the quizzitch cup finale 2014 - the ball's in your court! (with answers)

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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!

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Quizzitch Cup Finale 2014 - National Institute of Technology, Durgapur Quiz hosted by Sudipto Basu (ex-Quiz Inc.).

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Page 1: The Quizzitch Cup Finale 2014 - The Ball's in Your Court! (with answers)

• 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!

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GRID

ADVERTISING

TRADITIONS ADVENTURE

LITERATURE TYPOGRAPHY

PUBLISHING

PLACES CLOTHING POP CULTURE

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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?

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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.

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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?

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Dead mountaineers on Everest.The snow keeps the bodies preserved,

thereby making the corpses a somewhat morbid variety of milestones.

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ADVERTISINGAn ad for which company?

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The girl’s skin is spotless!

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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?"

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Jeeves.A “gentleman’s personal gentleman”

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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.

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PUBLISHINGWhat term gets its name from The Sun's

practice of featuring a female glamour model since November 1970?

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PLACESA street in the heart of Tashkent. Named

after whom?

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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.

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POP CULTUREComic about whom?

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POP CULTURE

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Crime Master Gogo

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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

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DONGRI