verve quiz 2009 phinalz
TRANSCRIPT
Banana
“There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.”Herbert Garrison
"But I don't want to go among mad people"
"Oh, you can't help that, We're all mad here.
I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?"
"You must be, otherwise you wouldn't have
come here."
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. Infinite bounce.
2. Each question worth 10 points.
3. Direction reverses every 20 questions.
4. Two Stage 2’s(+40/-20, +30/-15, +20/-10, +10/-5, +5/no negs).
5. Any number of teams can go for stage 2.
6. Quizmasters are the final authority. (For starters, We decide God’s
salary)
7. We can be bribed, but we don’t think you can afford it. Try, nonetheless.
8. No expletives. Not.
Earns you 20 points
Addendum to a question, answering this would get you an additional 10 points. Open to all teams
Id the person and why is he on the cover of Time
Q1
What/Where has this been taken from?
"But I don't want to go among mad people"
"Oh, you can't help that, We're all mad here. I'm mad.
You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?"
"You must be, otherwise you wouldn't have come here."
Q2
where:= Weighted Rating= average as a number from 0 to 10 (mean)= number of votes= minimum votes required to be listed (currently 1300)= the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.7)
Q3
X is a major American Multinational Conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments.
X is a Fortune 500 company with a workforce of approximately 122,000, of which approximately 57,000 are employed in the United States. The company is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Its current Chief Executive Officer is David M. Cote. The company was part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index until it was replaced on February 9, 2008.
X has many brands that consumers may recognize. Some of the most recognizable products are its line of home thermostats (particularly the iconic round type), Garrett Turbochargers, and automotive products sold under the names of Prestone, Fram, and Autolite.
X is also involved in the development of the B787 supplying flight control and other avionics stuff.
Id X and why does it matter to you.
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Q4
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Name of the book?
Q5
Q6
A6
1. Angelo Mozilo2. Phil Gramm3. Alan Greenspan4. Chris Cox5. American Consumers6. Hank Paulson7. Joe Cassano8. Ian McCarthy9. Frank Raines10. Kathleen Corbet11. Dick Fuld12. Marion & Herb Sandler13. Bill Clinton14. George W. Bush
15. Stan O’Neal16. Wen Jiabao17. David Lereah18. John Devaney19. Bernie Madoff20. Lew Ranieri21. Burton Jablin22. Fred Goodwin23. Sandy Weill24. David Oddson25. Jimmy Cayne
What is this a list of?
Q7
Q8
2500 blank ones were created initially in 1958 as part of a plan to give the city
of _________ a face lift. Given in 5 different categories,1558 were awarded in
the first sixteen months and since then around 2 are awarded every month.
The first was given to Joanne Woodward.
Even though they are awarded, the awardee is to pay $25000 to the _______
Historic Trust once his/her name is selected from the nominees. The ones
belonging to Kirk Douglas, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck and Gene Autry (the
only person to have all 5) have been stolen in the past but have been
replaced.
a) Name the city (the blanks)
b) What are these awards?
Q9
Put Phunda
Referencing what?
Q10
A10
What are these...?
Mumbai:14/32 292509/27 3445
Delhi:10/28 381009/27 281311/29 4430
Kolkata:01/19 240019/01 3627
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Chennai:
07/25 3658
12/30 6708
Bangalore:
09/27 4120
Hyderabad:
09/27 4280
Q11
X is the world's fastest supercomputer. Developed in Los Alamos, the US$133
million X is designed for a performance level of 1.026 petaflops peak. It is a
hybrid design with almost 6,912 AMD Opteron dual core processors and almost
12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs in special designed TriBlades connected by
Infiniband.
DOE plans to use the computer for simulating how nuclear materials age and
whether the aging nuclear weapon arsenal of the United States is safe and
reliable.
X is also the more common name of a bird belonging to the genus Geococcyx of
the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America. These birds
are known for their speed and agility.
What is X?
Q12
ID
Q13
A13
X was a red-headed teenager when he took the world by surprise by winning
Wimbledon in 1985, then the youngest ever male to win a Grand Slam singles title.
