quiz final

THE KQA SEPTEMBER OPEN QUIZ, 2014

Two phases.

After Phase 1, all but the top 8 will be eliminated.

PHASE 124 questions.

12 clockwise/12 anti-clockwise.

CLOCKWISE10 points per correct answer.

No negatives.

Infinite Bounce.

Infinite Pounce: +10/3 strikes over Phase 1.

Partial pounce - +5/strike.

1. The alien race seen in this TV show are known as the X – their visual appearance is heavily inspired by a famous 1893 work, and the name X too is inspired by the work by being a near-antonym.

ID TV show and the race, and the 1893 work.

The Scream by Munch.

The Silent/The Silence.

2. An X is a way of scoring points in this sport – the origin of the term X comes from the fact that an X originally carried no points, but only gave the team an opportunity to score points.

Though the rule was subsequently changed, the nomenclature remained.

X and the sport.

Try.

Rugby.

3. These are two shots of a graffito in London by the artist Above. It took nearly seven months of searching for him to be able to find this place. Put funda.

The artwork, titled ‘Timing is Everything’, is time-sensitive. During the day the break dancer is just suspended in air, but at night the work is ‘activated’ by the street light and shadow of a street sign.

He is now seen in a context of balancing himself on the shadow of the street sign.

4. This current Japanese company’s name is an acronym of a Latin phrase meaning ‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’.

This company was formed by the 1977 merger of Onitsuka Tiger shoes with GTO and JELENK.

Onitsuka Tiger are probably most famous for producing the yellow shoes worn by Bruce Lee in Game of Death, but their most famous endorsement was this legend.

Name the company, and the athlete.

Asics - anima sana in corpore sano.

Abebe Bikila.

5. Discaria toumatou, also once known as the Wild Irishman for the manner in which it spread through the countryside, is a plant endemic to X. Bearing tiny white flowers, it is a tangle branched, extremely thorny shrub that can grow up to five metres tall.

For what specific purpose did early settlers in the country use the plant (till other materials became available)?

New Zealand.

Early Maori settlers used them as tattooing needles.

6. Zander Gladish, an actor and yoga teacher, has only two acting credits and one miscellaneous crew credit on imdb.

The latter credit is from a 2009 film infamous for its casting/recasting issues, but Gladish’s role went some way in ensuring that a finished product was delivered.

Name the film, and the role Gladish had in it.

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Heath Ledger’s body double.

7. The Sims series normally pixellates Sims when they’re nude. However, while playing the recently-released The Sims 4, in what circumstance will the entire game be pixellated in this fashion (regular resolution shown for reference in next slide)?

If playing a pirated copy – EA threw in this glitch to be able to identify those torrenting/pirating the game rather than purchasing a copy.

8. Softcard (formerly X) is a joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon in the mobile payment space that was announced in November 2010. The system is based on NFC and allows users to pay by tapping their mobile device to a payment terminal.

X’s CEO Michael Abbott announced in July 2014 that they would be rebranding the company, and the new name ‘Softcard’ was announced on September 3, 2014.

What was Softcard previously known as/why did they rebrand themselves?

9. An X is a primarily British military term for a junior officer. Literally meaning ‘subordinate’, it is used to describe commissioned officers below the rank of captain and generally comprises the various grades of lieutenant.

Ensign was the rank given to the junior officer who carried, or was responsible for, the flag in battle, and were generally the lowest ranking commissioned officers, except where the rank of X itself existed.

These days, the term X is more commonly identified with another field – it came to prominence due to a group of scholars in the 1980s who in turn used X as an allusion to the work of the Italian (1891 – 1937) in the image.

X and the Italian?

Subaltern.

Antonio Gramsci.

10. This work of art (titled The Ancient of Days and taken from the book Europe, A Prophecy) depicts something that first lent its name to a series, but finally lent its name to a book in certain markets.

What title, and who created this work?

The Golden Compasses/Compass.

William Blake.

11. Jimmy Nicol played in a band called the Shubdubs, and stood in for Dave Clark of The Dave Clark Five when the latter fell ill, replacing him in the band for a season in Blackpool, Lancashire. Whilst there, he received a bundle of 5,000 fan letters from Australia. However, he eventually declared bankruptcy and later spent time in Mexico studying samba and bossa nova rhythms, whilst also diversifying into business.

In 1975 he returned to England and became involved with housing renovations, but an article in 2005 by the Daily Mail confirmed that he was still alive and living in London as a recluse.

