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GOOD FRIDAY QUIZ

THE SHOWDOWNNext up, you will be having 30 questions

going on infinite bounce. Pounce is open for all questions. +10 for a direct question+15 and -10 for a pounced question

“X” IS OFTEN SERVED AT CARNIVALS OR CIRCUSES. FOOD COLORING CAN BE USED TO CHANGE

THE NATURAL WHITE COLOR. A SIMILAR CONFECTIONERY IS THE PERSIAN PASHMAK, AND THE

TURKISH PIŞMANIYE.ALSO CALLED COTTON CANDY, THIS SPUN SUGAR

CONFECTIONARY WAS FIRST RECORDED IN EUROPE IN THE 18TH CENTURY.  MACHINE-SPUN COTTON CANDY

WAS INVENTED IN 1897 BY THE DENTIST WILLIAM MORRISON AND CONFECTIONER JOHN C. WHARTON

AND FIRST INTRODUCED TO A WIDE AUDIENCE AT THE 1904 WORLD'S FAIR WITH GREAT SUCCESS,

SELLING 68,655 BOXES AT $0.25 PER BOX .ID “X”.

1.

CANDY FLOSS

“HE WAS EDMOND DANTES

AND HE WAS MY FATHER…AND MY MOTHER. MY

BROTHER.MY FRIEND. HE WAS YOU

…AND ME.HE WAS ALL OF US.”

These lines are spoken by the leading lady in a backdrop of colourful fireworks flying up into the dark night sky. Identify the

movie.

2.

V FOR VENDETTA

A set of research results indicates that listening to X's music may induce a short-term

improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as “spatial-

temporal reasoning”.Popularized versions of the hypothesis suggest

that listening to X makes you smarter.The term “X effect” was first coined by Alfred A.

Tomatis who used X's music as the listening stimulus in his work while trying to cure a

variety of disorders.ID X

3.

MOZART

4.

HEARTBLEEDTHE BUG THAT

AFFECTED MILLIONS OF WEBSITES, GOOGLE

AND YAHOO BEING THE LARGEST.

THE VEDAS DECLARE, "NO". I AM A SPIRIT LIVING IN A BODY. I AM NOT THE BODY. THE BODY WILL DIE, BUT I

SHALL NOT DIE. HERE AM I IN THIS BODY; IT WILL FALL, BUT I SHALL GO ON LIVING. I HAD ALSO A PAST. THE SOUL WAS NOT CREATED, FOR CREATION MEANS A COMBINATION WHICH MEANS A CERTAIN FUTURE

DISSOLUTION. IF THEN THE SOUL WAS CREATED, IT MUST DIE. SOME ARE BORN HAPPY, ENJOY PERFECT

HEALTH, WITH BEAUTIFUL BODY, MENTAL VIGOUR AND ALL WANTS SUPPLIED. OTHERS ARE BORN MISERABLE, SOME ARE WITHOUT HANDS OR FEET, OTHERS AGAIN

ARE IDIOTS AND ONLY DRAG ON A WRETCHED EXISTENCE. WHY, IF THEY ARE ALL CREATED, WHY DOES

A JUST AND MERCIFUL GOD CREATE ONE HAPPY AND ANOTHER UNHAPPY, WHY IS HE SO PARTIAL?

WHO SAID THESE LINES?

5.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIN HIS CHICAGO SPEECH

In 2007, Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major X bought the fourth largest

independent, integrated pharmaceutical group in France, Y Laboratories. At a deal of $265

million, X became the largest Indian pharmaceutical company in Europe with more

than 1500 employees based in the continent. Identify X and Y.

6.

X = WOCKHARDTY = NEGMA LABORATORIES

Following are excerpts from one of the most famous acceptance speeches made by one of the finest actresses of

the century. You need to identify BOTH the actress and the occasion.

“When they called my name I’d had this feeling I could hear half of America going “Oh no. Oh c’mon. Why…her…

again?” But whatever. First I’m going to thank Don because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech they

play him out with the music…”“…I look out here and I see my life before my eyes, my old

friends, my new friends and really this is such a great honour but the thing that counts the most with me is the friendships

and the love and the sheer joy we have shared making movies together…”(sic)

7.

MERYL STREEPACADEMY AWARDS, 2012

The above picture symbolizes a match made in cartoon heaven. Identify the PARTIES INVOLVED and the YEAR.

8.

