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5 WRITTEN QUESTIONS

5 POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

5 POINTS BONUS ON GETTING ALL 5 CORRECT

1) Name the 2004 book written by Jon Ronson about possible uses of paranormal by the military with major experiments on a single animal?

2) It was a Hollywood like tragedy for J.R. Hildebrand the young American rookie against Dan Wheldon the wily old Englishman. What event of 2011 is being described?

3) Cozumel Mexico, Channel Islands California, Wakatobi Indonesia and El Akhawein Egypt are arguably the best locations in the world for what?

4) The edited ending sequence of which film?

5) Logo of which company?

ANSWERS

1) Name the 2004 book written Jon Ronson about possible uses of paranormal by the military with major experiments on a single animal?

2) It was a Hollywood like tragedy for J.R. Hildebrand the young American rookie against Dan Wheldon the wily old Englishman. What event of 2011 is being described?

2) Indianapolis 500

3) Cozumel Mexico, Channel Islands California, Wakatobi Indonesia and El Akhawein Egypt are arguably the best locations in the world for what?

3) Scuba Diving

4) The edited ending sequence of which film?

5) Logo of which company?

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FLAT SCORING 10 POINTS.

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1) A very popular resort town in Calabria showing the distinctive geographical feature after which it is named. This feature is named after a mythical character. Name the character ?

1) The character is Scylla and the town is named Scylia.

2) Name the singer ?

2) Syd Barett.

3) A fictional character in Slavic cultures, his role is similar to that of Santa Claus in the west. He was originally on the list of mascots for the Sochi winter Olympics, but was removed as he would become the property of I.O.C. In 1998, the town of Veliky Ustyug in Vologda Oblast, Russia was declared as his home. Name this very popular character?

3) Ded Moroz.

4) Name both the individuals shown in this picture ?

4) Eddie Eagan and Max Schmeling

5) What word used in different contexts is derived from a shortened form of the German word : “Fliegerabwehrkanone” ?

5) Flack

6) The ‘Bistable Multivibrator’ is a very common pulsed digital circuit that can serve as a one-bit memory. What more usual name is given to this kind of electronic building block?

6) Flip-Flop

7) Name the two people being portrayed in this clip?

7) Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Fathima Jinnah

8) The site consists of four large groups of stone circles dates between 3rd century BC and 16th century AD. It reflects a prosperous, highly organized and lasting society. Where and name the monument?

8) The ruins of Senegambia in Senegal and Gambia.

9) This American political party advocates, among other things, the withdrawal of all American troops from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe and the entire Middle East; The party has also participated in the Presidential election and their agenda and policies were described as ‘libertarian’. Name this party?

9) The party is named ‘Boston Tea Party’.

10) Name the famous film and the very popular actress of that era shown in the clip ?

10) Mumtaz Shanti and Kismat (1943)

11) His uncle Daedalus was jealous of his growing skills and sought his death by pushing him off a cliff. To save him, the goddess Athena or Minerva, who favoured ingenuity, turned the boy into a bird, and to this day the bird keeps close to the ground (to avoid any nasty falls). Accordingly, the genus containing the bird takes his name. Who was he and name the bird?

11) Perdix and Partridge.

12) Name the singer?

12) Peter Gabriel

13) This United Nations diplomat and later Prime Minister of a country, initiated something which got him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. Who was he and what did he initiate?

13) Lester Pearson and U.N. Peacekeeping Force.

14) A 1950s designed carrier borne aircraft. Used by India in Goa in 1961 and in the war of 1971. It was flown by NATO as late as the air campaign against Serbia over Kosovo in the spring of 1999. Manufactured by a company which later merged with Dassault. Name the aircraft ?

14) Alize or Breguet Br.1050

15) Identify the composer?

15) Dimitri Shastakovich.

16) George Mendonsa has been accepted as the male protagonist. The claim of the female protagonist however has three candidates: Edith Cullen Shain, Greta Friedman and Barbara Sokol. What is being discussed?

16) The VJ-Day photograph by Eisenstadt.

17) Who in the 18th century first began the practice of using ‘shield and arrow’ and ‘hand mirror’ glyphs as symbols to represent male and female?

17) Carolus Linneaus

18) Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and Janata Dal (U) leader H D Kumaraswamy decided on a unique method of settling their political differences at 10 AM on June 27 this year. What was this unique method?

