eclectica 2017 finals

FINALS

THE FINALE:

42 questions.

Written Round 1.0: 3 questions.

Infinite Pounce 1.0: 15 questions.

Written Round 2.0: 9 questions.

Infinite Pounce 2.0: 15 questions.

WRITTEN ROUND 1.03 questions, on TWINS.

+10 for a correct answer.

No negatives.

Total 30 points, up for grabs.

1.

For decades the tiny Brazilian town of Candido Godoi has been at the centre of a mystery: Why is it that one in five pregnancies has resulted in twins, when the usual rate is one in 80?

In 2009, an Argentinian historian Jorge Camarasa made a chilling connection which could solve the riddle of CandidoGodoi.

He said that this phenomenon is a result of the obsession of a person on the next slide who came to South America (and stayed there) in 1945.

ID the person (even the sobriquet would do).

What was the original intention of his obsession with twins, that originated from the thoughts of somebody back in his native land?

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2.

Other than the fact that they are extremely talented, another reason for their overwhelming success is, in the own words of one of them, "We complement each other really well. I mean, if you put us together, we're one really good...”

Many people have said that the reason why they are unputdownable is that they are mirrored twins, one is right-handed and the other is a lefty.

Which duo be this?


3.

Hunter was a campaign advisor for Barack Obama in 2008.

Who is his more famous twin sister?


EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS

1.

For decades the tiny Brazilian town of Candido Godoi has been at the centre of a mystery: Why is it that one in five pregnancies has resulted in twins, when the usual rate is one in 80?

In 2009, an Argentinian historian Jorge Camarasa made a chilling connection which could solve the riddle of CandidoGodoi.

He said that this phenomenon is a result of the obsession of a person on the next slide who came to South America (and stayed there) in 1945.

ID the person (even the sobriquet would do).

What was the original intention of his obsession with twins, that originated from the thoughts of somebody back in his native land?


JOSEF MENGELE or

ANGEL OF DEATH

Obsessed with twins, Mengele was tasked with carrying out tests to discover why they came

about.

The aim was to artificially increase the Aryan birthrate for his master Adolf Hitler.


2.

Other than the fact that they are extremely talented, another reason for their overwhelming success is, in the own words of one of them, "We complement each other really well. I mean, if you put us together, we're one really good...”

Many people have said that the reason why they are unputdownable is that they are mirrored twins, one is right-handed and the other is a lefty.

Which duo be this?


BOB & MIKE BRYAN

3.

Hunter was a campaign advisor for Barack Obama in 2008.

Who is his more famous twin sister?


INFINITE POUNCE 1.0

15 questions, in the clockwise direction.

+10 for a correct answer on the bounce.

+10/-5 on pounce.

1.

On the next slide is a still from a miniseries titled “Feud”.

Which 2 Hollywood actresses, known for their bitter rivalry, are being portrayed by Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange respectively?

In February 2017, FX renewed the series for a 10-episode second season centered on the fraught relationship between a couple, which is expected to premiere in 2018.

Which couple?


Bette Davis and Joan Crawford


PRINCE Charles and princess Diana


Ranji, Duleep and Amar notwithstanding, the greatest Kathiawaricricketer was Mulvantrai. He first played for India in a series of unofficial Tests in 1937-38. The Second World War then broke out, delaying his official debut until 1946. For the next decade he had only Keith Miller for competition for the title of best allrounder in the world. He was a superbly skilled slow left-arm bowler, an attacking opening batsman, and absolutely indispensable to his team, in a manner that no Indian cricketer since - not Kapil Dev, not even Sachin Tendulkar - has been. Consider these figures: in the five Test matches that India won when he was around, he averaged over a hundred with the bat, while taking more than eight wickets per Test at some 13 runs apiece.

How do we better know Mulvantrai Himmatlal?

2. This is Ramchandra Guha writing for cricinfo:


VINOO MANKAD


3. ID the painter…

In 1864, Berthe Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris.

In 1868 she became friends with X who painted several portraits of her, including a striking study in a black veil while in mourning for her father. Correspondence between them shows warm affection, and X gave her an easel as a Christmas present.