•DISNEY (Pinocchio)•PIXAR (Toy Story)• January 25, 2006

The following is a chronological exhaustive list. Identify the connection.

• Channel Intelligence

• DNN research

• Talaria technologies

• Behavio

• Wavii

• Makani Power

• Waze

• Bump

• Flutter

• FlexyCore

• SCHAFT Inc.

• Industrial Perception

• Redwood Robotics

• Meka Robotics• Holomni• Bot & Dolly• Autofuss• Boston Dynamics• Bitspin• Nest Labs, Inc.• Impermium• DeepMind

Technologies• SlickLogin• spider.io• GreenThrottle

9.

Firms acquired by since 2013

THE INGREDIENTS ARE:CALCIUM 1.6 MG/L

MAGNESIUM 2.8 MG/LSODIUM 3.0 MG/L

POTASSIUM 0.2 MG/LCHLORIDE 9.7 MG/LNITRATE 0.2 MG/L

FLUORIDE 0.0 MG/LTDS 10 MG/L

PH 7.5

ID THE PRODUCT.

10.

MINERAL WATER

In the movie “SOUND OF MUSIC”, it is shown that the Von Trapp family escapes the Nazis by crossing the

border at Salzburg to Switzerland. Identify the factual inaccuracy.

11.

CROSSING THE BORDER WOULD TAKE THEM TO

GERMANYOne of the most ridiculous mistakes ever made in a movie, Salzburg is

on the German border of Austria.

Below is the snapshot from the IMDB page of the movie.

COMPLETE THE NEXT TWO NAMES TO MAKE THIS LIST EXHAUSTIVE

• Hot Studio

• Spaceport

• Parse

• Monoidics

• Jibbigo

• Onavo

• SportStream

• Little Eye labs

• Branch

12.

FIRMS ACQUIRED BY FACEBOOK IN THE PAST ONE YEAR

• WhatsApp• Oculus VR

IDENTIFY THE LINK :

• Roseanne• Grace Under Fire• Cybill• Dharma & Greg• The Big Bang Theory• Mike and Molly• Mom

13.

CHUCK LORRE

CONNECT THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE

• Yao Ming• Barack Obama• Sean Bean• Philip J. Fry• Jonathan Goldsmith• Kyle

14.

INTERNET MEMES

• Yao Ming – Bitch Please• Barack Obama – Not Bad• Sean Bean – One does not simply• Philip J. Fry – Not sure if• Jonathan Goldsmith – I don’t always• Kyle – Bad luck Brian

IDENTIFY X

X is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the hostage shows signs of sympathy, loyalty or even voluntary compliance with the hostage taker, regardless of the risk in which the hostage has been placed. The movie “Highway” is a perfect depiction of this case.

15.

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

The syndrome is named after a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from august 23 to august 28 in 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even

defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal, refusing to testify against them. 

WHAT DOES THIS MAP DEPICT ?16.

LIST OF PLACES FROM WHERE AIRCRAFTS HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED SINCE 1948. NOTICE THE

HIGH DENSITY IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

CONNECT !

MATTUR VILLAGE, KARNATAKA

17.

Couple of years back, an advertisement of Bajaj Discover showed a village where people converse in Sanskrit as an every day language.The village in question is Mathur, Karnataka. It is one of the couple of villages in India where people still speak in Sanskrit.

“If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a single one of us is going to get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder because no on likes to be second choice. But what if none of us goes for the blonde? We won't get in each other's way and we won't insult the other girls. It's the only way to win. It's the only way we all get laid.”

Identify the famous mathematician who describes one of the most revolutionary mathematical principles in the above speech. He’s the subject of a very famous Hollywood movie released back in 2001.

18.

JOHN NASH, PROTAGONIST OF THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED

MOVIE “A BEAUTIFUL MIND”

Karenjit Kaur Vohra, born on May 13, 1981, spent her early life in Sarnia, Ontario before moving to Fort Gratiot, Michigan at the age of 13. Her father was from Tibet, raised in Delhi and her mother was from Himachal Pradesh. Despite being Sikh, she had most of her education in Catholic Missionary schools. She also received formal education to become a paediatric nurse. Her first job was at a German bakery followed by Jiffy lube, and later a tax and retirement firm. How is this famous personality commonly known ?

19.