At 6 feet, 3 inches, X’s game featured a big serve, heavy ground strokes and
penetrating volleys. A crowd favorite at Wimbledon, he reached the finals seven
times in 10 years.
Y is the youngest ever male to win a Grand Slam title: at the age of 17, he won the
French Open in 1989. Y remained in the Top 10 in the ATP world rankings for several
years in the 1990s, peaking at World No. 2.
Q14
Connect:
St. Devote
Massenet
Casino Square
Mirabeau
Grand Hotel
Portier
Tabac
Piscine
La Rascasse
Virage Antony Noghes
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Q15
Fut Punda
Q16
ID while the restof us gawk stupidly.
Q17
Danica Patrick
A17
August Horch used to manufacture $%^*s under his family name. In 1909
he was forced out of this business, so he set up a new company under the
SAME name, totally pissing his former partners off, who thereby rained
copyright infringement on his sorry derriere. He had to call in a meeting at
his friend Franz Fikentscher's (say that five times) house to decide on a
new name. Franz's son suggested 'Yo, lets call it Y. Why Y? Because
"Horch" in German means "listen", which is "Y" in Latin!'. And the name
stuck.
Enlightenez moi with the ID of Y.
Stage II clue 1
Q18
Arthur Morris
Barry Richards
Donald Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Gary Sobers
Don Tallon
Ray Lindwall
Dennis Lillee
Alec Bedser
Bill O’Reilly
Clarrie Grimmett.
Willy Hammond (12th Man)
What links these 12 cricketers together?
Q19
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Put Phunda
(The easiest 20 pointer in the quiz)
Q20
Dr. Connector
How I learnt to stop worrying and find a specific trait common to the given entities.
Stage II clue 2
Q21
ID the company
blocked by
blue.
ID the
company
blocked by
green
Q22
A22
The Independent State of __________ ______ X is a country in
Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New X and
numerous offshore islands.
____________________ X is a Spanish-speaking country located in
Central Africa. With an area of 28,000 km2, it is one of the smallest
countries in continental Africa, having a population estimated at half a
million.
ID X.
Q23
ID.
Stage II Clue 3
Q24
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ID both the pictures and give us the connect
Q25
- Mats Folke- Johan Folke- Oscar Soderberg (unofficial)- Z
_____ _____ was formed in Stockholm, Sweden, 1994, when Mats introduced Z to Oscar.
Z - Vocals, acoustic guitar. Can compose pop/rock, jazz, hip hop, soul, reggae.Mats - Jazz saxJohan - KeyboardsOscar - Sound engineer
Most of their songs are composed following a device of Sanskrit literature called 'SamayasyaPoorti', wherein the initial line is taken/derived from an existing classic, and the rest of the song is written around it.
Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to identify Z and the band.
Q26
(Unofficial) Remake of ....?
Stage II clue 4
Q27
Connect.
Explain Dynegy and/or Arthur Andersen w.r.t the answer
Q28
Orson Welles' dream project was to bring Joseph Conrad's 'Hearts of Darkness' to the big screen. The studios on the other hand told him to phuque off as it would involve insanely ginormous levels of expenditure.
For once, those Jews were right.
When finally 'Hearts of Darkness' WAS brought to the big screen (although in a barely recognisable manner) by Q, it was only after completing the nine circles of hell.
-The actor(s) involved tried their best to help kill the movie.-Principal photography (ie, shooting. With a camera.) extended for more than 16
months - more than the three LOTR movies combined.-Sound mixing took nine months, and editing took more than two years. -Film went frequently over budget and Q had to put in his own money. A lot of
it.
Which flick is it then, that we are talking about?
Q29
Connect:
Stage II clue 5
Q30
Just before having to be shut down for good, the club received a sizeable investment from
J. H. Davies, the managing director of X Breweries.
Legend goes that Harry Stafford, the club captain, was showing off his prized St. Bernard
dog at a club fund-raiser, when Davies approached him to buy the dog. Stafford declined,
but was able to persuade Davies to invest in the club and become club chairman.