In 1874, she married X's brother, Eugène, and they had one daughter, Julie, who became the subject for many of her mother's paintings.


EDOUARD MANET


A common source of names both now and historically, over a quarter of the elements are named after a place, often where they were discovered or synthesised.

These places range in size from continents (europium) and countries (americium, francium, polonium) to the theScottish village Strontian (strontium).

There is just one element that wasn't first discovered on Earth, and it too is named after its place of the discovery.

Which element?


4.

HELIUM from HELIOS

Dr. Marion Thomas Jenkins was an anesthesiologist who testified during an investigation at the Parkland Hospital. He was again in the emergency room two days later for another treatment.

His only IMDb entry (wrt a full-fledged movie) happens to be a highly acclaimed film made 28 years later.

He was genuinely surprised at the level of detail and research that had gone into preparation for that key scene. Even the tiles for the set of Trauma Room One were exactly the same shade of green he remembered (even though the scene itself is black and white in the finished film).

In which movie did he portray himself?

5.


6.

Sir Percy Blakeney is a chivalrous Englishman in the time of the Terrors in France, who, with his band of gentlemen, rescues aristocrats before they can be killed by the violent government in revolutionary France.

He is most famously associated with a symbol with which he taunts his enemies, by leaving behind a card showing the symbol.

Anagallis arvensis, anyone?


SCARLET PIMPERNEL


7.

Having made his international senior debut as a midfielder in May 2002, at a Four Nation Tournament in Adelaide X even went on to lead India in some matches in the bilateral series against Pakistan in the absence of an injured DilipTirkey. He announced his retirement on 15 January 2008 to pursue management studies at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

He is currently serving as the CEO of which not-for-profit company?


8.

Thomas Monaghan, who was raised in a Catholic orphanage, enjoyed a midlife conversion to materialism. Among his purchases were the Detroit Tigers, more than 200 classic cars, and a resort on a Lake Huron island. When he became tired of his possessions, he sold them and set out to create a Catholic community in Florida named Ave Maria. In 1998, Bain Capital LP, then run by Mitt Romney, paid him more than $1 billion for 93 percent of the business entity created by him in 1960.

So, what was founded by this chap?


Domino’s Pizza


9.

Somnium (Latin for "The Dream") is a novel written in Latin, referred to by Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov as the first work of science fiction.

Somnium presents a detailed imaginative description of how the Earth might look when viewed from the Moon, and is considered the first serious scientific treatise on lunar astronomy.

Who was the author?


10.

X died 500 years ago, after spending a dozen years terrorizing coastal cities from Yemen to Malaysia. He enriched thousands of men and killed tens of thousands more. Despite never commanding more than a few dozen ships, he built one of the first modern intercontinental empires. And this was just the beginning: The next step, he said, was to sail up the Red Sea, destroy Mecca, Medina and the Prophet Muhammad’s body and liberate the Holy Land. Perhaps, he mused, he could destroy Islam altogether.

He is immortalized in the form of an eatable that he used to bring on his journeys to the country he breathed his last.


Alfonso de Albuquerque


11. All these people went to cover what?There are five known newsreels of this event, the fifth reel being of

unknown source.

Cameraman William Deeke filmed the scenes for Pathe News. In the early 1990s, some of the footage was colorized and released as part of the series Greatest Headlines of the Century.

Al Gold, Larry Kennedy and Deon de Titta filmed for Fox Movietone.

The Universal cameraman stationed there left early due to the bad weather and went to see a Broadway play. However, James J. Seeley filmed it for Hearst's News of the Day and Universal used his footage.

The Paramount was filmed by Tommy Craven using an Eyemo, which had interchangeable lenses. Craven, an out-of-work news photographer aspiring to become a newsreel cameraman, was given the chance by Paramount to cover the event, which landed him the job at Paramount News.


HINDENBURG DISASTER


AUDIENCE QUESTION:Which band used this pic as their album

cover?


It all started fifteen years ago, with Vijay Tanwar missing out on a spot in India's wrestling team for Olympics. While looking for something where he could make the most of his muscles, Tanwar stumbled upon making a living, taking up this occupation.