18) They let god arbitrate in the Manjunath temple at Dharmasthala near Bangalore.

19) Name the person being interviewed?

19) Bertrand Russell

20) Connect and fill the blank.

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20) James Franco: People who have hosted the Oscar ceremony and have also been nominated the same year.

21) According to mythology on whose complaint did Indra attack the infant Lord Hanuman with the Vajra resulting in his loss of memory about his powers and why?

21) Rahu.

22) Name this famous Nobel Prize winner of the early 20th century?

22) Johannes Diderik van der Waals

23) Name this film

23) La Strada

24) Who is the artist, more famous in another field of applied art and technology?

24) Le Corbusier (know your quizmaster!!)

25) Metroxylon solomonese, Metroxylon amicarum and Cycas revoluta are plants which are the source of a major staple food in the world. This item of food is often confused with a product from Manihot esculenta plant. What is this called in India and what is it confused with?

25) It is known as Sago or Saboo in India and it is confused with Tapioca.

26) They are part of theRatite group with amaximum weight of around 60 kg, they are the third largestremaining bird on the planet. Name this bird?

26) Cassowary.

27) To the Japanese it's the 'River of Heaven'; to the Chinese ‘Silver River'; in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese it is 'The Road to Santiago'; in Cherokee it's ‘The Way the Dog Ran Away’; in Maltese 'St Anne's Road' and in Turkish it's ‘Road of Straw’. Its the most widely recognised thing in the Western World. What?

27) The Milky Way.

28) One of the two main types of Viking ship, while the “longship” was used in war the other was a merchant vessel. It had a wider beam and deeper hull than the longship, holding between 70 and 100 people. What were these ships called ?

28) Knaar or Knorr

29) Which three ingredients form the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine ?

29) Onion, Bell Pepper and Celery

30) What does the red line named after an Englishman Alfred Wallace denote ?

30) The differentiation in the fauna or animals in the Australian and Asian continents.

31) Two people met on 22nd September 1931 at 45,Beckton Road, Canning Town in East London and discussed about machinery. One was visiting a friend and the other grew up nearby. Name both individuals?

31) Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin

32) Name this individual after whom it is believed that a highest national military honour officially known as the Pour le Mérite named?

32) Max Imelman and the Blue Max.

5 WRITTEN QUESTIONS

5 POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

5 POINTS BONUS ON GETTING ALL 5 CORRECT

1) The flag of which former country?

2) A photograph of a family holiday. Name the person who has been circled?

3) Name this person after whom the centre court venue of a grand slam tournament is named ?

4) A vocal rendition of Raag Behag. What type or genre of singing introduced by Aamir Khusrau in Hindustani music is this?

5) Identify?

ANSWERS

1) The flag of which former country?

1) Kingdom of Sikkim

2) A photograph of a family holiday. Name the person who has been circled?

2) Osama Bin Laden

3) Name this person after whom the centre court venue of a grand slam tournament is named ?

3) Phillipe Chatrier

4) Tarana

4) A vocal rendition of Raag Behag. What type or genre of singing introduced by Aamir Khusrau in Hindustani music is this?

5) Identify?

5) Julianne Moore

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FLAT SCORING 10 POINTS.

NO NEGATIVES. HALF POINTS ARE THE QUIZ MASTERS DECISION

33) This flower has the scientific name derived from the Greek word for lion’s paw. It belongs to the sunflower family and is called Queen’s flower in Romania. Name this flower?

33) Edelweiss.

34) This brand is reportedly the market leader in all countries of the world, except for five: Russia (where Yandex leads), China (_____), the Czech Republic (Seznam), South Korea (Naver) and Japan. Which brand?

34) Google.

35) Identify the lady and connect her to the graphic on the right?

35) Isadora Duncan who died while being driven in a Bugatti.

36) The wine ‘Lacrima Christi’, literally ‘tears of Christ’ gets its name from the legend that Christ cried his tears on the land which had a divine effect on the vines that grew there. The wine is produced on the slopes of which famous mountain?

36) Vesuvius.

37) A commemorative plaque on the wall of 72 Rue de Belleville because a famous person is said to have been born outside the address, under a lamppost, upon a policeman’s cloak. Who?

37) Edith Piaf.