It was decided at one of the early board meetings that the club required a change of
name to reflect the fresh start they had been afforded. X Central and X Celtic were
among the names suggested, before Louis Rocca, a young immigrant from Italy, said
"Gentlemen, why don't we call ourselves __________?" The name stuck, and __________
officially came into existence.
ID X or __________. (If you don’t answer this, we’ll find you, and we’ll kill you.)
Q31
Q32
A32
‘R’ is a key part of ‘bushido’, the samurai warrior code.
‘S’ is the most famous form of ‘R’, though both can be usedinterchangeably. Samurai preferred the term ‘R’, while the ordinaryJapanese folk would use the term ‘S’.
A samurai can perform R only when captured, or when he hasshamed himself, or at the death of his master.
Since the basic funda of the act was to restore or protect one'shonor as a warrior, those who did not belong to the samurai caste werenever ordered or expected to perform R.
ID R & S, you must.
Stage II clue 6
Q33
ID the beauty. What's so special about this one?
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Q34
Supposedly, this is his family's coat of arms
(Frankly we didn't know he even had one.
Family, that is.)
The family motto is 'Orbis Non Sufficit'.
Hoo da man?
Name of the book? (Yes, it is a book)
Q35
A35
Konnekt!
Q36
The first appearance of whom/what?
Q37
A37
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ID.
Q38
SLIDE 1
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Q39
SLIDE 2
Explain the connection with
A39
'A' was famously based on Orson Welles. Although very cold and detached on the outside, he
has a very subtle sense of humour (meaning we didn't get it). He was the result of a project
aiming for ‘Biological Recombinant Algorithmic Intelligence Nexus'. He has been compared to
Don Quixote and Napoleon Bonaparte. Once, when under hypnosis during a session with
Freud, it was revealed that he was taken away from his home, when very young, by
experimenters, and the last he saw of his house was a picture of the Earth. So basically all his
life he has been trying to 'get his world back'.
'B' lives with A, and is his unofficial sidekick. Intellectually he is highly compromised. He uses
nonsensical terms like 'zort', 'narf' etc a lot in his conversations, which he conducts in a thick
cockney accent. His name was given to him by A. He thought A was calling to him, when A
was actually referring to his finger. His lines contain a lot a pop culture refences, simply
because he watches TV a lot.
A matte B yaaru?
Q40
Identify the instrument.
ID who are playing it
Q41
ID this impossibly tall gentleman
Q42
Some Say -- He never blinks, and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves.- He's wanted by the CIA, and that he sleeps upside down like a bat.- He appears on high value stamps in Sweden, and that he can catch fish with his tongue.- He is illegal in 17 U.S. states, and he blinks horizontally.- His breath smells of magnesium, and that he's scared of bells.- He naturally faces magnetic north, and that all of his legs are hydraulic.- He lives in a tree, and that his sweat can be used to clean precious metals.- His heart ticks like a watch, and that he's confused by stairs.- His voice can only be heard by cats, and that he has two sets of knees.- He's terrified of ducks, and that there's an airport in Russia named after him.- His skin has the texture of a dolphin's, and that wherever you are in the world, if you tune
your radio to 88.4, you can actually hear his thoughts.- He can swim seven lengths under water, and he has webbed buttocks.- His heart is in upside down, and that his teeth glow in the dark.- His genitals are on upside down, and if you insult his mother, he will head-butt you in the
chest.
Who in the name of all that is pure and holy are we talking about?
Q43
ID
Q44
Connect!
Q45
2001Wins German and European Junior karting titles.
2003Claims second place in the Formula BMW ADAC championship after winning five of the 19 races.
2004Formula BMW ADAC champion - finishes on podium in all 20 races, taking 18 victories.
2005Fifth in the Formula 3 Euro Series, declared best rookie driver after clinching five podiums. Enjoys first Formula One test with BMW Williams at Jerez.
2006Runner-up in Formula Three Euro Series after three race wins. Competes in three World Series by Renault events, winning two. Named BMW Sauber's Friday test and reserve driver - five successful third-driver outings.
