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THE TENT-BIZ QUIZBY:-ALANKARDEVTA2ND YEAREEE

Regeln und Vorschriften:-

• 25 Questions in all,spanning Technology,Business, and Entertainment.

• 10 Dries, 1 theme-based round with 5 questions, &1 Written Round comprising 10 questions.

• Direct/Pass:- +10/0• Pounce:- +10/-10• Feel free to guess, coz the QM is not

Pahlaj Nihalani.• QM is God (coz the name's enough)

1.• The early recipes of white X were found in a Middle

Eastern book in Baghdad in the 10th century where it was borrowed from Central Asia,that X was called ناطف (nāṭif). One of these recipes indicates that the nāṭif comes from Harran, a city located between Urfa (now in southeast Turkey) and Aleppo, Syria.

• Largely associated with the Christmas season, X is known as "Turrón" in France,"Torró" is Spain,"Cupedia" in Latin,"Mandolato" in Greece,"Qubbajd" in Malta and in the city of Tabriz in Iran.

• ID X, which is set to take the entire world by storm in August/September 2016.

ANSWER:-

• X-Nougat (Android's latest version set to be released in August/September 2016)

2.• Various projects under this initiative are:-• > Establishment of MAITRI, for development of

G2B(Government To Business) services in the state.• > Establishment of an Aerospace Park in Mihan, a small

town near Nagpur, by Reliance Aerospace.• > Setting up of a Vehicle-cum-spare parts production

plant by General Motors in Talegaon, Pune.• > Setting up of an IT ODC(Offshore Development

Centre) in Mumbai and Pune,by Brindley Technologies, to cater to its foreign clientele coming here from across the Globe.

• What is this initiative that was set up on the lines of "Make In India", also has a similar name?

ANSWER:-

3.• According to a certain John Reuel, X means "someone

who is far-sighted", or "having divine vision".• John says that with the help of X, one can see events

happening in other parts of the world.• According to him, X's were made by the Elves of

Vallinor,in the Uttermost, by the Noldor, or even may be by Feanor himself.

• Many X's were made, but only 8 of them are mentioned in John's works.

• What is X, that is making waves in the security software and big data analysis sector?

• On Pounce- Also give me the movie series that is being discussed here.

CRYPTIC HINT:-

ANSWER:-• X- Palantir (Palantir Technologies founded by

Peter Theil)• Movie series:- Lord of the Rings• P.S.:- That certain John Reuel is John Ronald

Reuel Tolkein, a.k.a. JRR Tolkein

4.• Exide Life Insurance Company Limited, is a 100% Indian

owned life insurance company, owned by the Exide Industries of the Raheja Group.

• Exide Life Insurance was formerly known as ING Vysya Life Insurance. It deals with the life insurance products, providing long-term protection and savings option.

• However, this new identity of this entity got a major boost when the Raheja Group roped in Y as their brand ambassador.

• The new ad for Exide Life Insurance makes use of some exciting punchlines regarding Y, such as "A billion hearts trust him", "Lamba Saath, Bharose Ki Baat" with the hashtag:- "#YKaSaath".

• Simple Enough. Id Y.

ANSWER:-

5.• Daniel Harold "Danny" Rolling, also known as the

"Gainesville Ripper", was an American serial killer who murdered five students in Gainesville, Florida.

• In total, Rolling confessed to killing eight people. Rolling was sentenced to death for the murders in 1994. He was executed by lethal injection in 2006.

• While on death row at Florida State Prison, Rolling wrote songs and poems and drew pictures. His works have been referred to as an example of "Murderabilia".

• However, his life story hogged international limelight when a certain Mr. Meade wrote the script for a "cult classic",partly based on Danny's life.

• This script was later bought by Miramax Films for their new Dimension Films label, in the spring of 1995.

• What "cult classic" are we talking about?

• In case you were wandering, that certain Mr. Meade is Kevin Meade Williamson,the celebrated Script-writer,director, and filmmaker.

