Foundation Day1st October,2014

Rules

• Elims-15 questions• 11-15 *-marked questions used in-case of tie-breakers• QM is the final authority …..yada yada yada.• Let’s begin, shall we ?

Q1.

• Vivek Sancheti, a team member, said ‘____' is a very Amdavadi slang is sometimes is not understood by people from other regions. "The first meme was of course ‘__ ___, _____ __ _____ _' which got popular primarily on WhatsApp and Facebook. While explaining it to friends late one night, we created our own meme retaining the sagely wise guy with his palm towards the viewer .It was simple and very effective," he said.

What has been blanked out?

Q2.

Q3.Connect

Q4.Id the personality.

• Known as ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’. His most famous victims include Rajat Gupta , Bank of America and most recently Devyani Khobragade.• In 2012, X was named by Time magazine as one of "The 100 Most

Influential People in the World" and by India Abroad as its “2011 Person of the Year.”• Was in news 2-3 days back as a top contender in the race of being the

US Attorney General

Q5.

• From 1884 these were officially two : Bombay____ and Kolkata_____. • In the 20th century it was unofficially used by Railways according to

Madras_____ . • Many years back there was 1 more of this kind at Port Blair. • Few days back it was again in news for some reasons and debate is

still going on. What am I talking about ?

Q6.

• This British overseas territory has a population of about 57000 but has more than 70000 registered companies and more than 600 banks and trusts.

ID?

Q7.What do you obtain from this equation?

Q8.• X is one of the national languages of Guyana, Fiji and Suriname. First

Indian President Rajendra Prasad and Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri are all associated with this language. P Chidambaram, then Home Minister promised Parliament in 2012 that it would be included among the languages mentioned in the Constitution.

Identify X.

Q9.• X is performed in a circle as a symbol of the Hindu view of time. The

rings of dancers revolve in cycles, as time in Hinduism is cyclical. As the cycle of time revolves, from birth, to life, to death and again to rebirth, the only thing that is constant is the Goddess, that one unmoving symbol in the midst of all of this unending and infinite movement. The dance symbolizes that God, represented in feminine form in this case, is the only thing that remains unchanging in a constantly changing universe.Id X.

Q10.What does the scale signifies?

*Q11.On 17 July 1866, a newspaper wrote that the Prince "retired to the royal pavilion on a "______'s egg"".There are several variations used to describe specific types of _______ with prefixes like 1. Golden2. Silver3. Bronze4. Diamond5. Platinum6. Royal7. Laughing8. Titanium9.Pair10. King's Pairthe more the value of the prefix the rare is the event of ______ happening!!!

*Q12.“Sab se behtar banunga main.Jaisa koi aur na tha.Unhe pakarna imtehaan mera.Aur sikhana maqsad khara.

Is safar per nikla hoon main.Ghoomunga chaaron disha.Her X ki shakti hai khaas.Jise mujhko hai samajhna.

___________________Yahi hai qismat meri.X ...ooh, tum mere saathi.Dekhegi yeh duniya saari.____________________Kaam ayega hausla hi.Saathi main, aur ek saathi tu.X___________

__________X”

ID X.

*Q13.Who is seen here, at the opening session of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in his capacity as a newly appointed political advisor?

*Q14.Whose grave?

*Q15. Connect the following

ANSWERS!

Q1.

• Vivek Sancheti, a team member, said ‘____' is a very Amdavadi slang is sometimes is not understood by people from other regions. "The first meme was of course ‘__ ___, _____ __ _____ _' which got popular primarily on WhatsApp and Facebook. While explaining it to friends late one night, we created our own meme retaining the sagely wise guy with his palm towards the viewer .It was simple and very effective," he said.

What has been blanked out?

Answer

Q2.

Answer

Q3.Connect

Q4.Id the personality.

• Known as ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’. His most famous victims include Rajat Gupta , Bank of America and most recently Devyani Khobragade.• In 2012, X was named by Time magazine as one of "The 100 Most

Influential People in the World" and by India Abroad as its “2011 Person of the Year.”• Was in news 2-3 days back as a top contender in the race of being the

US Attorney General

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara

Q5.• From 1884 these were officially two : Bombay____ and Kolkata_____. • In the 20th century it was unofficially used by Railways according to

Madras_____ . • Many years back there was 1 more of this kind at Port Blair. • Few days back it was again in news for some reasons and debate is

still going on. What am I talking about ?

Indian Standard Time

Q6.

• This British overseas territory has a population of about 57000 but has more than 70000 registered companies and more than 600 banks and trusts.