The above is a brief encapsulation of his post-fame life. What is his claim to international fame?

He was later quoted as saying that his claim to fame was the worst thing that ever happened to him – till that point he was quite happy earning 30 or 40 pounds a week.

He drummed for the Beatles on tour when Ringo Starr fell ill.

12. This common English phrase finds its origin in games like backgammon which are known as ‘_____’ games. The phrase derives from the practice of reversing the board after a game so that players play from their opponent’s previous position.

There’s another (fake) origin story for the phrase that derives from the biblical incident shown.

Give the phrase.

Turn the tables.

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ANTICLOCKWISESame shit, different direction.

1. There are several theories for the origin of this phrase that means ‘be on your best behaviour’ or something similar.

One such comes from the early days of a particular industry (before computers/ automation took over). At such time, individual pieces were placed in a particular arrangement in the drawers shown when not being used, and it was important to not jumble them up/use incorrectly.

Consequently, the phrase emerged.

What phrase?

Mind your Ps and Qs.

2. This bee is feasting on the aftermath of a notorious 2007 incident.

a. Where?

b. Who was the target?

Jellybean-gate.

Trent Bridge.

Zaheer Khan.

3. These are stills from the 2013 stage adaptation of which acclaimed 1997 film?

(picture on the right shows the titular character.)

Princess Mononoke.

4. This is the Borzoi, a domestic breed of dog also known as the Russian Wolfhound. Where in the world of publishing does it most famously feature?

The colophon of Alfred A. Knopf.

5. This is a Kickstarter campaign started by clothing maker The Affair to manufacture a collection inspired by X (titled the _____ Stealth Fashion Collection) that includes the __pocket, a removable pocket made of police-grade shielding fabric that blocks cellular, WiFi, GPS and RFID signals so that a phone remains ‘untrackable and unhackable’ from inside the line’s shirt, chinos, jacket and blazer.

Fill both blanks – the first is the source work, and the other is widely-used in the source work.

1984.

Unpocket.

6. This is a shady (and illegal) brew found in Slovenia which is popular amongst its consumers for its aphrodisiac powers and hallucinogenic properties.

There are various methods of production, including tossing specimens into a barrel of fermenting fruits and distilling it after a month of fermentation. One can also pour the freshly distilled liquor over the animals, collect the results in a suitable vessel, and then drink.

The X factor is the poisonous mucus the animal gives off to frighten away its predators, which provides a not inconsiderable kick.

Both constituent ingredients (animal and liquour) have etymological connections to a classical element – the former has many legends surrounding its relationship with the element, while it’s also found in the latter as a descriptor.

Name this brew.

(Animal-Liquor. For example: Dog Toddy)

Salamander brandy.

7. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st

Century Bestiary is a 2013 book by Caspar Henderson that, according to The Guardian, fuses zoology, history, literature and a couple of fields.

The title and concept of this book was directly inspired – explicitly stated by Henderson in the introduction – by a famous 1967 book.

Name the 1967 book and its author.

8. Who are the only two monarchs in history to have subsequently become the heads of their respective governments through democratic elections?

One of them (X) is, inter alia, one of the three last living heads of state from World War II.

The other (Y), who died in 2012, is identified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the politician who has served the world’s greatest variety of political offices.

X – Simeon II of Bulgaria.

Y – Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

9. This is the Reunion of Honor memorial that was installed on the 40th anniversary of a battle at X.

The message is inscribed on both sides of the plaque in two different languages, with the plaque positioned in manner that the English translation faces A and the Y translation faces B, in recognition of the bravery and honour of both sides.

Where would you find it, and explain the positioning of the plaque.

Battle of Iwo Jima.

The English translation faces the beaches where US forces landed and the Japanese translation faces inland, where troops defended their position.

10. The foundations for the name of country X lie in the 1933 pamphlet Now or Never: Are We to Live or Perish Forever?

The original name was an acronym indicating the areas seeking independence, though the eventual country came to encompass other areas too.

Perhaps because of the inclusion of the additional areas, and also since an acronym might have seemed a bit cold, an additional character was added to the name (arriving at X) and X now conveyed virtue/righteousness/such sentiment in one of the local languages.

Give me the original name (spell it out).

PAKSTAN - Punjab, North-West Frontier Province (Afgania Province), Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan.

11. Four batsmen jointly hold the record for fastest to 1000 ODI runs – all of them reaching the mark in 21 innings.

The first to set the record was X in January 1980, and the most recent batsman to join him equalled the record on 19th August, 2014.

