open general quiz at lady shri ram college, quiztessential finals

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1 "The Next _________ _______: How to Fill a Job With

No Description," by Sir Brian Urquhart is an account among others that sums up the idea with which the incumbent described it as “the most impossible job on this earth” when he received his successor at New York's Idle wild Airport in April 1953. 

FITB.

UN Secretary General

2 What happened in the video(next slide) of this

event(image) just minutes before the start of Game 3 is known for being the first instance of something.

Put funda

1989 Loma Prieta EarthquakeFirst televised earthquake

3  The style X involves the

use of whip-like/circular motions to deflect direct attacks, which it follows up with precise attacks to the opponent's vital spots. 

 Y is a Chinese martial art native to the Hakka people. It is most closely associated with styles such as Dragon Kung Fu and Bak Mei and places a heavy emphasis on close-range fighting. • Despite their three word names which differ only by a

region-indicative word, they are unrelated. X draws its name from the appearance of the style while Y derives its name from a legend about a battle between two animals.

•Give X and Y.

•Images in next slide

Northern Praying Mantis and Southern Praying Mantis

4 Chop Chop Chang as he was known among those

who worked with him, while in a Project Mercury capsule  suffered a partial loss of pressure during the flight, but his space suit prevented him from suffering any harm. His lever-pushing performance in space was only a fraction of a second slower than on Earth and he returned safely after a 16 minute 39 second long flight.

His successful flight and a precautionary measure by NASA earned him the name ___ after the Holloman Airforce Medical centre.

Who am I talking about? Why was NASA precautionary?

Holloman Airforce Medical- HAMThe first Chimpanzee in space

NASA waited till his safe landing to name him as they did not want the blood of a dead ‘named’ chimp on their hands

5 Bayern Erlebniswelt, the museum of the history

of FC Bayern has the exhibit pictured in memory of two achievements from the season 1971-72. The exhibit has 101 balls suspended on the roof, 61 with black and 40 with red patches.

What do the 101 balls and the 40 red-patched balls commemorate?

Image in next slide

The 101 balls commemorate the number of goals scored by FC Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga 1971-72 season and the 40 goals indicate the number of goals scored by Gerd

Muller

6 What most likely started with the ancient Roman and

Greek writers was later popularised in the 1800s by Scandinavian artists like Sweden’s Gustav Malmström and Wagner’s ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ opera cycle. But evidence discovered in 1943 on Gjermundbu farm in Norway in the form of a 10th century artefact serves to invalidate the popular myth.

Current hypothesis puts the usage for ceremonies and events but not for warfare because of its futility except in cases of intimidation.

What myth am I talking about?

Viking Helmets did not have horns

7 In Anees Salim’s book ‘Tales from a Vending

Machine, the lead Hasina Mansoor who works at an airport lounge's tea vending machine is greeted one day by an old man, whose fluffy white hair and beard do hardly anything to hide his irritation. They have an altercation before the barefoot man is ushered away to the VIP room.

The barefoot man is a real life character with an infamous connection to Kerala during the time of the book’s release in 2007.

Identify.

MF HussainSocial Activist Rahul Easwar  campaigned against the granting of the Raja Ravi Varma award to MF Hussain

8 When The Wizard of Oz began principal

photography on 12 October 1938, Buddy Ebsen had finished all his costume and makeup tests, recorded his songs for the film soundtrack, and completed four weeks of rehearsal. Nine days later, he was rushed to the hospital and placed in an oxygen tent when his lungs failed.

Why did his lungs fail, in manners similar to the urban legend floating around during the release of Goldfinger?

He fell ill due to the aluminium dust in his makeup

9  A fallout and tussle with a friend, George

Underwood, in 1962 over a girl led to the ‘kind of mystique’. It caused a condition called anisocoria, characterised by an unequal size due to permanent dilation which eventually led to the contrast of dark in one and blue in the other.

What am I talking about?