2007Becomes sport's youngest point scorer for BMW at Indy, finishing eighth. Secures full-time race seat from August and earns the team their best result to date with fourth place in China.
Who is the person referred to in here?
Q46
“______ had been forgotten. So I went to his funeral because
everyone went to Senna’s. I thought it was important that somebody
went to his.”
–FIA President Max Mosley on the ten-year anniversary of
the fateful Imola GP of 1994. Fill in the blank.
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Q47
The ______ is round and has its name engraved into its top surface. The
edges of the top surface are also engraved with an intricate design. ______
was created in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duchess
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh. ______ is also a
symbol of Spain’s economic recovery after the Spanish Civil War.
All we want is _______.
Q48
A48
ID and/or Put phunda
Q49
This is one of the most famous scenes in cinema history. It was shot from
December 17 to December 23, 1959, and features between 71 and 78
angles (the exact number is unknown). The scene "runs 3 minutes and
includes 50 cuts." Most of the shots are extreme close-ups, except for
medium shots directly before and directly after the incident depicted. The
combination of the close shots with the short duration between cuts makes
the sequence feel longer, more subjective, more uncontrolled, and more
violent than would the images if they presented alone or in a wider angle.
Q50
X wrote this article in Young India. An excerpt is produced below:
‘Y’ did not wish to live. He refused to apologize, or even file an appeal. ‘Y’
was not a devotee of non-violence, but he did not subscribe to the religion
of violence. He took to violence due to helplessness and to defend his
homeland.
In his last letter, ‘Y’ wrote --" I have been arrested while waging a war. For
me there can be no gallows. Put me into the mouth of a cannon and blow
me off." These heroes had conquered the fear of death. Let us bow to
them a thousand times for their heroism.
ID X and Y
Q51
Connect
Q52
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Q53
Heent -
The Nuremberg
Trials,
Adolf Eichmann.
15 thieves, on Aug. 8, 1963 netted 120 bags packed with the equivalent of $7 million
and were treated like folk heroes by the press and public. Although the operation took
all of 15 minutes, the caper was not as smooth as people remember it. It wasn't non-
violent, for one thing nor was it as carefully executed (the thieves left fingerprints
everywhere). The case has lived on in memory because of the further adventures of
one of its minor players, Ronnie Biggs, whose escape from prison and long years of
eluding justice were constant fodder for the British tabs. Readers were fascinated that
a small-time hood could end up being part of the biggest heist in British history and be
the only one to get away with it all. What are we talking about?
Heent
Q54
The devil knows when to look attractive. And X was handsome and
cultured and charming. Until he was strangling and mutilating his
victims, displaying their lopped-off heads in his apartment and sleeping
with their corpses until putrefaction made it unbearable. Then he was
simply the devil. By 1989, when he was executed in the electric chair in
Florida at the age of 43, he had confessed to just about 30 murders but
there could have been at least four more. He was an insatiable killer.
ID X
Q55
Q56
Slide1
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Q57
Slide 2
A57
The pic is from a movie inspired by the legend of A. This particular scene is
inspired by a very famous painting B. A was famous for his outlandish and
unbelievable tales, so much so that there is now a disease named after him.
A,B?
Q58
In the zodiac sign of Gemini, what’re the names of the twins?
Q59
What highly unique distinction w.r.t. the Oscars connects these
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Q60
Artist Song
Avenged Sevenfold 'Blinded In Chains'Bullet For My Valentine 'Hand Of Blood'Celldweller featuring Styles Of Beyond 'Shapeshifter'Celldweller 'One Good Reason'Dieselboy + Kaos 'Barrier Break'Disturbed 'Decadence'DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo 'B-Side Wins Again feat. Chuck D'Evol Intent, Mayhem & Thinktank 'Broken Sword'Hush 'Fired Up'Hyper 'We Control'Ils 'Feed The Addiction'Jamiroquai 'Feels Just Like It Should' (Timo Maas Remix)Juvenile 'Sets Go Up'Lupe Fiasco 'Tilted'Mastodon 'Blood And Thunder'Prodigy 'You'll Be Under My Wheels'Rock 'I Am Rock'Static-X 'Skinnyman'Stratus 'You Must Follow' (Evol Intent VIP)Styles Of Beyond 'Nine Thou' (Superstars Remix)Suni Clay 'In A Hood Near You'T.I. Presents The P$C 'Do Ya Thang'The Perceptionists 'Let's Move'The Roots And BT 'Tao Of The Machine' (Scott Humphrey's Remix)
Q61
A very early version of what?
