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QUIZZICAL
The General Quiz
Conducted by Satyajit Chetri.
Round 1:Write Then.
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Round 2: Tick Tock
In which we proceed clockwise 12 times.
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Located on the southeastern shore of Lake Wakatipu, the
Remarkables range of mountains are one of only two mountain
ranges in the world which run directly north to south. High
points in the range include Double Cone (2340 metres) and Ben
Nevis (2330 metres ). Which famous sporting venue overlooks
this mountain range?
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The very first one was held in 1982, it became
an annual event, by 1998, it was receiving 30
lakh entries per year, and was added into the
Limca book of Records, which led to the a
foundation being started. This foundation now
organises 24 regional exhibitions in all 4 regions
of India with prize money of 1,50,000/- in each
exhibition. The winners of these exhibitions are
eligible for selection to a fabulous trip to Europe
(5 days each in London and Paris). What am I
talking about?
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Wade Davis, a Canadian ethnobotanist, presented a
pharmacological case behind X in two books - The Serpent
and the Rainbow (1985) and Passage of Darkness(1988).
Davis investigated X in 1982 and claimed that X could be
made by the ingestion of two special powders - coupe
poudre, the key ingredient of which was the pufferfish toxin
tetrodotoxin (TTX), and the second of dissociative
hallucinogens that held the person in a will-less state. What
is X?
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The equipment originally employed by his predecessor
consisted of one 36" 1000-pound Cary theodolite damaged
in two seperate mishaps, a zenith sector by Jesse
Ramsden, whose micrometer screw was worn out and had
not been calibrated in 25 years, a Ramsden 100 foot steel
chain, and a chronometer. To further complicate matters, he
carried out work in the middle of a terrible illness. His work
was extended and used by Andrew Waugh, his successor
in the post, who named something after him. Who?
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Back in the eighteenth century, Eton College had a grammar
book which listed a set of words from Latin which all meant
“of little or no value”. In order, those were ___, ___ , ___ ,
and ___. The first recorded use is by William Shenstone in a
letter in 1741: “I loved him for nothing so much as his ______-___-___-___of money”.
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This company, founded in 1881 capitalised on its expertise in
wood manufacturing during WWII by completing a number of
contracts under the British govt in the years 1939-1945,
including rifle butts, handguards, Machetes, Lanchester SMG
Machine Gun Carbine butts, Detonator caps etc. It is more
well-known as one of the longest unbroken sporting
sponsorships in history. Which company?
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In France, he is called "Oui-oui" (Yes-yes) due to the gesture
for approval that he follows. His name is sometimes used as
an adjective to describe something as small or childish, for
example a "____ bus" being a single-decker omnibus, or a
"_____ guide to electronics" being a simplified primer.
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"When I went to see the last Dirty Harry movie, The Dead
Pool, I was disgusted. I went out and said, "this is not a
Dirty Harry movie, this is nothing, this is a pale sequel." But
I walked out and said, "that's not the last Dirty Harry story, I
will show you the last Dirty Harry story."
He created his story using his own characters and gave
one of his favourite female characters Harry's surname.
Which work?
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The word means "little tails" in Spanish, but the reference in
the song was to the tip or bud of a marijuana branch, where it
is more potent and with more sap (said to be the best part of
the leaves) and has a “warm smell”. What word?
Interlude: Vox Populi
In which we ask the audience.
This was originally a 500 acre farm established in
1861 by S. E. Toof, the publisher of the newspaper the
Commercial Appeal and was named after his daughter
X. Dr. Thomas D. Moore and his wife Ruth, who was
X’s niece, commissioned a house to be built on the
estate. Later the property was sold for $102,500.
Name X.
An Arabic word meaning an official expounder of Quranic
law in a city lends itself to an English word. The word
probably arose from the resemblance that the apparel ( a
flowered dressing gown and a tasselled smoking cap)
worn by off-duty officers bore to the stage get-up of the
Islamic representative. What word?
In the English version, the names mean –
a concise yet comprehensive compilation of a body of
knowledge
●an opium derivative
●a place where water-dwelling creatures are kept in captivity.
●A small amount of liquor.
What am I talking about?
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Round 3: Topical
In which one learns to be topical.
Topics
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Recent Deaths
Literary connects
Islands
Bollywood
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Absolut Ads
B-movies
Phrase origins
Album sequels
Round 4: Tock Tick
In which we proceed anticlockwise 12 times.
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He developed a scale of proportions based on Leonardo da
Vinci's "Vitruvian Man", the work of Leon Battista Alberti,
Fibonacci numbers, and the double unit. He described his
innovation as a "range of harmonious measurements to suit
the human scale, universally applicable to mechanical
buildings." in his published work Modulor and Modulor 2. What
architectural activity in India was this scale applied to?
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This was a 16th century game resembling
backgammon. The word also came to be used in a
number of card games to denote a score in which
the winner was far ahead of the opponent; in the
card-game cribbage this word meant only scoring
31 against an opponent's score of 61. The term
came into wider usage later. What common
expression is derived from the above?
