FINALS

INFINITE BOUNCE/POUNCE -1 +10 for direct +20/-20 on pounce

Keep calm and Old Monk

Q1. Complete this list ? Pikachu X Y Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle

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X=CaterpieY=Pidgeotto

Ash’s first 6 pokemon

Q2. ID THE BLANK

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Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

No of holes Length/cm2 453 654 75–855 85–906 10078 120910 1301112 1501314 1801516 200

3. Details of what ?

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Shoe Laces

Q4. Find the Connection between

Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MarylandCamp Buckner Military AcademyHuis Ten Bosch, The dutch Royal FamilySoestdjik Palace, NetherlandsNATO air base, GermanyMartonvasar Substation, HungaryMobil Oil Corps, Buffalo USATaiwan national Security Bureau HeadquartersNorth KoreaSea Brook National Power Station , New YorkSyracuse Hancock International Station

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Access Denied !!!Places Hidden from google map

Q5. The phrase “X”often used to refer to a willful refusal to

acknowledge a particular reality, dates back to a legendary chapter in the career of the British naval hero Horatio Nelson. During 1801’s Battle of Copenhagen, Nelson’s ships were pitted against a large Danish-Norwegian fleet. When his more conservative superior officer flagged for him to withdraw, the one-eyed Nelson supposedly brought his telescope to his bad eye and blithely proclaimed, “I really do not see the signal.” He went on to score a decisive victory. Hence the phrase X came into being.

Give me X

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to turn a blind eye

Calgary ,CanadaXHonolulu, HawaiMinneapolis, USAKobe , JapanYWellington, New ZelandHelinski, FinlandOslo, NorwayFrieburg, Germany

Q6.Complete the exhaustive list and ID the connect

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X =Adelaide AustraliaY=Copenhagen , Denmark

 World’s 10 most cleanest cities  

Q7. This practice started in the British raj. the first recorded

evidence is when in July of 1858, Sir William Hershel, chief magistrate of the Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India implemented it on a whim in his business contract with a local businessman. the idea was to make the contract more binding. This impressed the businessman and Hershel continued this practice in all his negotiations with the locals. The first institution dedicated to this practice started in Kolkata where Azizul Haque and Hem Chandra Bose developed the scientific basis for what started as a superstitious ritual. What practice is it?

Fingerprinting

Q8. X is a flagship New York store established in 1895

located at 712 Fifth Avenue. Known for its exquisite designs and exotic ranges of products which you can’t probably find at any other place on the planet, it has a mere 29 stores globally yet it is considered to be one of the pioneers in the fashion world. It is also the place where the famous Sugarpova was launched. ID X?

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Henry Bendel

Q9. Complete the exhaustive list and ID the connect X Lady Gaga Steven Spielberg Beyoncé Y Taylor Swift Bon Jovi Roger Federer Justin Bieber Z

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X=Oprah Winfrey Y=Madonna  Z=Ellen DeGeneres Connect- Forbes top 10 most powerful celebrities of

2013

Q10. X was a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. That,

however, wasn't his secret profession. He was also an undercover agent for the secret service network British Security Coordination (BSC). He was based in the United States to help further the goal of the BSC, promoting UK interests in the US and countering Nazi propaganda.In order to gain intelligence, X romanced and slept with many high society women.

X was however known for a totally different field.ID X

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Roald Dahl

Q11. X has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as

Samhain The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on X the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops.

ID X.

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Halloween

Q12Xkcd comic about what?

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ANSWER

THE DRAKE’S EQUATION

ROUND 2

Identify these famous statues and their location.

+5 points for each.

1.

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THE THINKER ,RODIN MUSEUM PARIS

2.

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MOAI, EASTER ISLANDS

3.

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THE LIONS OF DELOS, GREECE

4.

THE MOTHER, VOLGAGRAD RUSSIA

5.

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DAVID, ACCADEMICA GALLERY AT FLORENCE

6.

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THE OLMEC STATUES ,MEXICO

IDENTIFY THESE FAMOUS PAINTINGS AND THEIR PAINTERS

1.

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STARRY NIGHT BY VINCENT VAN GOGH

2.

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THE SCREAM BY EDWARD MUNCH

3.

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les demoiselles by Pablo Picasso

4.

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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

5.

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The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

6.

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Whistler’s mother by James McNeill Whistler

ROUND 3 List it

LIST IT- 1 Babur-Humayun-Akbar-Shahjehan-Jahangir-Aurangzeb.

