utsav '11 - finals

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UTSAV ‘11 – GENERAL QUIZ

FINALSBy: Nigel Thomas

ROUND 1

• INFINITE BOUNCE

• 8 QUESTIONS

• 5 POINTS

• Clockwise

1X was born at Kayamkulam. X attended schools in Kayamkulam and Mavelikara. He drew the sleeping posture of one of the teachers in classroom, this made the headmaster angry. But then he was encouraged by his uncle who saw in him great potential. After schooling, X studied painting at Raja Ravi Varma School of Painting at Mavelikara. X’s drawings attracted even Lord Willington and Lord Linlithgow. X founded the Children's Book Trust and later in 1965, the International Dolls Museum too . Who is X ?

Answer is

K. Shankar Pillai/ Cartoonist Shankar

2.• X is a bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that stands

in Bowling Green Park which he installed without permission in front of _______in December 1989. It depicts the symbol of aggressive financial optimism

and prosperity. In 2004, Di Modica announced that the sculpture was for sale, on condition the buyer does not move it from its present location. The sculpture is both a popular tourist destination which draws thousands of people a day, as well as “one of the most iconic images of New York”. In 2010, a similar X sculpted by Di Modica which looks "younger" and "stronger" was installed in Shanghai.

• What is the sculpture X ?

Answer is

“Charging Bull” in front of

NYSE, Wall Street

3. Identify this Trophy

Answer is

Ranji Trophy

4.

• _____________is an upcoming Hindi drama,

thriller and black comedy film directed by

Vishal Bhardwaj, based on Ruskin Bond's short

story Susanna's Seven Husbands. It was first

scheduled for release on 21 January 2011, but

has now been postponed to 18 February 2011

i.e. today......

• Name the movie.

Answer is

5.• In Greek mythology X was a goddess who

personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory , X assumed the role of the divine charioteer to Zeus for the Titan War against the older deities. X flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame. The name of an American anti-aircraft missile system was put after X. A figure of X with a vessel was the design of the Jules Rimet trophy and the later FIFA World Cup trophy also. Name X.

( pic. in next slide )

Answer is

Nike

6.• Starting as an annual literature festival at Powys,

Wales for ten days from May to June, devised by

Norman and Peter Florence in 1988, this festival

was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The

Woodstock of the mind“. The festival has

expanded in recent years and now includes

musical performances and film previews. It has

also expanded internationally and sister festivals

take place in Nairobi, Zacatecas, Maldives, Kerala,

Beirut, Belfast, Cartagena, the Alhambra Palace,

Parc Prison in Bridgend and Segovia.

• Name the Festival.

Answer is

7. Identify the female voice

Answer is

8. Id this Jumbo

Answer is

Round 2

• Written Round

• Fill in the Blanks type

• 10 Blanks from A to J

• Each answer carries 5 points

• ‘Bonus’ of 10 points if all answers are correct

Socrates Scholasticus, in his Ecclesiastical

History, gives a full description of the

discovery of ‘A’. In it he describes how ‘B’, ‘C’s

aged mother, had the temple destroyed and

the Sepulchre uncovered. ‘C’, who was the

first ‘D’ Emperor to convert into ‘E’ , rebuilt

the city of ‘F’ and name it after him as ‘G’ and

build the Old ‘H’ on the site of martyr of ‘I’ a

disciple of ‘J’ .

• Please exchange your answer sheets

Answers

Socrates Scholasticus, in his Ecclesiastical

History, gives a full description of the

discovery of True Cross (A). In it he describes

how Helena (B), Constantine (C)'s aged

mother, had the temple destroyed and the

Sepulchre uncovered. Constantine (C), who

was the first Roman(D) Emperor to convert

into Christianity(E) , rebuilt the city of

Byzantium(F) and name it after him as

Constantinople(G) and build the Old St.

Peter’s Basilica(H) on the site of martyr of St.

Peter (I) a disciple of Jesus Christ (J) .

Round 3

• Infinite Bounce

• 8 questions

• 5 points

• Anti clockwise

1.