David Bowie’s Eyes

10 The Cretaceous period is a geologic period and

system from 145 ± 4 to 66 million years ago. The fauna was dominated by archosaurian reptiles, which were at their most diverse stage. According to  Nobel prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez’s widely accepted hypothesis, the formation of the Chicxulub Crater and subsequent decline in species surviving on photosynthesis set off massive changes in the food chain.

A study of terrestrial fauna in this period would reveal that a 1990 title was a misnomer. What?

That Jurassic Park is a misnomer for the book and movie because all the dinosaurs depicted

belonged to the Cretaceous Period

11 It is a handy way of downplaying or dismissing

something without being too aggressive or unfriendly but coming across as grumpy and cute. Rules to successfully execute it include 1) To not place it before the vowel of the first syllable if there are two consonants

2) To reduce all that shushing and chushing. 3)  To attach to a stressed syllable.

What reduplication am I talking about?

Shm Reduplication

12 This film was inspired by Great Missenden, a

village in Buckinghamshire, England as a tribute to the first book his mother, Texas Ann Burroughs, bought for him at the St. Francis book fair in Austin, Texas when he was about seven years old. The film which was George Clooney’s first role in this particular genre notably had glimpses of an acting technique popularised by another director through characters like Malcolm McDowell, Jack Torrance, Colonel Dax, Lloyd the Bartender and HAL among others.

Which film and director/What book and author?

What acting technique?

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Kubrick Stare

13 Deirdre Marie ______, 72 on a visit to 93 Palm Ave.

near Miami Beach in 2012 recollected her childhood memories in the house that was sold in 1947. When she saw the bathroom on the second floor she pointed to it and said “dropped dead here”.

She once felt a certain amount of embarrassment due to her last name, but finally found the resolve to accept her parentage and hence made the 2012 visit.

Whose grand niece is she?

Deirdre Marie Capone

14 While shooting Oldboy, Min-sik Choi wolfed down

four live animals during the notorious octopus eating scene. As soon as he was done, he excused himself for a brief interval before they could film him scenes.

Why?

Min-sik Choi went to pray for atonement because he was a Buddhist

15 Margaret Lee Weil was a 30 year old photographer

who came to India in 1952. While in India, she traveled extensively, writing for foreign publications about gas pipelines and the inoculation of children at remote health centers, as well as taking photographs of eunuchs, a highly marginalized community in India. 

After returning to New Delhi from a trip to Kashmir in 1953, the government authorities told her that she would have to leave the country, compelled by a rumour that she was spying for the United States, according to a letter she wrote to a friend.

Why did she go to Kashmir?

Having been a huge admirer, she followed Nehru when he and Indira went on vacation to Kashmir

so that she could take photographs of him

Written Round 6 questions

10 points per correct answer

+20 bonus for all correct

+80 points up for grabs

Theme: Supa Strikas

Supa Strikas Supa Strikas is a pan-African association

football-themed comic, which was first published in 2001 about the world’s greatest football team. Despite their enormous talent, the players must adapt in a game where being the best is only the beginning, and where the opposition is always full of surprises. The Supa Strikas comic prints 1.4 million copies per month in 16 countries.

The episode titles in Supa Strikas are often the result of clever wordplay, drawing references to multiple entities and works in the field of MELA, gaming and technology.

You should write down the episode title and not the actual thing being referenced.

The question has the episode description in the first paragraph and a clue to the actual thing which is being referenced in the second paragraph.

You are required to give the episode titles as answers.

For hints in getting to the episode titles, write down the list of 8 characters as shown in the next slide and use them in questions 1-4.

Questions 5 and 6 do not have character names.

Shakes: youngest on the team and star player Lankey: second choice striker Klaus: super sub Big Bo: goalkeeper Dancing Rasta: skipper Blok: defender Coach Eagle Eye: defender

Example Episode title: ‘Soviet Blok’ Reference: Soviet Bloc Episode description: Supa Strikas travel to the

erstwhile Soviet Union to face the national team and Blok scores the winning goal

Additional Hint: Group of Communist nations

1 Episode: Wearing the captain’s armband is a great

honour for X, but after a fall in the Himalayas, he is concerned about his leadership abilities. A kind monk nurses X back to health, and teaches him the importance of leading with the mind as well as the body.