ID?

Answer

Cayman Islands

Q7.What do you obtain from this equation?

AnswerThe Batman equation

Q8.• X is one of the national languages of Guyana, Fiji and Suriname. First

Indian President Rajendra Prasad and Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri are all associated with this language. P Chidambaram, then Home Minister promised Parliament in 2012 that it would be included among the languages mentioned in the Constitution.

Identify X.

Answer

Bhojpuri

Q9.• X is performed in a circle as a symbol of the Hindu view of time. The

rings of dancers revolve in cycles, as time in Hinduism is cyclical. As the cycle of time revolves, from birth, to life, to death and again to rebirth, the only thing that is constant is the Goddess, that one unmoving symbol in the midst of all of this unending and infinite movement. The dance symbolizes that God, represented in feminine form in this case, is the only thing that remains unchanging in a constantly changing universe.Id X.

Garba

Q10.What does the scale signifies?

AnswerPencil shades

*Q11.On 17 July 1866, a newspaper wrote that the Prince "retired to the royal pavilion on a "______'s egg"".There are several variations used to describe specific types of _______ with prefixes like 1. Golden2. Silver3. Bronze4. Diamond5. Platinum6. Royal7. Laughing8. Titanium9.Pair10. King's Pairthe more the value of the prefix the rare is the event of ______ happening!!!

Duck

*Q12.

“Sab se behtar banunga main.Jaisa koi aur na tha.Unhe pakarna imtehaan mera.Aur sikhana maqsad khara.

Is safar per nikla hoon main.Ghoomunga chaaron disha.Her X ki shakti hai khaas.Jise mujhko hai samajhna.

___________________Yahi hai qismat meri.X ...ooh, tum mere saathi.Dekhegi yeh duniya saari.____________________Kaam ayega hausla hi.Saathi main, aur ek saathi tu.X___________

___________X”

ID X.

AnswerPokemon

*Q13.Who is seen here, at the opening session of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in his capacity as a newly appointed political advisor?

The former Chinese basketball player Yao Ming

*Q14.Whose grave?

Walter Hartwell 'Walt' White, Sr

*Q15. Connect the following

Answer

HMS Beagle Charles Darwin’s ship.

FINALS

3 Rounds1)अनं�त झपट्टा 2)तम त� thaire परदे�सी�3)कनं�क्ट दृश्य

ROUND 1: अनं�त झपट्टा

• Standard Infinite Pounce• 6 Questions• +20 on the pounce for correct answer, -10 for incorrect answer• +20 on the direct

Q1.

Identify the song.• The lead singer of this band wrote this song about his

father, who died of cancer on 1-9-1982. At his father's funeral, he cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his mother got home and knocked on the door to his room, he simply said something and hence the title. • The song eventually became a tribute song to the

victims of Hurricane Katrina, and sound bites were added from various news coverages to the song.

WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS-GREEN DAY

Q2.

X welcomed it with a “Namaste”. X also congratulated Y for joining it.

To this, Y replied: “Howdy X ? Keep in touch. I’ll be around.”

After a while Y also said that “I’ll be back after breakfast. Good ol’ sunlight. It’s good for your battery.”

ID X and Y

TWITTER EXCHANGE BETWEEN NASA’S MARS CURIOSITY ROVERAND ISRO’S MARS ORBITER.

Q3.

• Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event is described as an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance.

• The day was August 30, 1998 - less than a week before X would officially incorporate as a company.

• Despite and maybe because of all the chaos that would come with incorporation, the founders spent the last week of August 1998 to go to the Burning Man festival.

• To let the users know that they were out of the office, they decided to send out a message.

• This particular action was the beginning of a trend that goes on till this day and is immensely popular.

• Identify the Company and what is being talked about here?

GOOGLE AND

GOOGLE DOODLE

Q3.

Julius Caesar Act I Scene II – FITB CASSIUS

“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow worldLike a Colossus, and we petty menWalk under his huge legs and peep aboutTo find ourselves dishonourable graves.Men at some time are masters of their fates:__ _____, dear Brutus, is not __ ___ _____,But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

Hint:It will be FOX STAR studio's second remake production after the Hrithik-Katrina Kaif " Bang Bang"?

Q4.