Identify this renowned

musician at his youth

Answer is

2. Name the Indian Cartoon series

from the characters

• Meera Jain

• Auntie Maya

• Uncle Bhim

• Nalin Oberoi

• Hari Oberoi

Answer is

Pavitr Prabhakar

Spider Man India

• Meera Jain – Mary Jane Watson

• Auntie Maya – Aunt May

• Uncle Bhim – Uncle Ben

• Nalin Oberoi – Norman Osborn

• Hari Oberoi – Harry Osborn

3. X is a Southern California-based chain of

two sports-themed restaurants is formally

owned by Y. The first X opened in Baltimore

proved to be a cornerstone in the

development of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. X’s

most notable event is the Ultimate Couch

Potato Competition, where four competitors

try to out-sit each other while watching non-

stop sports. Bathroom breaks are permitted

only every eight hours and there is a five

minute stretch-break every hour; they may eat

and drink as much as they want.

Answer is

4.X made his full international debut against Hungary at the age of 18. He was substituted on during the 63rd minute, but was sent off on the 65th minute because the referee, Markus Merk, found he had headbutted defender Vilmos Vanczák, who was tugging his shirt. He returned to the team in Y's 1–0 World Cup qualifier away defeat to Paraguay. He became the youngest player to represent Y at a World Cup when he came on as a substitute. Within minutes of entering the game he scored the final goal making him the youngest scorer in the tournament and the sixth youngest goal scorer in the history of the World Cup.

Id X and Y.

Answer is

5. Doodle for whom?

Answer is

Google doodle on 70th anniversary of

John Lennon's birthday

6.

Identify the place

Answer is

The Exorcist stairs

7.• This image was first created for a Christmas

card for the Museum of Modern Art in 1964. It

was put on an eight-cent US Postal Service

postage stamp in 1973, the first of their

regular series of “____ stamps.“ The sculpture

showing the Hebrew word ahava is displayed

at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. A

similar variation on ____ for Google was

displayed in place of the search engine site's

normal logo.

Answer is

8.• Non Je Ne Regrette Rein , this song was

featured in a movie flick last year.

Answer is

Round 4

Theme Round

• 7 Questions

• All connected by a Central Theme

• Non-exhaustive Theme

• Each question carries + 5 points

• Cracking the theme gives points

20,15,12.5,10,7.5,5,2.5 in 1st,2nd,3rd...7th question

• Constant Negative of -5 throughout

• Write down the answer or theme

1.• X is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically

patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing—pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former English name of the Indian city Y .During the 1960s X was called bleeding X. It used dyes that were not colorfast in a typically plaid design, resulting in bleeding and fading colors that yielded a new look to the fabric each time it was laundered. C. P. Krishnan Nair was one of the pioneers of the Bleeding X fabric. This fabric is also mentioned in the Hindi movie, Badmaash Company.

2.

• X was a tiny South Indian kingdom at the tip of the peninsula. The kings of X traces their indirect ancestry back to the Sangam Chera to the Aysand to the Kolathiris and was the forerunner to the modern Kingdom of Travancore, established by king Marthanda Varma. The capital of Ay dynasty was at Nelcynda near present day Thiruvalla, included most of modern day Kollam, the Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala, and the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. The name is believed to derived from Ay vel(Ay=shepherd, Vel=king). X pls...

3.• This is a popular event conducted on the second

Saturday of August every year and is a major tourist attraction. When the first Prime Minister visited this event, he was given a roaring reception by the people escorted. Having gone through the tremendous excitement he donated a rolling trophy to be awarded to the winners of the event. The event has found place in the Guinness. The organizers of London Olympics 2012 are finding the event an opportunity to include it as an Olympic event.

4.

• National Geographic Magazine listed this

place as “ONE OF THE TEN PARADISES IN THE

WORLD” , Transparency International ranked

this place as the least corrupt in the country in

2005 , the ports here were the busiest among

all trade and travel routes in the history of the

world.

• Which is the place being mentioned ?

5. ______ as seen from ______

6.

• The German equivalent is "upper-middle class

car” (Obere Mittelklasse) within the classification

maintained by Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt. Another

designation for the class is "E-Klasse" (E-Class).

• What Class of Cars ?

(A Specific answer is expected, no part points)

7.