Apart from X (who is from Y), the other three batsmen holding the record hail from the same country.

Name the four batsmen.

X - Viv Richards.

Kevin Pietersen.

Jonathan Trott.

Quinton de Kock.

12. X was established in 1701, but many of its buildings were constructed between 1917 to 1931 in the Collegiate Gothic architecture style. It was financed largely by one Edward S. Harkness, and there is a tower named after him that stands on its campus.

Though seemingly made of solid stone, they are actually underpinned by steel frames. Architect James Gamble Rogers also did something else to achieve the look he wanted by using acid.

X, what did Rogers want to achieve, and what did he do with the acid?

X – Yale.

Rogers wanted to faux-age the buildings. He splashed the walls with acid to cause corrosion to make it look weathered with age.

He also deliberately broke their windows and repaired them in the style of the Middle Ages, and created niches for decorative statues but left them empty to simulate loss or theft over the ages.

SCORESTop 8 teams qualify for the next phase.

PHASE 233 questions.

14 clockwise.

Written round: 5 questions.

14 anticlockwise.

CLOCKWISE10 points per correct answer.

No negatives.

Infinite Bounce.

Infinite Pounce: +10/3 strikes over Phase 2.

No partial pounce.

1. These fan-made covers mashup Tintin with other pop-culture: One with a famous movie (L) and the other with a famous TV show (R). Name both.

L – Blade Runner.

R – Twin Peaks.

2. ID painter and creature seen in painting.

The creature has gained traction with the masses in the last decade and a bit due to being featured prominently in a popular series.

The painter, apart from being renowned for his portraits, also harboured a well-known passion for playing the violin that gave to the French language a colloquialism, ‘violon d‘X’, meaning a second skill beyond the one by which a person is mainly known.

American artist Y used this expression as the title of a photograph portraying Kiki de Montparnasse in the pose of the Valpinçon Bather (also a work by X).

X - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Hippogriff.

Y – Man Ray.

3. Inela Nogić (born 1976) is a mother of who has been living in the Netherlands since 2012.

She became world-famous in 1993 due to her participation and victory in an event that was held in a basement on 29th May, 1993 due to security concerns.

The event was documented by an amateur filmmaker, whose footage was then used in a documentary that was broadcast internationally and provoked considerable viewer response that added to growing international pressure about a related event.

Like the vulture that he is, Bono eventually got in on the act and released a song about her – featuring her photo on the cover of the single – and invited to a 1997 concert by U2 as well.

Either name the event held on 29th May, 1993, or the related event.

Miss Besieged Sarajevo/The Siege of Sarajevo.

4. Robert L. Fish, famous for The Fugitive and Mute Witness, also wrote a few parodies of X.

One of his X parody stories, ‘The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries’, has his two protagonists encounter a cracksman and hypochondriac known as ‘A.J. Lotteries’.

Which character is parodied by A.J. Lotteries, and using his appearance in these stories and one saala connection, also name X.

A.J. Raffles.

X – Sherlock Holmes.

5. A broad arrow (of which a pheon – pic right – is a variety) is a symbol used traditionally in heraldry, most notably in England.

In England, The Board of Ordnance used it to signify at first objects purchased from the monarch’s money and later to indicate government property.

Similarly to hallmarks, it is currently a criminal offence in the UK to reproduce it without authority.

Where is it most commonly seen in India?

License plates/numbers of military vehicles.

6. Anatole Broyard (1920-1990) was an American writer, critic and editor for The New York Times. After his death, he became the centre of controversy related to how he had chosen to live as an adult in NY.

In 2007, his daughter published One Drop, a memoir about her journey of exploring her father’s family in New York, New Orleans and the West Coast, and their meaning for her own identity and life. The title references a rule of classification that had been adopted into law in some Southern states.

The case of Broyard also found a fictional parallel in the character of Coleman Silk in the book X (later made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins), though the author disclaimed Broyard being the inspiration.

How had he chosen to live his life? What is the One Drop Rule? Name the book X.

Broyard, a mixed-race Creole, passed himself off as white while living in NY.

The one-drop rule asserted that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry (‘one drop’ of African blood) is considered to be black.

The Human Stain by Philip Roth.

7. The traditional exclamation upon a candidate assuming this office is said to be ‘Annos Petri non videbis’, and is meant to be a word of caution and a warning against hubris.

