US soil so as to have them US citizenship.

The 14th Amendment decrees that almost any child born on U.S. soil is automatically a citizen; what is the only exception?

A child born to diplomats.

Q4

Downhill,

Super-G,

Giant slalom,

Slalom,

Super combined

Are disciplines of what?

Alpine skiing

Q5

The local Khasi people do not know when or how the tradition of this started. The earliest written record of this is by Lieutenant H Yule, who expressed astonishment about them in the 1844 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. This process can take up to 15 years to complete and the useful lifespan of this, once complete, is thought to be 500–600 years. They are naturally self-renewing and self-strengthening as the component grow thicker. There are specimens spanning over 100 feet.

Cherranpunji Living bridges

Q6

X is a city in Thane district, Maharashtra state, India. It is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Due to population growth in nearby cities, people working in Mumbai have been moving to X for a number of socio-economic reasons, including close proximity to Mumbai via rail. X was named for being a remount depot on a travel route through the rugged Konkan region to Gujarat via Surat. The town was famous for its splendid horses. Warriors (e.g. Shivaji Bhonsle) changed their horses at the town in anticipation of the difficult climb through the Konkan. The word "change" was applied to the town.

Clue: Sachin Chatte would know this name for a different reason

"Badlapur" is derived from "badla" plus "pur", which means village or town.

Q7

A slang term for a loan extended to a subprime borrower. Whereas most lenders require the borrower to show a stable stream of income or sufficient collateral, a NINJA loan ignores the verification process.Why NINJA?

• No Income

• No Job

• No Asset

Bolo bolo ‘Koun hoo main?’

I was born in Kampala, Uganda on 23 April 1927, to Dr. Tito and Alina Ana Maria.

(+30/-10)

Lost the first electoral election and tied the next bye-election with equal number of votes to him and Luta Ferrao. Ferrao was made the MLA with lots, which I challenged before the judicial commission and won. But Ferrao went to the high court and I was allowed so sit in the Assembly ‘without speaking and voting.’

(+20/-10)

I have been credited with being one of Goa's most skilled surgeons and held double FRCS. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Honorary Fellow of the International College of Surgeons; Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of India.

(+10/-10)

Dr. Wilfred D’Souza

Thoda ‘pun’ ho jaaye!

• 12 ‘punny’ posters

• Identify the english serials that are referring to

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#12

#Chalo, Paper Exchange Karo

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

The Big Bang Theory

Scrubs

South Park

Family Guy

The Simpsons

Desperate Houseknives

House of Cards

How I met your mother

Pretty Little liars

House MD

That’s it folks…