• X belongs to the Treta yuga, He fought back the advancing seas thus saving the lands of Konkan and Malabar. X is said to be the first warrior saint. It is said that when X saved some coastal parts of Kerala from the advance of the sea it became the start of the Kollam Era (AD 825) for the Malayalam Calendar. He placed statues of various deities in 108 different places and introduced martial arts ("Kalari Payattu") to protect the temple from the evils.

Answers

1.• X is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically

patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing—pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former English name of the Indian city Y .During the 1960s was called bleeding X. It used dyes that were not colorfast in a typically plaid design, resulting in bleeding and fading colors that yielded a new look to the fabric each time it was laundered. C. P. Krishnan Nair was one of the pioneers of the Bleeding X fabric.This fabric is also mentioned in the Hindi movie, Badmaash Company.

X- Madras Y- Chennai

2.

• X was a tiny south Indian kingdom at the tip of the peninsula. The kings of X traces their indirect ancestry back to the Sangam Chera to the Aysand to the Kolathiris and was the forerunner to the modern Kingdom of Travancore, established by king Marthanda Varma. The capital of Ay dynasty was at Nelcynda near present day Thiruvalla, included most of modern day Kollam, the Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala, and the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. The name is believed to derived from Ay vel(Ay=shepherd, Vel=king)

Venad

3.• This is a popular event conducted on the second

Saturday of August every year is a major tourist attraction. When the first Premier visited this event he was given a roaring reception by the people escorted. Having gone through the tremendous excitement he donated a rolling trophy to be awarded to the winners of the event. The event has found place in the Guinness. The organizers of London Olympics 2012 are finding the event as an opportunity to include it as an Olympic event.

Nehru Trophy Boat Race at

Punnamada Lake, Alappuzha

4.

• National Geographic Magazine listed this

place as “ONE OF THE TEN PARADISES IN THE

WORLD” , Transparency International ranked

this place as the least corrupt in the country in

2005 , the ports here were the busies tamong

all trade and travel routes in the history of the

world.

• Which is the place being mentioned ?

5. ______ as seen from ______

Sabarimala as seen from

Ponnambalamedu

6.

• The German equivalent is "upper-middle class

car” (Obere Mittelklasse) within the classification

maintained by Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt. Another

designation for the class is "E-Klasse" (E-Class)

• What Class of Cars ?

(A Specific answer is expected, no part points)

Executive Cars

7.

• X belongs to the Treta yuga, he fought back the advancing seas thus saving the lands of Konkan and Malabar. X is said to be the first warrior saint. It is said that when X saved some coastal parts of Kerala from the advance of the sea it became the start of the Kollam Era (AD 825) for the Malayalam Calendar. He placed statues of various deities in 108 different places and introduced martial arts ("Kalari Payattu") to protect the temple from the evils.

Parashuraman

Theme

• Madras Mail / Chennai Mail

• Venad Express

• Alleppey Express

• Kerala Express

• Sabari Express

• Executive Express

• Parasuram Express

Express Trains

running through

Kerala

Round 5

LONG VISUAL CONNECT (LVC)

• All the 15 upcoming slides have a common connection

• +50 - if connect identified in first three (1-3 slides)

• +40 – for (4-6 slides)

• +30 – for(7-9 slides)

• +20 – for ( 10 – 12 slides )

• +10 – for ( 13- 15 slides)

• -5 for wrong attempts

• Any no. of attempts before cracking the Theme.

1.

2.

3.

• Theme ???

4.

5.

6.

• Theme pls…

7.

8.

9.

• Theme still pls ???

10.

11.

12.

• Theme pls…

13.

14.

15.

• Theme ???

Answers....

1. mixi.jp

2. blackplanet.com

3. hi5.com

4. cyworld.co.kr

5. deviantart.com

6. taringa.net

7. linkedin.com

8. xt3.com

9. badoo.com

10. twitter.com

11. orkut.com

12. myspace.com

13. bigadda.com

14. ibibo.com

15. facebook.com

1. mixi.jp

2. blackplanet.com

3. hi5.com

4. cyworld.co.kr

5. deviantart.com

6. taringa.net

7. linkedin.com

8. xt3.com

9. badoo.com

10. twitter.com

11. orkut.com

12. myspace.com

13. bigadda.com

14. ibibo.com

15. facebook.com

Long Visual Connect is....

Social Networking Websites

Special Thanks to

• Jimmy and Larry (Wikipedia)