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THE NOT QUITE ROME QUIZ- 10th June 2012

THE ‘NOT QUITE

ROME’ QUIZ

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30 questions Qns 1,6,11,16,21 carry two points each. Those are also starred questions in case of a tiebreak. To count as a starred question you must get both parts correct. Everything else carries one point eachThere is no negative marking (yes really !!!) Keep it simple if you need a teammate quizsathi.com founder sumant is here to set you up


1

An anthromorphic race from the LOTR universe, their name derives from an Anglo Saxon root word meaning giant. They display varying degrees of sexual dimorphism however on account of the female of the species having moved apart from the males there are no young ones. Their leader is named Fangorn though he is better known by the name X. Other named members of the race include Finglas( meaning leaflock), Fladrif ( meaning skinbark), beechbone, Bregalad (also known as quick beam) and Fimbrethil also known as Wandbeam ( wife of Fangorn).

Even if you havent read a page of the LOTR, the name of the race should be familiar as a common name for a class of quizzes. For a bonus of 1, what alternative name X is Fangorn known by?

Treebeard


2 First two in an exhaustive list shown below. What are no 3 and no 5. ( no half points)


2

? ?

*Moulin rouge and Gatsby Baz Luhrmann Films


3

Who has authored novels such as In a Hail of Bullets, Death of a Prom Queen, Hell Hath No Fury, A Skull at Springtime, A Rose for Everafter. His most popular books however include the series which includes Gathering Storm, Storm Warning, Storm Rising and ultimately culminates in StormFall.

Richard Castle


4

In February of this year, the government of Punjab ( the Pakistani one) announced its decision to soon formally rename an area previously known as Shadman Chowk after X in the wake of much public pressure. The announcement fittingly enough was made on the 23rd of March this year.

Who is X??

Bhagat Singh


5

How do we better know an agency that acronyms to Chief Administration for Collective Labour Camps

and colonies?


6At the peak of the phenomenon most commonly associated with X, the February 27th issue of the New Yorker carried a series of sketches by Barry Blitt depicting X in a variety of heroic situations.

What phenomenon? Who is X?


6

Linsanity


7 Who is Jitendra Joshi playing in this movie??

Tukaram


8

Carol Ann Susi has had multiple hit and miss

appearances and bit parts in film and television since the

early 80’s.

However she has one significant claim to fame

(although the picture alongside probably wont help

you much)

What is her claim to fame ?

Mrs Wallowitz from Big Bang Theory


9

The first recorded observation of this was in 1693 by Jeremiah Horrocks, subsequent to the event being predicted by Johannes Kepler in 1631. Subsequently further occurences in 1761/69, then in 1874/82, before the most recent occurrence in 2004/12.

What was being studied

Venus transit


10Picture from the X hall of fame located in Warm Springs, Georgia. If the only two laymen in the list are Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his close associate Basil O’Connor who later served as chairman of the Red Cross. then what is X ???


11

‘X is dead’ is a mystery novel written in aid of Amnesty International.

The book consists 15 chapter each contributed by an Irish author- contributors include Roddy Doyle, Charlie

O Neill, Pauline Mc Lynn and Frank McCourt among others with each author penning a chapter.

The plot of the mystery revolves around the search for what is purportedly the manuscript for the last work

written by Y. Reviews have described it as an “ increasingly elaborate tale of murder, mayhem and literary

shenanigans set in contemporary Dublin.

Identify X and Y ( one point each)

Yeats is dead , James Joyce


12

In their book Bobby Fischer goes to war, David Edmonds and John Eidnow have the following quote

“ If you think about it Russia has only three cultural exports- chess, ballet and ___ ______. Hence there was

always pressure on Spassky to not be beaten. A defeat for Spassky was a defeat for Russia.”

What was the third cultural export ( very popular in India too).

The Circus


13

In 1968 she authored the first book of its kind to enter the New York Times bestsellers list. She followed up with another bestselling follow up ten years later. She was also a regular columnist for the New York Times and wrote some other books such as Venus Trines at Midnight.

She also authored an autobiographical poem called Gooberz- which has several references to symbolism and occult practises alongwith her ideas on reincarnation, karma and love.