There were 13 more Mughal rulers after them. Name them

+10 for each ID +15 for 5 correct IDs +25 for 7 correct IDs +50 for more than 10

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LIST IT-2

2. Name the longest river on each continent. (+5 for each ID, extra +10 if at least 5 ID’d, +25 for all

7)

Answer Follows

Africa - The Nile Antarctica - The Onyx RiverAsia - The YangtzeAustralia - The MurrayEurope - The VolgaNorth America - The Mississippi South America - The Amazon

RETURN OF THE POUNCE(THINK BEFORE YOU POUNCE) +10 for direct +3 for successive bounce +15/-15 on pounce.

Q1. A X is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent

to that of a Soprano. young boys which were fit for singing underwent a operation Y to retain that high pitched child like voice. As a result these X had great lung power and due to their child like vocal cords has a greater voice range than other Sopranos. This practice declined in the  18th century with the last X performed on 1824.

ID X and Y.

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X- Castrato Y- Castration

Q2. ___ _____has its roots in military history. A collection of

terracotta sculptures discovered in 1974 in Xian, China gives insight into the style worn by Chinese soldiers over a thousand years ago

It is also depicted in Trajan’s column in Rome, Italy. Emperor Trajan ruled the Roman Empire from 98 to 117AD.

Some think that it was also a sign of honor befitting exceptional fighters.

It evolved over hundreds of years and is immensely popular even now regardless of status but rather as a as a fashion statement.

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Necktie

Q3. Identify the historical monument.

+10 for identifying the dynasty who build it.

Golconda fort Kakatiya dynasty

Q4. Jaya and Vijay were the gate keepers of lord Vishnu.

They refused entry to Sanatha Kumars who cursed them to live mortal lives. When given the option by Lord Vishnu, they chose three lives as his enemy rather than seven lives as his devotes so that they could get back sooner to Vaikunta. The first of these births were as Hiranyakasipu and his brother, the third was Sisupala, but their second birth as X and Y was the most famous one.

ID X and Y

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X- RavanaY- Kumbakarna

Q5. WHY WAS THIS PROTEST ORGANISED ?

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DEVYANI KHOBRAGADE CASE

Q7.ID THE COMPANY.

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ANSWER. Amul Butter

Q8. X(born 24 June 1962) is an Indian entrepreneur and self-made

billionaire who is the Chairman of X Group. The X Group is a globally integrated infrastructure player with businesses spanning coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, multi-modal logistics, power generation & transmission and gas distribution. With business experience of more than 33 years, X is a first-generation entrepreneur who has led the X group from a modest background to create a $8 billion professionally managed empire in a relatively short period of time. He is said to be among the 100 most influential businessmen worldwide in the shipping trade and developing shipping related infrastructure. He has also been recognized for establishing the modern Mundra port which was selected as the best port in 2006 by the oldest and the most influential British publication for shipping business, Lloyd

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Gautam Adani

Q9.ID THE BRAND. X Supreme Rum X Reserve Rum X XXX Rum X XXX Rum X White Rum X- Limited Edition X is usually mixed with any kind of dark cola, soda or water and

often with a twist of lime. In India, X and cola is a popular combination. A small quantity with warm water may help to get relief from cough

and cold which occurs with weather change.

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Old Monk

Q10.GIVE ME X . In 1931, the X was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, Perumal

Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai (then known as Madras), being published by his “Tamil Nadu” press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the _____ to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of The Free Press Journal, a national news agency.

In 1933 X opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, Dinamani. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the_____. Faced with financial difficulties, he sold a part of his stake to Ramanath Goenka as convertible debentures. In 1935, when The Free Press Journal finally collapsed, and after a long and controversial court battle with Goenka, (where blows were exchanged between some of the parties), Sadanand lost ownership of X.

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Indian Express.

Q11. FLAVOURS OF WHAT ? Full Flavour Riviera Whiff Taste Treasures Kafeato Verve Orange Twist

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Classic Full Flavour Classic Regular Classic Milds Classic Ultramilds Classic Menthol Classic Riviera Whiff Classic Taste Treasures Classic Kafeato Classic Menthol Rush Classic Verve Classic Citric Blast

Q12.ID THE AUTHOR (ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS) India: A History. The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was

Mapped and Everest Was Named Sowing the Wind: The Seeds of Conflict in the Middle

East The Spice Route: A History Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in

South East Asia China: A History

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John Keay