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Mennen's flagship product was released in 1991, with the
names Sweet Strawberry, Cool Coconut, Berry Blossom, and
Shower Fresh. With catchphrases like "Made for your
generation", it attained a market niche for itself with teenage
girls in the early 90's. Soon, Mennen was bought out by Colgate
Palmolive, after which sales began to deteroriate steadily. Which
product?
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“Man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but by this
singular passion from other animals, which is a lust of
the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the
continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge,
exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.“
Where would you see these words?
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As of September 2006, there have been 635 of X. The
income for the regular X is supposedly $25,000 and the
annual X, selected by a poll, receives an additional
$100,000 plus a car. Everyone is eligible to submit
recommendations for X and they earn a $2,500 finder's fee
if their submission is selected. Also, events are held
regularly in major U.S. cities to offer X opportunities. The
designation of X is, according to the organisers, a lifetime
one - "there is no such thing as a former X, once a X
always a X". What?
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It was founded in 1970 by University of Michigan doctoral candidates
Karen and Gerald de Groot and financed by the Hanso Foundation.
The aim was to bring together "scientists and free thinkers" from
around the world at a "large-scale communal research compound" to
conduct research in various disciplines, including meteorology,
psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism. American
psychologist and Walden Two author B.F. Skinner is cited as an
influence on the de Groots' work. What am I talking about?
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The Joginath community from Moladband village on the
outskirts of Delhi are considered descendants of Guru
Gorakhnath, an incarnation. They have recently been
inundated with offers from HMV Saregama, including a
world tour. Every presentation made by this community
costs 1 lakh, and Delhi’s Bhakti Utsav, due in April will be
inaugurated by their performance. What?
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What does this list signify?
1985 – Balu Natarajan
1988 – Rageshree Ramanathan
1999 – Nupur Lala
2000 – G A Thampy
2002 – Pratyush Buddiga
2003 - Sai Gunturi
2005 – Anurag Kashyap
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Which musical innovation was supposed to have originated
in Central Asia, with the fact that the Huns and Mongols
were horse-mounted archers being cited as evidence?
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Polysiloxanes are inorganic-organic polymers that have been
used as sealants in North American as well as the Israeli nuclear
reactor buildings in an attempt to firestop openings to prevent
the spread of flames and smoke from one room to another. Also
in common use to seal gaps, joints and crevices in buildings.
What is the most popularly known usage?
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They are the only invertebrates considered to be Kosher food
by the Jews. But the tradition for identifying which sub-species
were and were not kosher has been lost among all Jews
except the Jews of Yemen. One hypothesis links them to the
Biblical manna which was provided as food for the Israelites in
the desert. What?
Round 5: Connectivity
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What organisation was formed in this structure on April
7, 1979? This structure is an amphitheatre that was
once used by the local kings for games and festivals.
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The original was supposed to resemble the ziggurats in
Sumeria, while Pieter Brueghel's influential portrayal is based
on the Colosseum in Rome. The later conical depictions (as
depicted in illustrations by Dore) resemble much later Muslim
artifacts observed by 19th century explorers in the area,
notably the Minaret of Samarra. M. C. Escher depicts a more
stylised geometrical structure in his woodcut representation.
What?
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“His films are packed with daredevil action: he swings on
creepers till he reaches the princess’s room, he jumps from
dizzying heights, he fights twenty men – or even a tiger –
unarmed and single-handed. He will not deign to fight a
woman; if he must, he will do so unarmed and with his left
hand. The masses adore him for his virile manliness and
escape into his world by identifying with him…”
--The Illustrated Weekly of India about?
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Statue in Augusta, Georgia,
honouring a person who
passed away December
25th, 2006. Who?
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St Ursula was a British princess of the fourth century
who, at the request of her father King Donaut, set sail to
join her future husband, Conan Meriadoc of Armorica,
along with 11,000 nuns. However, following a
miraculous storm , Ursula declared that before her
marriage she would undertake a pan-European
pilgrimage. She headed for Rome with her followers,
but at Cologne, which was being besieged by Huns, all
of them were massacred. Which geographical entity
was named by Columbus 10 centuries later after St
Ursula and her followers?
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Yugandhar (1979) starring N.T. Rama Rao and
Jayasudha.
●Billa (1980) starring Rajnikanth and Bhanupriya.
●Sobharaj (1986) starring Mohanlal.
●_____________( 2006) starring _______.
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Fill up the gaps in this
Absolut ad.
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The storyline of the film is credited to David Dalessandro, a
University of Pittsburgh administrator and first-time Hollywood
writer, who came up with the concept in 1992 from a nature
magazine. Originally titled ‘Venom’, it was turned down by
over 30 Hollywood producers, before finally, MTV/Paramount
showed interest in the script, followed up by New Line, which
took over the rights for production. Identify the movie.
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Jack London, describing someone in the autobiographical
John Barleycorn, writes that he "is the man whom we all know,
stupid, unimaginative, whose brain is bitten numbly by numb
maggots; who walks generously with wide-spread, tentative
legs, falls frequently in the gutter, and who sees, in the
extremity of his ecstasy, sees ____ _______. "
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X Y can be seen as the first of a "series" of albums
consisting of X Y II (1992), X Y III (1998) and The
Millennium Y (1999), leading some critics to suggest that
"(the composer) was like Quasimodo - "chained to the Y."
Which album?