1. Session conducted by-Tirtharup Mukherjee,CST,2nd yearSunirmal Ghosh,ME,2nd year

2. Welcome Fresher's toQuizmaniacBeings 3. Written Round-1 4. Taglines offamous brands10 qs- 5 marks each 5. 1. My life , my card 6. 2. Break through 7. 3. Between love andmadness lies obsession 8. 4. The happiest placeon earth 9. 5. The ultimatedriving machine 10. 6. The king of beers 11. 7. One client at a time 12. 8. The world on time 13. 9. American by birth.Rebel by choice. 14. 10. Some of our best menare women 15. Exchange sheets please 16. Answers follow 17. 1. American Express2. Cadillac3. Calvin Klein4. Disneyland5. BMW6. Budweiser7. Morgan Stanley8. Fedex9. Harley Davidson10. U.S. Army 18. SCORES PLEASE! 19. MIXED BAG-1 20. *1. Raviraj, an IIT KGP student tried selling the DPS MMSscandal clip by listing it on Baazee.com.KGP became notoriously famous overnight as a giant Hubof unlimited porn. When KGP-ians returned to college inJanuary, even uttering the word 'porn' was serious sacrilege.There was a rumor that someone somewhere is monitoringyour computer.Then after a few days, no one knows how or from where, aterm was coined. This is the story of ___. Slowly with time,people started sharing more ___ on DC and soon life washappy as ever for the KGPian.WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 21. ANSWERS 22. BHAJAN.Euphemisms for pornvideos. 23. 2. Claim to fame?Prince Manvendra Singh Gohilappeared on Oprah in 2007. He isthe 39th direct descendant in a650-year-old dynasty.In May 2009, it was announcedthat there are plans to turn PrinceManvendra's life story into amajor motion picture. The scriptwill be written by a member ofthe erstwhile Kapurthala royalfamily, Prince Amarjit Singh. Butwhat is his claim to fame? 24. ANSWERS 25. The only known person ofroyal lineage in modern Indiato have publicly revealed heis GAY. 26. *3. Connect.A-bomb.Babysitter.Caviar.Ding.Esra.Firewood.Gasper.Hanhich.Instaga.Jane.Kaya.Lima.Meggie.Nail.Ozone.Pasto.Queen Annes lace.And so on 27. ANSWERS 28. Slangs for marijuana. 29. 4. In January 2014, the Editors Guild of Indiacondemned barbs on the media hurled bypoliticians & other public figures. The trigger wasa statement by form any chief V.K.Singh who useda pejorative term X to describe journalists over areport on the movement of army units that hefelt had caused concern to the government. Whatis X? 30. ANSWERS 31. Presstitutes 32. 5. 20 Feet from Stardom is an Oscar documentaryfilm directed by Morgan Neville & produced byGil Friensen, a music industry executive whosecuriosity to know more about the lives of acertain group of people inspired the making ofthe film.Which group if people did he make the movieon? 33. ANSWERS 34. Background/Chorussingers. 35. *6. This American political party advocatesamong other things, the withdrawal of allAmerican troops around the world,including Korea, Japan, Europe & the entireMIDDLE-East. The party has alsoparticipated in the Presidential Election &their agenda & policies were described aslibertarian. Name the party. 36. ANSWERS 37. *7. X joined Google in 1999 as 1st femaleengineer. During his 13 years stay, she wasengineer, designer, product manager & executive.X held key roles in Google Search, Google Maps,Google Books, Google Product Search, GoogleToolbar , Gmail & iGoogle . On 16th July, Xappointed CEO of Y, another multinationalinternet corporation. In 2013, she ranked 32 inForbes Magazines list of Worlds 100 Mostpopular women.Give X & Y. 38. ANSWERS 39. X Marissa MayerY - Yahoo 40. 