The twin Indian villages of Asola-Fatehpuri Beri located to the south of Delhi have been christened the strongest village in the country and it also has the distinction of being the village which produces them.

Which particular occupation???

12.


BOUNCERS IN THE PUBS OF DELHI


13.

An excerpt from a letter written by X to hIS mother:

I have now decided not to be a pilot any more and have been sent to Washington to work in the embassy. I am having a marvellous time in America and have just written my first short story. It has been tremendously well received. I am now best friends with Walt Disney, President Roosevelt, Spencer Tracy and Ernest Hemingway and everyone at the embassy thinks I am absolutely brilliant.


ROALD DAHL


14.

In the late 1800s, P.T. Barnum, who then owned "the greatest show on earth," heard of a sacred X in India. He sent an agent to buy it sight unseen. When it arrived by ship in Bridgeport,, Barnum was horrified to see what the Indians considered to be a X turned out to be a misnomer. The paying public was not impressed and Barnum had to keep his X hidden from public view. This gave way to a oft-used phrase.

What am I talking about?


WHITE ELEPHANT


15.X lived off and on in the island for two decades, at a plantation he

called Finca Vigía, which he and his third wife purchased in 1940. It was there that he recuperated from his trips to Europe and Africa by fishing and drinking Daiquiris at the bar of the Floridita restaurant.

According to an article by Jacobo Timmerman, X and Y met only once, in May of 1960, at a fishing contest held in the former’s honor. Life magazine published one of those photographs along with a record of an exchange between Y, who won the competition, and X, who awarded him the trophy: “‘I am a novice at fishing,’ said Y. ‘You are a lucky novice,’ replied X.”

That photograph and its caption became the inspiration for John Updike’s 1960 poem, “Meditation on a News Item,” in which Updike speculated on the dynamic between the two “magnificently recognizable” people.


WRITTEN ROUND 2.0:

9 questions.

+5 for each correct answer.

Stake your answer for +5/-5.

1.

Originally a footballer, who played for women's first division side E Waiso Ipola, Paula Baripa Bolopa was submitted to a swimming trials to participate at the 2000 Olympic Games and was selected after a month and a half of trainings.

Barila Bolopa competed in the women's 50 metres freestyle, and finished last in her heat with a time of 01:03.97, which was double the second-worst time, and reportedly the slowest time in Olympic history for that event. She received loud support and encouragement from spectators.

Who was her male counterpart?

Which country did they represent?


2.

Michael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician.

A graduate of Columbia University, he has written for publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times.

What is this book aptly titled?


3. ID the actor playing Sherlock Holmes…


4.

When it was 1st proposed as a pilot project during the Kerala Assembly elections in 1982, CPI candidate Sivan Pillai challenged its use, even before the election, but the Kerala High Court did not entertain him.

The fun part is, despite such apprehensions, he ended up winning.



5. Whom does this banknote commemorate?


6.

Platform is a 1993 Bollywood action film directed by Deepak Pawar and starring Ajay Devgan in the lead.

This movie was the big screen debut of which actress, credited as Priya Arora, her screen name before marriage, who gained the much due prominence in the next decade?

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7. This is a para from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Mandalay”. What has been

referred as “the road to Mandalay” here?

Elephants a-pilin' teakIn the sludgy, squdgy creek,Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!On the road to Mandalay,Where the flyin' fishes play,An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China'crost the Bay!

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8. List of top 5 peaceful gatherings:

Kumbh Mela 2013 (30 mn)

Arba’een festival, Iraq, 2014 (17 mn)

Funeral of X, India, 1969 (15 million)

Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran, 1989 (10 million)

Pope Francis, Manila, 2015 (6 million)


9. Though the main industrial process of its production was invented jointly by these 2 Germans, it is after the person on the left that it is commonly associated with. This method proved quite prolific for Germany during the war years. Production of what?


EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS:

1.

Originally a footballer, who played for women's first division side E Waiso Ipola, Paula Baripa Bolopa was submitted to a swimming trials to participate at the 2000 Olympic Games and was selected after a month and a half of trainings.