Q62
-It gets its name from the fact that the valley around it has artesian wells
that support extensive meadows.
-Originally present in Mexico, it was established in 1905 as a railroad
town, and gained a city status on 1911.
-It is the most populous American city established in the 20th century.
-It owes most of its initial growth in residents and tourism to the nearby
Hoover Dam.
-Various nicknames include, among others, 'Capital of Second Chances,
and 'Lost Wages'.
Stage II clue 1
Q63
"Stop telling God what to do with his _____."
A moderately famous quote by E, in response to an extremely famous
quote by fellow scientist F.
ID E and F, and make us happy.
Q64
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Q65
Stage II clue 2
Q66
A66
'J' was originally formed by K , L , Rafeeq Wazir Ali and Kareem Bashir Bhoy in 1988.
They came out with two self titled albums 'J‘ (1990) and 'J 2‘ (1992), before
ultimately disbanding in 1992.
In 2000, K & L came back together, reviving J, and giving it a completely new
image. Since then they have released 3 albums, and have contributed to the music
for one Hollywood and 2 Bollywood movies. They are the first and only South Asian
band to be involved in a professional working relationship with the Gibson Guitar
Corporation.
ID J.
ID K & L
Q67
The company X’s symbol is ‘Y’ also called the ‘X Man’ introduced in 1898, by French
artist O'Galop (Marius Rossillon), and is one of the world's oldest trademarks. André X
apparently commissioned the creation of this jolly, rotund figure after his brother,
Édouard.
The nickname Y comes from an early ad caption stating "Nunc est Y," a Latin phrase
meaning "Now is the time to drink." (The ad showed the ‘X Man’ drinking down a
beverage filled with spikes, nails, glass, etc. to show that its product was tough and
could withstand the rigors of the open road). The original Y wore glasses and smoked a
cigar.
Y made a brief guest appearance in the Asterix series, as the chariot-wheel dealer in
certain translations, including the English one, of Asterix in Switzerland.
Give X and Y.
Q68
Rocknroller Jerry Lee Lewis was quite possibly the first to do this.
Highest standards of this were set by Pete Townshend and Keith Moon
of The Who.
Jimi Hendrix has also done this, on more than one occasion.
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) did this throughout the seventies.
Arguably, Nirvana is most famous for doing this. This most frequently
happened whenever they played ‘Endless Nameless’.
What?
Stage II clue 3
Q69
(103) Victor Trumper (104) Aust v Eng at Manchester 1902
(112) C.G. Macartney (151) Aust v Eng at Leeds 1926
(105) Donald Bradman (334) Aust v Eng at Leeds 1930
(108) Majid Khan (108) Pak v NZ at Karachi 1976.
Put Phunda.
Q70
What on earth is this?
Q71
Stage II clue 4
Q72
ID both characters
It is actually surprising that human beings do not have 24 pairs of
chromosomes. Chimpanzees have 24 pairs of chromosomes; so do gorillas
and orang-utans. Chromosome 2, the second biggest of the human
chromosomes, is in fact formed from the fusion of two medium-sized ape
chromosomes. X, in his message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on
22nd October, 1996, argued that between ancestral apes and modern human
beings, there was an ‘ontological discontinuity’- a point at which God
injected a human soul into an animal lineage. Thus the Church can be
reconciled to the evolutionary theory. Perhaps the ontological leap came at
the moment when two ape chromosomes were fused, and the genes for the
soul lie near the middle of chromosome 2. Id X.