Y is a British television show presented by Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley, in which celebrities and their professional partners perform in front of a panel of judges. The series started on the 14 January 2006 and ended on 9 March 2014.

2 Episode: With a volcanic ash cloud grounding air

travel, Supa Strikas take a luxury steam train back home for their Invincible United clash. But they soon find themselves embroiled in mystery when their high-tech training carriage disappears in the dead of night!

This 2006 film contains slightly more violence and gore than a similarly themed but more famous Samuel Jackson starrer which released in the same year and also includes some supernatural elements as it deals with deadly claustrophobia at high speeds.

3 Episode: X’s stress levels have been steadily rising...

time for some serious bed-rest and relaxation! But Supa Strikas enemies realise it’s the perfect time to send in a saboteur: one who will train Supa Strikas as BADLY as possible!

Y is an idiom of Biblical origin used to describe those portraying a role contrary to their real character with whom contact is dangerous. This idiom can be applied to false teachers and prophets that distort truth to the detriment of the followers. As a fable it has been falsely credited and the theme is now numbered 451 in the Perry Index.

4 Episode: X, Supa Strikas’ solid defender, speaks

only his native Brislovian. He relies on visual signals to communicate with his teammates. But evil opposition coach, Toni Vern, plots to exploit this, and ensure Supa Strikas will be playing blind at their next fixture!

A two word term used to refer to any barrier to transmission

5 Episode: Rival team, Invincible United,

orchestrate a fan ban for upcoming Supa Strikas matches! El Matador doesn’t think it’s a big deal, but come crunch time, he cannot perform in the empty stadium!

Y is a song released by Simon and Garfunkel in 1964. The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1965, leading the duo to reunite and hastily record their second album, which was titled in a similar manner in an attempt to capitalize on the song's success.

6 Episode: Supa Strikas take their game to the next

level as they play Sultans in Skyball Ultimate 5's - a action-packed tournament on top of the world’s tallest building. What’s more, the winner is decided by public vote. But, with the Sheikh pulling strings to make sure Sultans win, how will Supa Strikas finish on top?

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Written Round: Answers 6 questions

10 points per correct answer

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+80 points up for grabs

Theme: Supa Strikas

1 Episode: Wearing the captain’s armband is a great

honour for X, but after a fall in the Himalayas, he is concerned about his leadership abilities. A kind monk nurses X back to health, and teaches him the importance of leading with the mind as well as the body.

Y is a British television show presented by Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley, in which celebrities and their professional partners perform in front of a panel of judges. The series started on the 14 January 2006 and ended on 9 March 2014.

X- Dancing Rasta on IceY- Dancing on Ice

2 Episode: With a volcanic ash cloud grounding air

travel, Supa Strikas take a luxury steam train back home for their Invincible United clash. But they soon find themselves embroiled in mystery when their high-tech training carriage disappears in the dead of night!

This 2006 film contains slightly more violence and gore than a similarly themed but more famous Samuel Jackson starrer which released in the same year and also includes some supernatural elements as it deals with deadly claustrophobia at high speeds.

Shakes on a TrainSnakes on a Train

3 Episode: X’s stress levels have been steadily rising...

time for some serious bed-rest and relaxation! But Supa Strikas enemies realise it’s the perfect time to send in a saboteur: one who will train Supa Strikas as BADLY as possible!

Y is an idiom of Biblical origin used to describe those portraying a role contrary to their real character with whom contact is dangerous. This idiom can be applied to false teachers and prophets that distort truth to the detriment of the followers. As a fable it has been falsely credited and the theme is now numbered 451 in the Perry Index.