Born to a family of Grape farmers, X was the owner of a tractor manufacturing company. After getting some profit from his business he decided to buy a Ferrari for himself.After he bought the Ferrari he didn't quite enjoy driving it and realised that there was some problem with the clutch.So he consulted the mechanic at his tractor firm , who pointed but that Ferrari was using the same clutch that was used in their tractors.Frustrated in hearing this X went to Enzo Ferrari and told him about this.Mr.Ferrari on the other hand didn't take it seriously and neglected him by saying a farmer like him wasn't worth for driving a Ferrari.What originated from this conversation?

Lamborghini

Q5. Cape Cobras players celebrating a run-out in the ongoing CLT20 tournament.

What has been blanked out from the Wicketkeeper's shirt?

466/64

Q6.

Starting of the event:How are you doing, New York... I hope, you are having, a good time... Namaste. My greetings, to all those, watching on TVs, laptops, tablets and phones, as well.” Ending of the event:“Thank you once again, for having me over. Thanks in particular, to X here. God bless you all. May the Force be with You...”

• Id X plus for the pounce also the event

Hugh Jackman

• Global Citizen Festival at Central Park

Round 2:तम त� thaire परदे�सी�

• Nothing Indian.• Bid= +10 +20 +30 if correct -5 -10 -15 if incorrect

Q1.Directors fear casting this particular actor in a major

production, or do not reveal his character in the trailers to ensure that the climax of the movie is kept intact." This

statement is actually false and is based on a very famous urban legend which is reinforced by X's roles in

major film and TV roles. However the urban legend is not completely true and can be refuted by citing movies such

as Flightplan, National Treasure, Anna Karenina and theatre productions such as Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet

and based on interpretation Maid of the West. What Urban Legend?

Answer

Sean Bean always dies

Q2.

For the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, this TV show was nominated in the "Drama Series"

category instead of the "Miniseries" category. The two lead actors ended up presenting the

Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie" which was given to

Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock. Which 2 actors? Which TV show?

Answer

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson for True Detective

Q3.

Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational

physics and astrophysics. A long-time friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Feynman Professor of Theoretical

Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) until 2009 and one of the world's

leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein's general theory of relativity. What

new project is he involved in 2014?

Answer

Interstellar (as Exec Producer)

Q4.

X, an American author was born shortly after a visit by Y in 1835, and he predicted that he would "go out with it," too. He died the day following Y’s subsequent return in 1910.

ID X,Y.

AnswerX - Mark TwainY- Halley’s Comet

Q5. Whose job profile?• Baby Proofer• Bartender• Beef Jerky Manufacturer• Blackjack Dealer• Boxer• Butler• Ice cream Truck Driver• Garbage Commissioner• Grease Collector• Guard• Coach• Farmer

• Food Critic• Fisherman• Inventor• Mall Santa Claus• Oil rig worker• Food Critic

And many more

Answer

Homer Simpson

The man in the picture is Ian William Richardson, CBE. He is a leading Scottish Shakespearean stage actor. However he is best remembered for playing a character in 1990 which again rose to prominence in 2013. Which character?

Q6.

Answer

• Francis Urquhart. • Francis Underwood in ‘House of Cards (US)’

Round 3: कनं�क्ट दृश्य

• 6 slides connect to a central theme• +5 for individual slides• Stakes written on each slide• May the Force be with you

1. +60 -30I love watching X bat. He looks to me like an individual of my own heart. I love his aggression and serious passion that I used to have. He reminds me of myself," Richards said.

"He is an individual who doesn`t back off from confrontation. Someone, who can stand his ground under pressure, I love that as you can`t teach these instinctive aspects," Richards said "Just like me, he loves the ball to come to him. He wants to dive, stop the runs. He is a livewire unlike some fielders, who would just dig a hole and dive in it rather than dive to stop the ball!" he said.

2.Connect +50 -25

3. +40 -20• _____ ______ is an upcoming Hindi neo-noir drama film directed and

co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, based on historian Gyan Prakash's book Mumbai Fables. Set in Bombay of the 1960s, the film tells the story of a boxer, Johnny Balraj, and an aspiring jazz singer, Rosie, and how their hopes and dreams collide with their individual realities. It stars X, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in lead roles.

• Id X

4.

5.

• In 2011, he launched his own production company called SKBH Productions .• Money generated from film productions was to be donated to his

NGO. • First film made under the banner was kids entertainer Chillar Party.

Who are we talking about?

6. +10

Answers

ISL TEAM OWNERS/CO-OWNERS

1)Virat Kohli

2)Sachin Tendulkar(brands endorsed by him)

3)Ranbir Kapoor

4)John Abraham

5)Salman Khan

6)Sourav Ganguly(Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti)

That’s All Folks!