Q73
S was designed by a certain Mr.Charles Sykes. It was based on the story of the love
between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (The second Lord Montagu of
Beaulieu) and his secretary/lady love Eleanor Velasco Thornton. Walter couldn't marry
Eleanor as she was of a 'low socio-economic background' (we thought that happened
only in India).
He later married someone else, though the love affair continued secretly.
S was modelled on Miss Thornton. Originially it was called 'The Whisper', and had a
finger on the lips to signify the secrecy of her love. It was later modified to its present
form.
S?
Q74
A74
Stage II clue 5
Q75
A75
While most songs on The Wall were written by Roger Waters alone, most of the music
for “X" was written by David Gilmour, who originally recorded it for his first solo album.
Gilmour later decided not to use it for his album, and instead brought his demo of it to
The Wall sessions.
According to Rolling Stone, the lyrics came from Roger Waters' experience when he was
injected with tranquillizers for hepatitis by a doctor prior to playing a Pink Floyd show in
Philadelphia, on the band's 1977 tour for the Animals album.
Like the rest of the songs on the album, "X" tells a part of the story of Pink, the album's
protagonist. A doctor is sent into the room and gives Pink an injection that gives him
the energy he needs to perform. The lyrics are written as a conversation, with Waters
voicing the doctor and Gilmour voicing Pink.
ID X.
Q76
Charles Bannerman
Garry Sobers
Tip Foster
Andy Sandman
X
Wally Hammond
Billy Murdoch
Len Hutton
There are eleven names in this list (one name is repeated twice and 3
batsmen are missing) which is not in chronological order. ID X .
Name the player who appears twice.
Q77
Stage II clue 6 sHIZNIT!
Q78
X Malcolm Nash
Ravi Shastri Tilak Raj
Herschelle Gibbs Daan Van Bunge
Y Stuart Broad
Batsman Bowler
ID X and Y.
Q79
Cricket Australia has banned this from all its international grounds as it leads
to a lot of littering. Anyone who to do this will be ejected from the ground.
The banning of this has been met with a mostly negative response from
Australia's sports-going public, especially in Melbourne as the result its much
higher popularity at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). This charge has
been led by Matthew Newton, 22, of Springvale, who was one of the first to
suffer eviction while promoting his "Save the ________ _____" campaign.
While gaining large amounts of attention within the Australian media, it did
not affect the position of Cricket Australia.
What?
Q80
•Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
•Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
•Rita Moreno (1931- )
•John Gielgud (1904-2000)
•Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
•Marvin Hamlisch (1944- )
•Jonathan Tunick (1938- )
•Mel Brooks (1926- )
•Mike Nichols (1931- )
Connect
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Q81
The term “X” means yoking. It was the word used by the Vedic Aryans to describe
the tethering of the draught animals to their war chariots before a raid. Warriors
were men of “X”. They were like devas, perpetually on the move and constantly
engaged in military activity, while the sluggish asuras stayed at home. By the 6th
century, however, the new men of “X” were engaged in the conquest of inner
space; instead of waging war, they were dedicated to non-violence. The word
“X”, in Hindu literature, first appears in the Katha Upanishad.
X is?
Q82
Q83
X made famous the phrase “Y” which years later would become the title of X's
autobiography, by shouting it after several umpires' calls during his matches at
Wimbledon, 1981. This behavior was in sharp contrast to that of Z, who was
painted by the tabloid press as an unflappable "ice man." Nevertheless, in
matches played between the two, X never lost his temper.
ID X, Y and Z.
Points will be given only for all three correct answers.
Q84
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Q85
The first appearance of the word is X from 1784 and means an odd person. It later acquired
a meaning of to make fun of, or to mock. The Oxford English dictionary has a citation from
1847 where the word appears: "She com back and (modified form of X) us”, which could be
a clue to its origin.
According to a well known untrue story, in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly
made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within twenty-four hours. He
then went out and hired a group of street urchins to write the word ‘X’ on walls around
the city of Dublin. Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a
meaning (since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test),
and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket. However, there is no evidence to support the
story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791.