X- Wolf in Coach’s ClothingY- Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

4 Episode: X, Supa Strikas’ solid defender, speaks

only his native Brislovian. He relies on visual signals to communicate with his teammates. But evil opposition coach, Toni Vern, plots to exploit this, and ensure Supa Strikas will be playing blind at their next fixture!

A two word term used to refer to any barrier to transmission

Communication Blok

5 Episode: Rival team, Invincible United,

orchestrate a fan ban for upcoming Supa Strikas matches! El Matador doesn’t think it’s a big deal, but come crunch time, he cannot perform in the empty stadium!

Y is a song released by Simon and Garfunkel in 1964. The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1965, leading the duo to reunite and hastily record their second album, which was titled in a similar manner in an attempt to capitalize on the song's success.

El Sound of SilencioY-The Sound of Silence

6 Episode: Supa Strikas take their game to the next

level as they play Sultans in Skyball Ultimate 5's - a action-packed tournament on top of the world’s tallest building. What’s more, the winner is decided by public vote. But, with the Sheikh pulling strings to make sure Sultans win, how will Supa Strikas finish on top?

Dribbler on the Roof

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Infinite bounce, +10

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16 Louis Bloomfield, a physicist at the University of

Virginia used wind tunnels and helium balloons to replicate the action while disproving the myth. He concluded that the only way it would happen was if New York City was evacuated in order to eliminate the counteracting "drag force,“. The lethal beliefs would hold true only when aerodynamic objects which spin or flutter are used.

What myth am I talking about?

Pennies/Coins dropped from the Empire State Building can kill

17 Someone describing a night conversation he had in

1785 with German writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

"First he explained to me the way the iris transforms light into the three primary colors […] then he proved to me why yellow is the most warm, noble and closest to [white] light; why blue is that mix of excitement and serenity, a distance that evokes shadows; and why red is the exaltation of yellow and blue, the synthesis, the vanishing of light into shadow.

Who is the speaker?

What is he talking about?

Francisco de MirandaColumbian Flag

18 Writer's block is a condition in which an author

loses the ability to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown ranging from banality of ideas to non-emergence of new sentences. Graham Greene had a particular method to avoid the latter form of writer’s block.

What would he do, at the end of the last page he wrote each day, so that he could evade writer’s block the next day?

He would write an unfinished line at the end of the page and continue the writing the next

day by finishing that line

19 1. In "Cradle of Darkness," an episode of the 2002-'03 reboot

of the Twilight Zone, Katherine Heigl's character is sent back in time to commit murder.

2. Somewhat similarly, Eric Norden's 1977 novella The Primal Solution imagines an elderly scientist and survivor attempting to go back in time and attempt psychokinesis.

These two deal with a philosophical problem where an attempt to reduce the amount of historical damage is eventually rendered unsuccessful owing to alternate aftermaths like adoption and survival respectively.

What philosophical problem, which has also been dealt with in a Stephen Fry novel?

The Philosophical Problem of killing Baby Hitler

20 The stone erection shown in the image was put up to mark

the boundary of the temporary market place established in the outskirts of York during 1600s. Country folk were to come with their produce to these places, from which the citizens were to fetch necessary articles of food. There was a small pool of water in which the citizens placed their money to purify it before being handled by the traders. In certain places, the water was replaced by vinegar.

Although the two word term is a partial misnomer for the aforementioned description, the apt representation of it was accompanied by a writing which said ‘Lord have mercy upon us’

What am I talking about?

Plague Crosses

21 Frankie Viturello who is one of the hosts of the

gaming show Digital Press Webcast and conducted a non scientific control test on this issue recalled that it was something that started with the NES in the 1980s and was never a situation faced by the Atari models which were prevalent earlier. On the scientific validity, he conjectured that the act of removal and reinsertion ensures a better connection and moisture either clears away debris or increases conductivity.

What hive-mind theory did he test, which he also opines is a placebo at best?