Barila Bolopa competed in the women's 50 metres freestyle, and finished last in her heat with a time of 01:03.97, which was double the second-worst time, and reportedly the slowest time in Olympic history for that event. She received loud support and encouragement from spectators.

Who was her male counterpart?

Which country did they represent?


ERIC MOUSSAMBINI; EQUATORIAL GUINEA


2. Michael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician.A graduate of Columbia University, he has written for publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times.What is this book aptly titled?


COME AS YOU ARE

3. ID the actor playing Sherlock Holmes…


LEONARD NIMOY

4.

When it was 1st proposed as a pilot project during the Kerala Assembly elections in 1982, CPI candidate Sivan Pillai challenged its use, even before the election, but the Kerala High Court did not entertain him.

The fun part is, despite such apprehensions, he ended up winning.



5. Whom does this banknote commemorate?


6.

Platform is a 1993 Bollywood action film directed by Deepak Pawar and starring Ajay Devgan in the lead.

This movie was the big screen debut of which actress, credited as Priya Arora, her screen name before marriage, who gained the much due prominence in the next decade?

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TISCA CHOPRA

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7. This is a para from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Mandalay”. What has been referred as “the road to Mandalay” here?

Elephants a-pilin' teakIn the sludgy, squdgy creek,Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!On the road to Mandalay,Where the flyin' fishes play,An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China'crost the Bay!

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IRRAWADDY RIVER

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8.

List of top 5 peaceful gatherings:

Kumbh Mela 2013 (30 mn)

Arba’een festival, Iraq, 2014 (17 mn)

Funeral of X, India, 1969 (15 million)

Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran, 1989 (10 million)

Pope Francis, Manila, 2015 (6 million)


C.N ANNADURAI

9. Though the main industrial process of its production was invented jointly by these 2 Germans, it is after the person on the left that it is commonly associated with. This method proved quite prolific for Germany during the war years. Production of what?


ERIC MOUSSAMBINI/ EQUATORIAL GUINEA

COME AS YOU ARE

LEONARD NIMOY

EVM

CARAVAGGIO

TISCA CHOPRA

IRRAWADDY

C N ANNADURAI

AMMONIA

INFINITE POUNCE 2.0

15 questions, in the anti-clockwise direction.

+10 for a correct answer on the bounce.

+10/-5 on pounce.

16.

In 1860, publishers Erastus and Irwin Beadle released a new series of cheap paperbacks, entitled Beadle's ____ ______.The name became the general term for similar paperbacks produced by different publishers throughout the early twentieth century.

In the modern age, ____ ______ has become a term to describe any quickly written, lurid potboiler and as such is generally used as a pejorative to describe a sensationalized yet superficial piece of written work.

FITB.


DIME NOVEL


17.

This is from www.261fearless.org, founded by one K.V. Switzer, who broke a glass ceiling 5 decades ago.

“It is the mission of 261 Fearless to bring active women together through a global supportive social running community – allowing fearless women to pass strength gained from running onto women who are facing challenges and hence sparking a revolution of empowerment. 261 is the symbol that unites us as empowered runners.”

Why did the concerned person participate at the event as K.V. Switzer, and not by the full name?

What is the funda behind the number?


http://www.261fearless.org/

261 was her jersey number.


18.

Which project made Pip Phillips, a British actress who was last seen in the American TV series “The Royals” and has upcoming projects like King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” and “Our Little Haven” lined up, made a familiar name in this part of the world?


The Bengal Tourism ad.


19.

The Royal Academy recently ran an exhibition, titled “America after the ____”, mainly referring to change in viewpoints of American artists after a particular event, but it’s hard to ignore its Biblical implications.

Ironically the period gave American artists unexpected freedom. For the first time, the government offered financial support to artists through New Deal programmes, reducing their dependence on the tastes of wealthy patrons.

So, the exhibition showed paintings after which incident? Also, FITB.


WALL STREET CRASH OF 1929

20.

On the eve of the Bengali new year, as a mark of goodwill between the 2 countries, the new look of Maitree Express was unveiled.