6.• “X” is a viral meme referring to any stimulus that evokes the memory

of a traumatic event or episode. • While the word is most commonly used in the context of Post

Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), it has been since adopted by those in the social justice blogosphere to refer to any topical issue that is deemed contentious or debatable, and to a lesser extent, the term has been also re-appropriated as an ironic term used by their detractors to criticize certain issues that may be seen as too trivial or irrelevant to discuss in length.

• The word originated from the psychological phrase “trauma X" or something that causes a traumatic past event to come back into memory.

• The concept of X was initially formulated in 1918 in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events, indicated by recurring distressing flashbacks.

• identify this meme X.

ANSWER:-• X- Trigger/Triggered

SOME MORE OF THEM:-

EVEN MORE OF THEM-

7.• #kolstylz• If:-• 10-3= Milibitcoin• 10-6= Microbitcoin• Then:-• 10-8= ??• (Think outta the Box)

"CRYPTIC" HINTS:-

ANSWER:-• SATOSHI

8.• Of late,there have been publications of some really weird

"obituaries". • One journalist has recorded 29 such "obituaries" as of early 2015.• Forbes magazine declared X "dead" in June 2011,followed by

Gizmodo Australia in August 2011.Wired magazine wrote it had "expired" in December 2012.Ouishare Magazine declared, "game over, X" in May 2013,and New York Magazine stated X was "on its path to grave" in June 2013.Reuters published an "obituary" for X in January 2014.Street Insider declared X "dead" in February 2014,followed by The Weekly Standard in March 2014,Salon in March 2014,Vice News in March 2014,and Financial Times in September 2014.In January 2015, USA Today states X was "headed to the ash heap", and The Telegraph declared "the end of X experiment".

• Id X, which is as "controversial" as its death rumours.

ANSWER:-

• X- Bitcoin

9.• X, a real-life character, has been represented many times

on reel.• X is often portrayed as the person having probably the

most powerful job in the world, which X actually did in real-life too.

• X was portrayed by voice-actor Neil Ross in the animated series and Hasbro toy property named "Inhumanoids", where X, along with scientist-hero group "Earth Corps", foil an earth-threatening experiment carried out by the evil scientists of the Soviet Union.

• In the Transformers' Children Book "Sun Raid" written by Merrill Farnsworth, X is seen awarding scientist Health Blasedale for his work on solar power.

• However, X was also portrayed in Marvel's New Universe, and also in the comics version of the animated-series "The Transformers", acting as a sidekick to Optimus Prime. Give me X.

CRYPTIC HINT:-

ANSWER:-• X- Ronald Reagan (Former P.O.T.U.S.)

10.• "___ _____ __ __ ______ ______" is the eleventh

episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake, which originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on May 10, 2012.

• Written by Leonard Chang and series creator Kyle Killen, "___ _____ __ __ ______ ______" earned a Nielsen rating of 0.9, being watched by 2.51 million viewers upon its initial broadcast in the United States.

• This phrase, however, was used in a "remarkable scene" in a 1983 cult-classic, which revolves around the life of a Cuban refugee in Miami, who rises to become a powerful drug kingpin.

• Simple Enough, FITB.• On pounce, also give me the movie.

CRYPTIC HINT:-

ANSWER:-

THEME ROUND:-• There will be 5 questions in this round.• Each individual correct answer will fetch

you 10 points.• The points at stake for the overall theme

will be shown atop the respective slides.• All the answers of these 5 questions will

lead you to a common connection, which happens to be the theme of this round.

1.(+100/-100)This person in the picture is standing in his winter garden known as Pompeji, next to a table with laboratory equipment, a bottle of lager, a beer glass, and books by Louis Pasteur and Emil Christian Hansen. A renowned industrialist and brewer, what is his clam to fame, something that is named eponymously after his son?