SUNNYLEONE

"ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ“Translation from Greek: “Truth to your own spirit”.His body is buried in Père LaChaise cemetery of Paris alongside the likes of Balzac, Moliere and Oscar Wilde. ID the person.

20.

MORRISON

THIS IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT IS GOING TO BE USED IN FIFA 2014 WC FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL. EXPLAIN.

21.

VANISHING SPRAY

IT WILL USED BY THE REFEREE TO MARK THE SPOT FROM WHERE THE FREE KICK IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AND ALSO TO MARK THE LINE 10 YARDS FROM THE BALL BEYOND

WHICH THE PLAYERS OF THE OPPOSITE TEAM ARE ALLOWED TO STAND.

“IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY

ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT A SINGLE MAN IN

POSSESSION OF A GOOD FORTUNE, MUST BE IN

WANT OF A WIFE.” 

ID THE AUTHOR OR THE BOOK.

22.

JANE AUSTEN, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

COMPLETE THE LIST

• BUICK

• GMC

• HOLDEN

• VAUXHALL

• WULING

• BAOJUN

• JIE FANG

• Uz DAEWOO

• OPEL

23.

CHEVROLET

The Link :

Answer:

24. CONNECT:

>FRANÇOIS ENGLERT>PETER W. HIGGS>MARTIN KARPLUS>MICHAEL LEVITT>ARIEH WARSHEL>JAMES E. ROTHMAN>RANDY W. SCHEKMAN>THOMAS C. SÜDHOF>ALICE MUNRO>ORGANISATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS (OPCW)>EUGENE F. FAMA>LARS PETER HANSEN>ROBERT J. SHILLER

NOBEL LAUREATES OF 2013

25.

The adjacent poster is of a movie that is third in a series of three extraordinary movies that completely redefined the Horror/Crime Thriller genre. The first movie of this legendary trilogy has the protagonist winning the Academy Awards for Best Leading Actor (Male) for a screen time of barely 16 minutes. The movies were released back in 1991, 2001 and 2002. Identify the poster.

RED DRAGON

The Hannibal Lecter trilogy:

• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

• Hannibal (2001)

• Red Dragon (2002)

X acquired Y on 15 August 2011 for $12.5 billion in cash. This largely affected the sale of Z’s

devices that primarily use customised products designed by X. Z now had to cut down on the heavy customisations. On 27 January 2014, X and Z signed a wide ranging patent that will last a decade. Just a couple of days later, X

announced the sale of Y to Lenovo Systems. Identify X, Y and Z.

26.

X – GoogleY – MotorolaZ – Samsung

The man shown in the adjacent picture is one of India’s original bluff masters who single-handedly took the Indian Banking system for a ride back in 1991. Hoarding up crores of rupees in a span of a single year, he was charged with 27 cases of which he was ultimately convicted

of only one. He caused the resignation and suicide of several Bank managers. The Enforcement Directorate still has no clue about the exact amount or whereabouts of the money hoarded by him. A movie called “Gafla” was made on this entire scam.Identify him.

27.

HARSHAD MEHTA

After completing his matriculation, this son of a petty trader from a remote village in India moved to Aden in order to seek his

fortune. While in Aden, he realised a strange discrepancy that the Real-Sterling exchange rate and the intrinsic value of silver content in Aden’s coinage offered a great avenue for making

money. He started hoarding silver coins, melting them and then earning quite a profit from selling the silver. This continued for a

year before the Rial authorities stepped in to stop the disappearance of coins. This adventure however provided the

young lad with a seed money of $ 3000 that helped him set up his own firm when he returned to Bombay in 1958. Identify him.

28.

DHIRUBHAI AMBANI

X is a private company based in US notable for being one of

the top five owners of US patents. It has a business model to acquire multiple patents to create a patent portfolio that is ultimately

licensed to third parties. It has been nicknamed “Patent Troll”.

The most recent of its investors have been biggies like Microsoft and Sony. ID X.

29.

INTELLECTUAL VENTURES

X & Y have been arch-rivals for ages. In the last decade of the 20th century, X had been struggling to

survive and was almost on the verge of closure. However, in 1997, X announced that it would be entering into partnership with Y in return for a

lifetime investment of $ 150 million. Analysts suggest that this is arguably the worst deal ever made by Y. This is because by 2013, the market value of X had

soared to $ 505 billion while that of Y had fallen to $ 320 billion. Identify X and Y.

30.

X – APPLEY -

MICROSOFT