ID X
Q86
Give the names of the batsman, the bowler and the wicketkeeper
No points for part answers
Q87
T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical _____"
(contents -)*'The Naming of _____'*'The Old Gumbie ____ '*'Growltiger's Last Stand'*'The Rum Tum Tugger'*'The Song of the Jellicles'*'Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer'*'Old Deuteronomy'*'The Pekes and the Pollicles' *'Mr. Mistoffelees'*'Macavity: The Mystery ____'*'Gus: The Theatre ____'*'Bustopher Jones: The ____ about Town'*'Skimbleshanks: The Railway ____'*'The Ad-dressing of _____'*'____ Morgan Introduces Himself'
This highly whimsical anthology inspired yenu?
Q88
A88
X has starred in films Havoc, Brokeback Mountain, and Becoming Jane among
others. X was nominated for the Academy Award, in 2009, for Best Supporting
Actress, though she didn’t win it (Penelope Cruz did. We worship her.).
X is also the name of William Shakespeare’s wife.
ID X.
Q89
XSuperiorVictorMichiganAralTanganyikaBaikalGreat Bear
…….ID X.
Q90
Q91
X, a Hindi film, released on June 28, 2006 won the following awards (not
an exhaustive list, by any means):
Filmfare - Best Actress (critics); Best Villain; Best Supporting Actress; Best
Female Playback Singer Award; and, Best Choreography, Art Direction and
Sound.
IIFA - Best Villian, and Best Female Playback Singer Award.
Plain and simple, ID X.
Q92
A92
He is the only person to have won two undivided Nobel Prizes.
In addition to the general recognition as one of the two greatest scientists of the
20th century, he was usually acknowledged by his colleagues as the most influential
chemist since Lavoisier, the 18th-century founder of the modern science of
chemistry.
His introductory textbook General Chemistry, revised three times since its first
printing in 1947 and translated into 13 languages, has been used by generations of
undergraduates. ID him (5 points)
There is only one other person who has won the Nobel Prize in two unrelated
categories (Peace and Literature, for example). That person is ______ _______. ( 5
points)
Q94
Q95
ID both the singerses.
Ye kya hai?
Q96
A96
Q97
Q was written by a Sarah Josepha Hale in 1830. It was inspired by a true incident of a
schoolgirl Ms. _____ Sawyer whose pet followed her to school. A Mr. John
Rolstone, nephew of the school reverend, was highly amused by this, and wrote the first
three lines on a paper, later handing that paper over to Ms. Hale, who completed it.
Blessed are those, who knoweth Q.
The Wall Street Journal had a story on the Chilkur Balaji Temple located near
Hyderabad on December 31st 2007. The temple has been around for over 100
years, but it’s only in the last few years that it has discovered its USP.
Draws more than 100,000 pilgrims a week. As per the local legend, anyone
desirous of seeking a wish fulfillment from Chilkur Balaji must first make 11
pradakshinas at the temple, and after it’s granted, one must return to perform
108 pradakshinas as a way of expressing gratitude.
The temple’s also unique in the sense that there’s no hundi and does not
accept any offerings from devotees.
Give us the USP of this temple.
Q98
'X'
- Kreated by Ed Boon and John Tobias in 1992
- Konsisted of characters based on aktors, as opposed to animated kartoon graphiks
- Originally kontroversial bekause of its extreme violence, later gained a kult status for
the very same reason.
- The series (yes, it's a series) holds 7 Guinness rekords, including "Most Successful
Video Game Spin-Off Soundtrack Album".
- In an episode of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air', a sekurity company official tells the
Banks family (the Fresh Prince‘s aunt, unkle and cousins) of the horribly violent thing he
has seen in his life. On being asked as to where he saw these things, he replied, "X".
- A character 'Y' in the game has a name which is aktually a jumbled up version of the
kreators' names.
ID X.
ID Y
Q99
The origin of the term K can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks, who like every
single civilization in the history of civilizations, hated foreigners. To poke fun at
them, they used to call them K's, because they thought their language consisted
of only a single word 'bar' repeated again and again, much like the modern 'blah'.
K yenu?
Q100
THE END / BEGINNING/ WHATEVER
sHIZNIT!
Q8