2.(+90/-90) (Hint-Airline)

3.(+80/-80)-Identify this Oil Giant from Azerbaijan

4.(+70/-70)• The Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue, currently also

known by its sponsorship name as "X Arena", is an Australian sports venue that is part of the National Tennis Centre at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria.

• Earlier known as the Vodafone arena, this multi-purpose has the distinction of hosting many games of Australian Open in 2016.

• Apart from tennis, this also has been the home venue for netball teams like Melbourne Kestrels,Melbourne Vixens, and Melbourne Phoenix.

• "X Arena" happens to be the first stadium in the world to be named after a Chinese company.

• Simple enough, identify this Chinese Tech Giant X.• (X goes into the connect/theme)

5.(+60/-60)• The instrumentals of this song

samples the song "Bang My Head", from the 2015 album "Listen".

• The track for this song was also recorded with the help of one million fans around the world through the help of a special online app.

• This currently-viral song has topped the music charts in France,Germany,Israel,Luxembourg,Mexico, and Switzerland in less than two months of its release.

• This song also features vocals from Swedish Teenage sensation Zara Larsson.

• Identify this song, that has been making waves from the past one month.

1.This person in the picture is standing in his winter garden known as Pompeji, next to a table with laboratory equipment, a bottle of lager, a beer glass, and books by Louis Pasteur and Emil Christian Hansen. A renowned industrialist and brewer, what is his clam to fame, something that is named eponymously after his son?

ANSWER(+50/-50):-

2.(Hint-Airline)

ANSWER(+40/-40):-

3.Identify this Oil Giant from Azerbaijan

ANSWER(+30/-30):-

4.• The Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue, currently also

known by its sponsorship name as "X Arena", is an Australian sports venue that is part of the National Tennis Centre at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria.

• Earlier known as the Vodafone arena, this multi-purpose has the distinction of hosting many games of Australian Open in 2016.

• Apart from tennis, this also has been the home venue for netball teams like Melbourne Kestrels,Melbourne Vixens, and Melbourne Phoenix.

• "X Arena" happens to be the first stadium in the world to be named after a Chinese company.

• Simple enough, identify this Chinese Tech Giant X.• (X goes into the connect/theme)

ANSWER(+20/-20):-

5.• The instrumentals of this song

samples the song "Bang My Head", from the 2015 album "Listen".

• The track for this song was also recorded with the help of one million fans around the world through the help of a special online app.

• This currently-viral song has topped the music charts in France,Germany,Israel,Luxembourg,Mexico, and Switzerland in less than two months of its release.

• This song also features vocals from Swedish Teenage sensation Zara Larsson.

• Identify this song, that has been making waves from the past one month.

ANSWER(+10/-10):-

GUESS THE THEME (+5/0):-• 1. CARLSBERG• 2. TURKISH AIRLINES• 3. SOCAR• 4. HISENSE• 5. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU

THEME:-

WRITTEN ROUND• Given here are the images of 10 iconic

paintings recreated by some famous companies/brands in their ads.

• Rules:-• +5 to name the company/brand.• +5 to name the painter/painting.• +20 bonus for naming all correctly.• P.S.:- 120 Points at stake

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ANSWER:- Lipton(Dali-Persistence of Memory)

2.

ANSWER- Allianz(Rene Magritte-Treachery of Images)

3.

ANSWER:- Lego(American Gothic by Grant Wood)

4.

ANSWER:- Lexus(Van Gogh-Sunflowers)

5.

ANSWER:- Mazda(Picasso)

6.

ANSWER:- Pizza Hut(Monalisa by Da Vinci)

7.

ANSWER:- Volkswagen(MC Escher-Endless Stairs)

8.

ANSWER:- Mountain Dew(Pablo Picasso)

9.

ANSWER:- Ferrero Rocher(Sandro Botticelli-Birth of Venus)

10.

ANSWER:- Mortein(Da Vinci-The Last Supper)

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