Who?

Linda Goodman


14

In the course of his second appearance, this employee of her majesty was once described by his wartime superiors as having “ the cunning of Satan

and the conscience of a virgin”.

Some of the little known facts about him are that he went to a public school of no consequence and an

antiquated Oxford college of little distinction ( possibly Lincoln) where he studied modern languages with a focus on Baroque German

literature.

Who??

Smiley by John Le Carre


15

Encyclopaedia Britannica editor Robert McHenry, “However closely it may at some point in its life attain to reliability, it is forever open to the uninformed or semiliterate meddler… The user who visits __________ to learn about some subject, to confirm some matter of fact, is rather in the position of a visitor to a public restroom. It may be obviously dirty, so that he knows to exercise great care, or it may seem fairly clean, so that he may be lulled into a false sense of security. What he certainly does not know is who has used the facilities before him.”

Fill in the blank


16Identify the chap and the company he founded


17XKCD Comic called Engineering Hubris. What has been blanked out in the last slide??

Roadrunner


18Screen shot from a band’s website. Who is the lead singer?

Srisanth


19

When the Maharashtra government was constructing the Mumbai Pune expressway, the construction of tunnels through the Ghats was a major technical challenge. Since it was thought to be beyond their scope, the contractors L & T brought in an organisation which had considerable expertise in drilling through mountainous terrain and construction of tunnels through the Western Ghats. What organisation???

Konkan Rail


20

The X sports science institute is a research facility operating in

Barrington, Illinois that was established in 1953. Several athletes including folk like Eli Manning have

been participants in programs studying the effect of hydration on athlete’s performance.

What is X??


20

Gatorade


21

The creator artist David Lloyd had this to say about his creation’s increasing popularity. Fill in both blanks.

“ The ___ ______ ____ has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest

against tyranny- and I’m happy with people using it, it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being

used this way.”

“ __________ needed an all purpose image to hide their identity and also symbolise that they stood for

individualism- it is after all a story about one person against the system”

Guy Fawkes mask and anonymous


22

There are seven states in the US that have designated state dinosaurs, this includes the District of Columbia ( even though it is not a state). The fossils in DC were discovered as a byproduct of sewer work. While it was originally classified and named as Creosaurus Potens. What fitting new one word name was given to it (given that it was discovered in DC) ?

Capitalsaurus


23Where would you find these in close proximity

A spanish castle that is considered a masterpiece of the Moorish architecture located in Seville

The roots ( in India) or the starch ( in Latin American countries and the Carribean) of the Cassava plant ( Manihot esculenta).

Tintin


24

Subsequent editions of what event took place in 1994 in Saugerties, Ulster county ,New York and in 1999 at Rome, Oneida county, New York?

Woodstock


25

Mercury was used to stabilize wool for making felt hats. Milliners who would work with mercury would be exposed to the vapors and as a result suffer from a condition called erythrism characterized by nervousness, irritability and strange personality changes.

How has this been immortalized in literature?

Mad hatter


26

He owned a pet cat named Sprite about whom he once said “ Sprite not only provided the long body and facial characteristics for X, she was also the model for his personality. She was good natured,

friendly, intelligent and enthusiastic in a sneak-up and pouncing sort of way. That’s where the concept

of a midair meeting at the door in high velocity came from.”

Who is he?

What is X?

Bill Watterson and Hobbs


27What has been blanked out in the middle panel?


28

The BBC in keeping with its long and illustrious history of banning songs for stupid reasons before eventually relenting, banned this particular song as they thought it would offend people with stutters.

The creators of the song however intended to mimic the effects of taking speed. In fact one of the people associated with said song once made a famous quote that said “ Drugs don’t harm you. I know, I take them.”

What song?

My generation by The Who


29Who is the little boy in the picture?

JFK Jr.


30

More Tolkien, This term was possibly coined by Tolkien to refer a chap called T W Earp of Exeter college, Oxford. Earp was an intellectual sort who invited a great amount

of ridicule from the athletic types in his house. Tolkien often refers to him in some letters as “ the roommate of Walton T W Earp- the original _____”.

What was the nickname in question?

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