The Quiz Weekend’17

GEN QUIZ

BY ROHAN ‘RUBY’ THOMBRE

OMKAR JOSHI

SANYUKTA CHOUGALE

SWAPNIL KHEDKAR

KARAN AGRAWAL

Finals

Standard pounce/bounce rules

+10/0 on direct

+10/-10 on pounce

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The site of a famous victory for the Roman Empire over the Gauls, this location became so synonymous with defeat to the Gauls that in the Asterix comic books, there is a running gag that "nobody knows where ______ is."

Incidentally, after the abandonment of the Roman town constructed on the site of the battle, the location of the battle was actually lost and was subject to speculation. FITB.

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Alesia

USS _________ is a Benjamin Franklin class ballistic submarine, one of only two ships of its kind in the US navy. FITB and funda, with a very obvious DragonBall Z connect.

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USS Kamehameha

___ had a running time of 4hrs 4 min.

Known worldwide for it's overwhelming success ,this film was under production for six years. It was publicized to be loosely based on director's own life.

___ is the second Bollywood film to have two intervals first being Sangam(1964). FITB

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Mera Naam Joker

X on Y : "Picture a child sitting next to a projector, learning from your films to become a much better director, now picture a three billion dollar dream machine, who can blockbust all over your cropduster scene. Try to duel with me ______ , you must be Psycho, I'l bring back Jaws and take a bite of your Lifeboat. I'm Always so on top of my game I get the Vertigo, my jet's in the Terminal, waiting for me to Murder! ya. I rock the Academy and the DGA, you rock as many Oscars as that schlep Michael Bay. Next time you're filling up those jowls with three steaks and souffle, check the trades see me Amblin to my next big play." ID X and Y.

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Steven Spielberg on Alfred Hitchcock

Indian Ocean is an Indian rock band formed in New Delhi in 1990, who are widely recognized as the pioneers of the fusion rock genre in India.

They have sung songs for many films like Black Friday, Satyagraha, Peepli Live, Yeh Mera India, Masaan etc. and have been sponsored by Johnnie Walker.

In 2010, Rahul Ram dedicated a song in one of his concerts to his very famous 'friend' from college whom he fondly called as 'Budha Sadhu'.

Who is his extremely famous friend?

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Old Monk

Connect the Following images

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Cortana

Kendrick Lamar’s new album ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ became an instant hit and earned him 11 nominations at the 58th Grammy awards in ‘15.

He almost named it ‘To Pimp a Caterpillar’ but eventually settled on the current name.

For what reason did he change the name from Caterpillar to Butterfly?

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To Pimp a Caterpillar shortens to 2pac.

In 1957, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes attempted to create a 3D Wallpaper which turned out to be unsuccessful.

But they realized it was useful for something completely different.

The success of the product became so popular that last Monday of every Jan is celebrated as ‘X Appreciation Day’.

A toy company called Bandai even made a X –popping toy called ‘Mugen Puchipuchi’.

What is X?

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Bubble Wrap

In early 16th Century, a Dutch shipmaster used to heat wine to concentrate it before transporting it in barrels so that more wine could be transported.

He would later add water to it to reconstitute it.

This led the Dutch people to discover that concentrated wine Is better and became very popular.

How is this concentrated wine more famously known as, whose etymology can be traced to the Dutch word for ‘Burnt Wine’?

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Brandy

_______ are a series of YouTube videos that began with the home movies of preadolescents using overly confrontational or expletive language.

It was followed by a freeze-frame at a close up image of the subject and an instrumental fade out to Dr. Dre’s 1992 gangsta rap song ‘Nuthin’ But a G Thang’

FITB

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Thug Life videos

Harold ‘Blatand’ Gormsson was the king of Norway and Denmark from 958 AD.

His nickname ‘Blatand’ meaning ________ in English, comes from different stories.

One of them suggests that he was fond of a particular food item, so much that his Y turned of a particular color X, hence the nickname.

Another one says that one of his dead Y was X.

This nick was also a codename for a technology which was very popular in ‘90s and ‘00s.

What nickname?

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Bluetooth

The Long Halloween is one of the most popular Batman story arcs and is essentially an origin story for one of Batman's most iconic foes, Two-Face.

It was the inspiration for Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and depicts a Gotham City under the control of gangsters led by Carmine "The Roman" Falcone (image given) and his rival, Sal "The Boss" Maroni.

The story arc is itself inspired by ___________. FiTB.

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The Godfather

X was the Royal Bagman to Napoleon Bonaparte's wife Eugenie de Montijo.