38) Name this tribe of people?

37) Kayan or Padaung of Burma.

39) Please explain the picture on the left to derive the identity of the celestial body on the right.

38) Ganymede in myth being abducted by Zeus as an eagle and the satellite of Jupiter.

40) In 2004 Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones launched a campaign to seek an amendment to Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the constitution of a certain nation. To what end did she do this ?

40) She wants Arnold Schwarzenegger to become president of USA so it is the clause for being born in USA of the American constitution she wants to change.

41) One place in the world where this photograph can be taken. Where?

41) Kamchatka Peninsula.

42) Where is this building, the site of the christening of the first Merovingian king of the Franks?

42) Rheims.

43) Identify this European businesswoman turned politician?

43) Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine.

44) A very rare recording of a performance of Raag Manj Khamaj. Name the musical instrument and the performer?

44) Annapurna Devi and the Sur Bahar.

45) What name is given to the selection of appetizers or small dishes in eastern Mediterranean cuisine which are also served in cafes and restaurants in the Middle East ?

45) Meze.

46) Which former European kingdom was ruled by most number of female monarchs between 13th and 17th century for the duration of 123 years and has been given the sobriquet of ‘Most woman friendly kingdom ever’ on International Women’s Day 2010?

46) The Kingdom of Navarre in Spain.

47) Headquarters of a very important International Organisation in the current times. Name the organisation?

47) WIPO in Geneva.

48) Name the person who played the title of the song?

48) Prema Narayan.

49) The longest reign by a monarch to be documented is credited to this individual. Name him and where did he rule?

49) Shobhuza II of Swaziland.

50) Victor Hugo described him as ‘An infant Shakespeare’. This poet who had largely given up creative writing before his 21st birthday, spent some time as a coffee and gun trader in Aden and Ethiopia before a tumour in his knee forced him to return to his native country. Name him?

50) Arthur Rimbault

51) Name the famous building which is the subject of this clip?

51) The Reichstag

52) Jobari was the mascot for the 5th staging of an International sports event, hosted by Niamey, in Niger, in December 2005. Similarly Cedrus was the mascot for the 6th staging at Beirut, Lebanon in September-October 2009. What event?

52) Francophone Games.

53) Crater (also spelled Kraytar) is an unofficial name for Seera, one of the oldest districts in this city. Situated in the crater of an ancient volcano forming the Shamsan Mountains, which city ?

53) Aden

54) Known a Hallyu it is a movement responsible for over 1 billion dollars of revenue to a country in terms of cultural exports. Hugely influential in Asia it is gaining popularity in North America and Europe due the advent of YouTube and social networking sites. From which country does this originate and what is its main component?

54) South Korea and TV Serials.

55) Built by a ruler of a neighbouring state as a guarding outpost for a subsidiary route of the silk route. The British were invited to conquer it by the local ruler. Converted to a prison, it was one of the most remote prisons of the empire. Name this structure which has been sadly destroyed by neglect?

55) Buxa Fort in North Bengal.

56) You did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed an eternally vigilant symbol of changeby sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.

These are the translated words of a memorial plaque in a building located on the former Bendlerstrasse . Whose memorial?

56) The memorial to the German resistance against the Nazis.

57) What is this mechanical device designed in 1704 to illustrate the relative positions and motions of the bodies in the solar system called ?

57) Orrery.

58) The most ideal wood used for manufacture is teak but generally aged Indian Red Cedar (western name) or Toona Ciliata (scientific name) is used. Other materials used in manufacture , include deer antlers and goat skin. These materials are used for the manufacture of what?

58) Sarod.

59) Name the film ?

59) Deewar

60) Which writer used this logo and derived from his favourite Latin phrase and why?

60) John Steinbeck as his professor had once told him that he would become a writer only if pigs could fly.

61) Stage from a famous race this year. Please explain this different finish?

61) Giro di Italia the neutralized stage to commemorate the death of Wouter Weylandt the day before. His team Radioshack Nissan and best friend Tyler Farrar crossed the line together.

62) Name the song and the composer?

62) Aage Bhi Jaane na tu and Ravi.

63) Koichi Sugiyama, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, Koji Kondo and Motoi Sakuraba are the main exponents of which contemporary genre of music?

63) Video Game Music.

64) Which gem?

64) Tourmaline.