Which office, and what does the exclamation mean/ explain it.

(Clue on the next slide, but additional part will be added if shown.)

Additional q: What is he holding?

The office of the Pope.

It means the newly crowned pope will not live to see his rule lasting as long as that of St. Peter. According to tradition, Peter headed the church for 35 years and has thus far been the longest-reigning pope in the history of the Catholic Church.

The Keys to Heaven.

8. This tribute band is a mash-up of two famous acts, and is named accordingly. Either name this band, or the lead singer of this band. (No points for naming the acts referenced)

Lou Man Group.

Blue Reed.

9. This term, used for any nonstandard language, comes from Old French, which in turn possibly derived from a verb meaning ‘to treat roughly’ (which in turn came from ‘sole of the foot’).

The language sense may have arisen from the notion of a clumsy or rough manner of speaking.

Patois (from patta meaning ‘paw/sole of the foot’)

10. Dr. Denis Browne (1892-1967) was an Australian-born surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London who in 1934 first described the device shown. The device was subsequently named after him, and may be used as a part of the ‘Ponseti method’, a wider range of techniques formulated in the 1950s to treat something.

What does this bar and the Ponseti method treat?

Clubfeet.

11. X is an unreleased Bollywood film from 2009, directed and written by Neeraj Vora, about two escaped convicts on the lam from some dirty-handed police officers.

X almost shares its title (one syllable different) with a highly acclaimed 1998 film (Y) with no relation to the plot of this film, though at a stretch they do share an activity that’s central to both plots.

Name both films.

X – Run Bhola Run.

Y – Run Lola Run.

12. This kind of structure (X) was first introduced in Paris in 1877, superseding single-stall structures that were present before.

There were 1,230 of these by the 1930s but their number started declining (replaced by a technologically superior version called the Sanisette) and today only one remains.

The name X references a 1st-century Roman emperor who is famous today for a particular phrase, ascribed to him as his justification of a tax he levied on the purchase of a product used mainly by tanners and launderers in their respective industries.

What kind of structures are these?

Name the 1877 invention or the Roman emperor.

What is the phrase, and explain it.

Public urinals/toilets.

Vespasiannes/Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasian.

Pecunia non olet/Money does not stink – the tax was levied on purchase of urine (for its ammonia content) that had been collected from the public sewer system.

13. Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the X catalog and We Get To Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to X are both books that explore the religious tones of what?

Bonus of 10 if team can name source of both titles. (in writing, no negs)

U2.

(Titles taken from ‘Please’ and ‘One’.)

14. The Poggendorff illusion is a geometrical-optical illusion that involves the misperception of the position of one segment of a transverse line that has been interrupted by the contour of an intervening structure.

It is named after Johann Poggendorff, who discovered it in 1860, though the illusion (if not the reason) was already known.

Which widely known and recently threatened artefact (used loosely) was designed with an awareness of this phenomenon and counters it?

The Union Jack.

SCORES

WRITTEN ROUND5 questions

Differential scoring:

+20 if 1 teams gets it right.

+15 if 2/3 teams get it right.

+10 if 4/5/6 teams get it right.

+5 if > 6 teams get it right.

-5 per incorrect guess.

1. Getting to Yes is a best-selling non-fiction book that has been translated into over 18 languages and sold over a million copies.

Its primary target demographic are lawyers, and is aimed at imparting a certain skill that is useful in the profession.

What skill?

Negotiation.

2. In 2004, Barclaycard set up a competition to choose the EPL’s first X, who would be paid 10000 pounds a year to tour Premiership stadia and perform a particular function.

The competition was won by one Jonny Hurst, a solicitor and Birmingham City fan. The head of the panel of judges said, 'What we were looking for was wit, humour, energy, inventiveness, and the ability to be taken up by the people on the terraces.‘

The competition was widely derided by fans – a representative comment reads, “I think it is a complete waste of money - admittedly this guy may have a talent for __________, but the best are by the teams fans themselves. As an Arsenal fan I wouldn't want one by a Spurs fan - so why would Villa want one by a Birmingham fan?”

What was the competition about?

To select a Chant Laureate for the EPL – he would travel around composing chants for each team.

3. This sort of apparatus, often found in barbershops in the 19th century, was used for what purpose?

Bloodletting.

4. ID the location where this 1989 movie was shot.

Kickboxer.

Ayutthaya or Ayudhya.

5. This illustration is about whose voice?

Tom Waits.