Often while writing about it, journalists refer to the train as the only true international train in the country, despite the fact that Samjhauta Express runs between Delhi and Lahore.

For which particular reason, owing to its journey, SamjhautaExpress is not considered to be an international train?


The trains do not physically cross the international border. Passengers have to get off at Atari and board another train.


21.

The idea to offer excursions came to him while "walking from Market Harborough to Leicester to attend a meeting of the Temperance Society". With the opening of the extended Midland Counties Railway, he arranged to take a group of temperance campaigners from Leicester Campbell Street railway station to a teetotal rally in Loughborough, eleven miles away. On 5 July 1841, he escorted around 500 people, who paid one shilling each for the return train journey, on his first excursion.

Who used to organize such excursions?


22.

Last year, photographer Kounteya Sinha, who is known for his documentary and journalistic projects, is headed to Italy soon to launch The _____ Project, which seeks to present Kolkata in a new light. The idea is to get people to unite in their love for Kolkata and get them to travel to Rome, where they will stand in strategic locations every day, for about ten days, holding photographs of the city.

Why was Kolkata needed to be represented far away in Rome?


CANONIZATION OF MOTHER TERESA

The SAINTHOOD Project


23.

The company had a brush with some controversies when former French “inspector” Pascal Remy released the book whose title when translated stands “The Inspector Sits at the Table”. The tell-all portrays the job as lonely, underpaid and increasingly lax in its standards. The company, of course, dismissed these accusations, plainly saying that the job is not as glorious as many people assume it to?

Which company?

What do these “inspectors” do?


The INSPECTORS review restaurants anonymously.

24.

“Human creates human/ Defiance clusters to align/ You’re human we ‘re human/Difference is in the spine.”

Translated by a working scientist at the biotechnology hub at MIT named Alakesh Duttaroy.

Who is the original poet, who created quite a stir a few days ago? (3)

Against the backdrop of what were these penned? (7)


• SRIJATO

• HOK-KOLOROB


25.

This animal found in North Africa has large ears which serve a dual purpose: they are great for listening for bugs to eat that may be moving around underground, but they are also loaded with blood vessels.

Which is the other purpose served?

Which country’s national soccer team is nicknamed after this animal?


To dissipate heat…


ALGERIA


26. ID the music director.

Also, while at it, id the movie.


ANU MALIK & BEGUM JAAN


The painting, which dates to around 600-900AD, was found during excavations of ruins in the Mayan city of Xultun in the rainforests of Peten in north-west Guatemala.

According to historians, this can be the 1st example of what?

27.


PHOTOBOMBING

The figure of an attendant peeking out from behind the throne of the ruler in this recreation of a 1,250 year old mural discovered in the Mayan city of Xultan could be the earliest example of a photobomb discovered.

Researchers at Boston University and Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, who excavated the discovery said it was extremely rare to find figures standing behind a ruler in this way in Mayan art.


28.

Which iconic Indian villain did this character go on to inspire later?

Whom is the attire this guy is seen wearing named after?

movies


SHAKAL


MAO SUIT


29.

Gary Washburn is the national basketball writer and Celtics reporter at the Boston Globe. In reference to a decision of his a few weeks ago, involving Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks, he came up with an article in May 2016 justifying his choice.

He said it was due to the fact that Anthony led the Knicks to their first division title in 19 years.

How is this journalist’s choice foil a near-perfection, hitherto unseen in the world of NBA?


The solitary vote which prevented LeBron James to be selected as

MVP unanimously.


VOTE OF THANKS TO:ECLECTICA 2017 committee.

All the participants for coming down to Techno India Saltlake on a weekday morning.

The scorer.

Audience, for staying back…


30.

In the early morning of 22 August 1961, Ida Siekmann, threw some possessions down onto the street and jumped out of the window of her apartment before the firefighters were able to open the jumping-sheet. She fell on the pavement and was severely injured. Siekmann died shortly after on her way to the Lazarus Hospital. She happened to be the first in the list.

On 8th March 1989, Winfried Freudenberg fell from an improvised gas balloon at high altitude and was the last entrant in the same list.

What were they trying to do?


CROSS THE BERLIN WALL!


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