Blowing on cartridges

22 The discovery has been credited to someone who

after seeing it used in the Bahamas, brought it back to Europe where sailors started using it extensively instead of the wet, hard dirty deck of ships, which was infested with vermin. The origin lies with the indigenous people of Middle and South America as the miniature ones made of pure gold in Bogota show, having been called “cradle of the gods”.

Who?

What discovery?

Hammocks

Christopher Columbus saw on the 17th October 1492 that “people were sleeping in nets between the trees”.

23 What has now become extremely popular and

even immortalised in the title of the book ‘______:A Celebration of Soccer’ stemmed from the desire to update families and friends who have stepped away from a game they were watching.

What am I talking about/FITB?

Who, credited and celebrated as the progenitor of this, is the author of the book?

Andres CantorGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAL

24 For many people, places like Starbucks and Costa

Coffee have become the office away from home, and, as science suggests, it is entirely connected to a phenomenon much discredited in popular notion. Apps like Coffitivity (portmanteau of coffee and creativity), iSerenity etc are some of the apps which take advantage of this phenomenon in order to enhance people’s productivity.

What phenomenon?

Ambient Noise

25 Although the first usage relates to the visual

outcomes in a bout of canine wars, the term X became popular when used to refer to _____s which among several stories have been believed to originate when the horse Man o' War lost the only race of his career to _____, at Saratoga’s Sanford Memorial Stakes in 1919.

X?

FITB

Image in next slide.

X- Underdog

26 X who usually takes to Twitter and Facebook to rant has

been quite flummoxed at the amount of attention his posts have been getting, reasons being a 2015 announcement that made him the second from a particular region in a list that started in 1970. He recently published the playlist that helped him make it to the list, featuring songs like Natty Dread by Bob Marley and the Wailers and Welcome to Jamrock by Damien Marley.

X?

What list and who is the first from X’s region?

Image in next slide.

Marlon James; 2015 Booker Prize WinnerMan Booker Prize; VS Naipaul

27 Before production began, the director sent his cast

this photo(Image in next slide). He told them, "Guys, this is the movie we are doing. If we fall, we fail."

They did not fail and the film became The Best Picture winner with the second most number of words in the title, with seven, second to the winner 11 years before which had 10 words.

Identify the guy in image

Which movies (7 and 10 words)

Philippe PetitBirdman or The Unexpected Virtue of

Ignorance

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

28 In Anjolie Ela Menon’s “Window” series, she is

seen in the paintings as a voyeur and the protagonist. The inspiration came from an incident where she was accidentally dropped at a wrong gully in one of her usual trips to the Lakad Bazaar to look for old windows. The window went on to become the barrier behind which much of the action and emotion takes place: respite and diversion, nostalgia and pain or the hardness and vulnerability.

Where was she accidentally dropped?

Kamathipura

29 The show is divided into three portions; in the

first two, or the primer and secundo tercio, the a yellow cape called a capote is used. The purpose of these stages is to ensure a good buildup until the show reaches its third stage, called the tercer tercio.

The aforementioned, coupled with a scientifically proven fact denounce which myth?

That red enrages bullsThey are actually colour blind

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30 Stephen Fry recounting the events of a book signing session

JK Rowling had attended after writing the third book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

"When she had written three books, it was becoming clear that it was more than just a successful series for children. It was a literary phenomenon of unprecedented proportions. At one book signing event, she was sitting among a pile of books when someone came to her and presented her with an envelope. Before JK could take it, one of her people snatched it away. She thought it was a bit rude. This continued for quite a while. When she reached the end of the signing, she asked her team about it...”

Why were they snatching the envelopes?

To protect from suing by patent trolls

They explained that those people had come with their own storylines for subsequent Harry Potter novels. If she were to write something similar to what they had written, they would sue her for millions of dollars. "But because your fingerprints are not on it, a person from her team said, I can write back to them saying "F*** off, you mad b****'. Sure enough, that's what happened. She got lots and lots of letters trying to sue her," said Fry.

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