ANTICLOCKWISEYou know what it is.

1. Dermestidae are a family of beetles with a number of species and common names, including the larder beetle, carpet beetle and khapra beetle.

These beetles are considered pests due to their proclivity to attack wool, silk, cotton, linen, fur, feathers etc., rendering them a plague of the wardrobe – one species is known as the ‘bow bug’ because they feed on violin bow hairs.

However, these beetles are also important to a particular function required by scientists, and are found at various natural history museums – the National History Museum in London, for example, has a dedicated ‘beetlecam’ on its website to allow aficionados to follow them.

What function do they serve at these museums?

Flesh-eating beetles strip whole animal carcasses down to skeletons –use of chemicals can eat into bones and change their structure, but the beetles clean skeletons naturally by stripping off the flesh and leaving the bones and collagen untouched.

2. The X Venus is a painting by Y (1599–1660) that got the name X because it was first brought to England to hang at X Park, a country house in Northern England (incidentally, Walter Scott was a frequent visitor to X and named an epic poem ‘X’ in 1812). The painting has hung in the National Gallery, London since 1906.

In 1914, one Mary Richardson walked up to it with a meat cleaver and slashed the painting in protest of the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst the previous day. She explained, ‘I have tried to destroy the picture of the most beautiful woman in mythological history as a protest against the Government for destroying Mrs. Pankhurst, who is the most beautiful character in modern history.’

The attack was also meant to be a larger point regarding perceptions of women in that age, i.e. that a painting of a woman was granted more respect than living women – the attack itself was reported in terms of a murder, and used words that conjured wounds inflicted on an actual female body, rather than on a pictorial representation of a female body.

X, and with what movement were both Mary Richardson and EmmelinePankhurst associated?

X – Rokeby Venus.

They were both part of the suffragette movement.

3. This was developed by a German multi-linguist Gregg M. Cox and uses a combination of 26 consonants, five vowel markings and a diphthong marker. Each letter represents a single sound and there are no capital letters.

The alphabet was developed out of the request by a group of native individuals to have their own unique script, and to distinguish the language on its own merits.

In order to introduce the alphabet, 10,000 CD booklets and 25,000 post cards with various scenes from the region were produced and distributed in March and April 2005, and several books were planned including a phrase book and dictionary.

Which language?

The Cox script for Kodava.

4. An X was a form of armored heavy cavalry –usually horsemen – used in ancient warfare by a number of peoples in Western Eurasia and the Eurasian Steppe.

The term is derived from Greek, literally meaning ‘armored’ or ‘completely enclosed’.

This term is not to be confused with another more common word (Y) – they are almost homonyms – that is derived from a Latin word which in turn was derived from a similar-sounding Greek word that means ‘down-rushing/to dash down’.

Give both words (order important).

X - Cataphract.

Y - Cataract.

5. This bell in London, named after X, is a scale model of a version proposed to be installed at the MEMO Project on the Isle of Portland, and is designed to be rung every time something occurs.

It is cast from Portland stone in reference to X, an English polymath who, amongst his other achievements and claims to fame/infamy, deduced something after observing giant Ammonites found in Portland stone.

Name X, and when is the bell proposed to be rung?

The Robert Hooke Biodiversity Bell.

It is contemplated to be rung every time an existing species goes extinct.

MEMO – Mass Extinction Monitoring Observatory.

6. X (left) was founded in 1668, making it the world’s oldest operating chemical and pharmaceutical company. X (right) was founded by X(l) in 1891, but was incorporated, due to reasons beyond the control of X(l), as an independent company around 100 years ago.

Both companies coexisted peacefully within their respective geographical territories and adopted different names in the territories of the other to avoid confusion. However, complications arose thanks to the Internet and its lack of boundaries.

In November 2011, X(l) filed a case in NY to force Z to explain how it lost its URL to X(r) - Z admitted that it made a mistake, but made the URL unavailable for use until both Xs agree to which may use it (one that persists till today).

Both companies are currently attempting to resolve the dispute and decide who gets control of the URL.

Name X, what was the reason beyond the control of X(l) from around a hundred years ago, and what is the URL in dispute?

Merck.

Merck’s assets in the US were seized after WWI.

The www.facebook.com/Merck vanity URL.

http://www.facebook.com/Merck

7. X (1879 – 1935) was a Russian abstract painter who founded the ‘suprematism’ school of art in the 1910s. In 1915, he presented (with a few other artists) the Last Futurist Exhibition of Painting 0.10 exhibition in Petrograd, which shocked and stunned audiences of the day.