His primary job was to make sure that wherever and whenever the Royal Couple travelled, their clothing and belongings travelled with them.

To make the job easier, he started designing bags & boxes for the Queen so that her clothes could be packed in the most exquisite manner.

Who is X?

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Louis Vuitton

-According to a study this feature costs Google about $110 million a year as 1% of the searches use this feature and bypass all the advertises.

-On 30th Oct 2009, this feature was removed for a few users and was replaced by "This space intentionaly left blank".

- On May 21st 2010 ie the 30th anniversary of Pac-man this was replaced by a button saying "Insert Coin". After pressing this button a game of Pac-Man would start where the normal Google logo Would be.

What is this Feature?

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I’m Feeling Lucky

the following are the translations of something very famous. What?

1) Cooking pot

2)Little Worms

3)Little Twines

4)Rifles

5)Large Canes

6)Pens

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Pasta

1) Cooking pot - Lasagna

2)Little Worms - Vermicelli

3)Little Twines - Spaghetti

4)Rifles - Fusilli

5)Large Canes - Canneloni

6)Pens - Penne

Gerard Herbert Holtum was inspired by the following semaphores and he went on to create something which is very relevant in today's world. what?

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he mixed the 2 symbols and created the Anti Nuclear symbol

This was founded in early 1960s by 7 men and an amateur astronomer along with K who got lost while trying to meet his gf and it exists till date.

K worked with D till 90s and was replaced by J.

X was the chief when it was formed and Z took over in the early 90s. In 2012 Z dies and is replaced by O.

What am I talking about?

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Men in Black

John Charles Miller worked at the Sao Paolo Railway Company becoming the Royal Mail's agent.

In 1884 he was sent back to England to the Bannister Court Public School where he learned and acquired knowledge about a particular field.

When he returned in 1894, he bought a book and something in his suitcase.

What did he bring back?

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Football

Formed in 1996, this alternative rock/ metal band rose to fame circa 2000 with the band being named the third best band of the new milleniumby MTV2.

However with the release of their latest album, many fans have been very vocal in voicing their displeasure due to a shift towards a more 'poppy' sound.

The band's lead vocalist, though has defended the band , tweeting "Someone asked why I don't sing scream about teen angst anymore?..... I said " because I'm 41" 🌈🤡🔫"

Id the band.

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Linkin Park

SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) is known to be the successor of the Kuiper Observatory and is the joint project of NASA and German Aerospace Centre.

At present SOFIA is one of its kind in the world.

It has a 2.5 metre diameter reflecting telescope which can be taken to any point in the world above the ground.

How does it do it?

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It is the only Flying observatory in the world

Roop Singh Bais was the younger brother of DhyanChand.

He was the part of 1932 and 1936 gold medal winning Olympic Teams.

After the ‘36 Olympics, the Germans were so impressed with him that they named a street after him.

A hockey stadium was also constructed in India in his name.

What historic feat was achieved here in '10?

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Sachin Tendulkar's 200

Long ago, in the villages of Germany, lovers whose families opposed their marriage would jump off a cliff to prove their love.

But women, when their turn came after seeing their men jump off, would get cold feet and return home, and marry someone else.

Which famous phrase came into existence due to this ?

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Ladies First

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) was a scheduled international passenger flight that disappeared on 8 March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in China.

The multinational search effort for the aircraft is the largest and most expensive in aviation history and it hasn't been found yet.

Irony is that Malaysia Airlines MH-370 was the ____th Boeing 777 ever produced.

Fitb

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404

Bill Warren is a Californian Treasure hunter who claims to have found more than 200 shipwrecks during his career since 1972.

In 2012, he announced the presence of something in the North Arabian Sea floor, 200 miles west of Surat.

He claimed to have located it after studying satellite images and photographs of the region.

He also called out for sponsors to pool in $200,00 for the mission which, if successful, had major implications for the world at large.

What did he claim to have found?

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Osama bin Laden's body

Q. Where can you see all of these symbols together?

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Hindustan Unilever Logo

Logo of X was arrived at an intricate design that consisted of drawing a number of interescting circles and finally took a portion of it

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Twitter

Of which masterpiece movie is this a minimalistic poster of?

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Usual Suspects

What does this map represent?

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Colour of passports in respective countries.

In the following image a route for a particular marathon is showed.

It takes place in London and starts at Seymour Leisure centre and ends at the same place.

It passes through Oxford Street, Marlborough Street, Trafalgar Square, Liverpool Street Station, Northumberland Avenue etc.

What would be the name of the Run?

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The Monopoly Run/Marathon