the quizzitch cup finale 2014 - the ball's in your court! (with answers)
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Quizzitch Cup Finale 2014 - National Institute of Technology, Durgapur Quiz hosted by Sudipto Basu (ex-Quiz Inc.).TRANSCRIPT
• A 3x3 grid. Choose your own topic.•Order based on current scores – bottom one
first!• Question cannot be ‘passed’. Scoring for
direct try: +20/-10. No negatives if you don’t attempt.
•However other teams can write down their answers if the team attempting the question directly answers wrong or forfeits answering.
Scoring for written answers: +10/-10.
THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT!
GRID
ADVERTISING
TRADITIONS ADVENTURE
LITERATURE TYPOGRAPHY
PUBLISHING
PLACES CLOTHING POP CULTURE
TRADITIONSThe only 6 manufacturers that meet the
criteria currently are: Augustiner-Bräu Hacker-Pschorr-Bräu Löwenbräu Paulaner Spatenbräu Staatliches Hofbräu-München
What do they produce, which qualifies for a certain occasion?
Beers allowed in Oktoberfest.The criteria are:1. The beer has to brewed within Munich city
limits.2. The beer must have a minimum content
of 6% alcohol by volume.
ADVENTUREThe way to the “final destination” is marked
by an ever increasing number of ‘unusual’ mile markers – informal checkpoints that serve travellers on the route. One of the most famous is Green Boots.
What is the “final destination” and what is ‘unusual’ about these markers?
Dead mountaineers on Everest.The snow keeps the bodies preserved,
thereby making the corpses a somewhat morbid variety of milestones.
ADVERTISINGAn ad for which company?
The girl’s skin is spotless!
LITERATUREWhose first two lines came in a story
collection titled The Man With Two Left Feet and were as follows:"Mrs. Gregson to see you, sir.""Very good, sir. Which suit will you wear?"
Jeeves.A “gentleman’s personal gentleman”
TYPOGRAPHYThe practice of using medial capitals – as in
words like ‘iPod’ and ‘PowerPoint’, or in chemical formulae (e.g. NaCl) – is colloquially named after an animal. Name the animal/explain funda.
PUBLISHINGWhat term gets its name from The Sun's
practice of featuring a female glamour model since November 1970?
Page 3.
PLACESA street in the heart of Tashkent. Named
after whom?
Lal Bahadur ShastriThe Indo-Pak war of 1965 formally ended
with the Tashkent Agreement on 10th Jan, 1966. Shastri died the very next day in the city.
POP CULTUREComic about whom?
POP CULTURE
Crime Master Gogo
Dungaree is a kind of coarse thick 2/2 twill-weave cotton cloth, often coloured blue, primarily used for making work overalls. What place does this fabric owe its name to?
CLOTHING
DONGRI