vg's leaderboard challenge set

6 questions, infinite bounce & pounce 10/0 points on direct, +10/-10 on pounce On pounce, you must get all parts correct

1.

The haibun, Oku no Hosomichi, by Matsuo Basho is one of the major texts of classical Japanese literature. The English translation of the title was also used as the title of an award-winning 2014 novel set during World War II, as it, in a sense, describes the location of the action.

So, what is the title of the 2014 novel?

A1.

2. Video

2.

It is the set of values of c in the complex plane for which the orbit of 0 under iteration of the quadratic map remains bounded, following the basic formula, often expressed as z = z2 + c..

It is one of the best-known ‘mathematical visualizations’, and is very popular in chaos theory.

Name it.

A2. Mandelbrot Set

3. Connect

A3. Kevin de Bruyne

4. ID at least 2 out of 3 (5 points) and

Connect (5 points). 5 Bonus points if you

ID all three.

A4

Priya Rajvansh Sharon Tate Rani Padmini All three were murdered.

5. The 2011 film Trishna is the poster of a 2011 film, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed,

directed by Tom Winterbottom. It is the story of a woman who

experiences rape, and unwanted pregnancy, followed

by a relationship with her rapist. Towards the end, she

stabs her rapist, and then commits suicide. On which

famed late-19th

-century novel is it based?

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A5. Tess of the D’Urbevilles

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6.

That was Rowan Atkinson, singing Beethoven’s

9th

Symphony. How is this Symphony popularly known

(actually referring to its final movement)? (5 points)

Which organisation uses this as an anthem? (5 points)

A 6.

European Union Ode to Joy