His Black Square, considered one of the great 20th century works of art, was hung high and across a corner (pic on next slide from the exhibition), connecting two walls, usurping a space traditionally meant for something else in homes all across Russia and meant to be a challenge to tradition.

Even towards the end of his life, when he was forced by the Stalinist regime to paint in the socialist realistic style, he stopped signing his works with his name, instead using a motif that referenced Black Square.

ID X, and what traditionally occupied such space in a room where Black Square was hung?

Kazimir Malevich.

Religious icons/icon corner.

8. Neehar Raina is an architect based in Delhi who is perhaps most famous for being involved in a 2002 controversy. Raina, as a young architect, had provided the architectural layout for the 8 acre campus of X (est. 1972) near Tilonia in Rajasthan.

In 2002, X won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The original citation of the award read, ‘The success of this approach is exemplified through the construction of the campus by an illiterate farmer from Tilonia along with 12 other ________ architects, most of whom have no formal education.’ However, after an intervention from Raina to claim credit, the revised citation read, ‘A young architect, Neehar Raina, prepared the architectural layout, and an illiterate farmer from Tilonia, along with 12 other ________ architects, constructed the buildings.’

This was unacceptable to Y, who had founded X on principles of self-reliance and skill development, as according to him Raina was a beginner who learnt from the elders in the village, and that while he gave some design input, could not claim to be an architect, especially when the Aga Khan citation disparagingly dismissed the role of the _________ architects. Consequently, X and Y returned the Award to the Aga Khan Foundation, stating that ‘our integrity is more important to us than any honour’.

Name X and Y.

X – Barefoot College/Social Work and Research Centre.

Y – Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy.

9. The coat of arms of this country features a red lion and a wrecked ship – the wrecked ship is the Sea Venture, once the flagship of the Virginia Company. The ship was deliberately driven on to the reefs in 1609 by Admiral Sir George Somers to prevent it from foundering in a storm. All aboard survived, resulting in the settlement of the island.

Name the country. The wrecking of the Sea Venture inspired a famous work of literature. Name that as well.

Bermuda.

The Tempest.

10. This song is commonly acknowledged to be the first ever purpose-made charity single – it was recorded to aid relief efforts in a particular country.

The cause for strife in the country was two-fold: one was a war, and the other was a natural disaster.

Name the country, and the natural disaster.

Bangla Desh.

Bhola cyclone.

11. The Newgate Fringe is a style of beard in which the hair is worn under the chin, or between the chin and the neck.

It was named after an establishment in London that had existed (in one form or the other) since 1188, with the final iteration closing in 1902 – it was demolished in 1904 and now the Old Bailey stands upon its site.

What sort of place was it, and what did the Fringe allude to?

A prison.

The noose on someone about to be hanged.

12. The chorus of this song is often held to be one of the primary influences that ultimately gave birth to a vocal technique that is extremely popular in some genres of music. Name the technique, and name this band.

‘Boris the Spider’ by The Who.

Death growl.

13. The X Memorial is a memorial to (predictably) X (1792–1822) at University College, Oxford. Though he was expelled for writing a pamphlet titled The Necessity of Atheism, he remains one of its most famous alumni and is now held in high honour there.

The memorial consists of a white marble sculpture of a reclining nude X in Viareggio, Italy depicting his body upon death.

The circumstances of his death triggered the quarantine laws of the day, and consequently his body was disposed in keeping with said laws – this yielded a famous painting by Louis Fournier.

ID X, and the manner of disposal.

X – Percy Shelley.

He drowned at sea and his body was washed ashore, so he was cremated on the beach.

14. The Adhi Ratneswarar temple is a major Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu that is located in the town of Thiruvadanai.

The town name is believed to have originated from an ancient myth associated with the it. Legend has it that the son of Varuna angered a sage and was cursed by the sage to have an X’s body and a Y’s head – X being a large animal and Y being a fairly small one. The name Thiruvadanai reflects these two animals.

The son eventually regained his normal form after worshiping Shiva at this temple.

Name X and Y, and explain the deviousness of the curse.

X – Elephant.

Y – Goat.

Thiru- sacred; Adu- goat; Aanai- elephant.

An elephant would have an enormous appetite that could never be sated by the rate of consumption of food possible using a goat’s mouth, consigning him to a lifetime of no satisfaction.

THE END.

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