8. We all know aboutThird Reich. So, whatare First & SecondReich? 41. ANSWERS 42. First Reich- Holy RomanEmpire of CharlemagneSecond Reich- UnifiedGerman Empire underKaiser Wilhelm & Bismarck 43. *9. Who were themembers of the LoyalOrder of WaterBuffaloes Lodge no.26? 44. ANSWERS 45. Fred Flintstone & Barney Rubble 46. 10. X was born on December 16, 1969. He isa Chinese businessman known for foundingY, one of Chinas largest technologycompanies. The New York Times reports Ina country where products like iphones aremade but rarely invented, X, entrepreneur,billionaire & professed Steve Jobs acolyte- ispositioning himself & his company asfigurative heirs of Mr. Jobs. The Chinesemedia have nicknamed his company Y theApple of the East. Give X & Y. 47. ANSWERS 48. X- Lei JunY- Xiaomi 49. 11. The place is 50. ANSWERS 51. *12. Connect 52. ANSWERS 53. Places where American Presidents have beenassassinatedFords Theatre- Abraham LincolnBaltimore and Potomac Railroad- James .A.GarfieldBaltimore and Potomac Railroad- James .A.GarfieldDealey Plaza- John .F. Kennedy 54. *13. What is being pointed here? 55. ANSWERS 56. The Tamburello curve at Imolawhere Ayrton Senna was killed. 57. 14. FUNDA? 58. ANSWERS 59. Map of Nobel Laureates byCountryUS has won the most with 338Laureates. India has won 8. 60. *15. Minimalist poster of ??? 61. ANSWERS 62. SCORES PLEASE! 63. Long Visual Connect 64. RULES:10 visual clues that form a non-exhaustiveconnect.The number of points available fora correct answer on a certain cluewill be mentioned. 65. 1. (+100/-60) 66. 2. (+100/-60) 67. 3. (+80/-40) 68. 4. (+80/-40) 69. 5. (+60/-20) 70. 6. (+60/-20) 71. 7.(+40/10) 72. 8. (+40/-10) 73. 9. (+20/-5) 74. 10.(+10/0) 75. Answers 76. Sequoia CapitalAll these start-ups were initiallyfunded by the above-mentionedinvestment fund. 77. SCORES PLEASE! 78. Written 2(algebra) 79. RULES:There are list of unknowns from Ato H. Read the paragraph and givethem. A to H are connected . All arevery easy. 80. A is a noted actor and film producer, having actedin films like Seven, 12 Monkeys. A and B arewidely considered Hollywoods super-couple andtheir relationship started after the duo starredtogether in the film C. A acted in the acclaimedcrime comedy Snatch, written and directed byD. D also directed popular actor E in his filmseries Sherlock Holmes. On December 22 2000,D married American pop singer F, with whom hehas 2 sons.CONTD...... 81. F is again a very popular singer song-writer, whois recognised by Guinness World Records as thebest female recording artist of all time.Billboard placed F in 2nd place in the Hot 100 All-Time Artists chart, behind the very famous rock-bandG. H was a founder member of G, whosestance of peace-activism and anti-war stancecreated quite a stir.ID A to H. 82. EXCHANGE SHEETS! 83. ANSWERS 84. A- Brad PittB-Angelina JolieC-Mr. And Mrs. SmithD-Guy RitchieE-Robert Downey JuniorF-MadonnaG-BeatlesH-John Lennon 85. SCORES PLEASE! 86. MIXED BAG-2 87. *16.Why is a lady named SharbatGula, born in 1972, ubiquitouslyknown in the world ofphotography? 88. ANSWERS 89. Afghan girl in the NationalGeographic magazine 90. 17. At 18, he signed for Manchester City in 1928.In 1930, Manchester United made an enquiryabout signing him, but were unable to afford thefee that City demanded. In 1930, he was sold toLiverpool after making more than 200appearances for City. At Liverpool he was veryinfluential and eventually became their captain.During the WW2, he made 3 appearances forChelsea as well.Name this absolute legend of English football. 91. ANSWERS 92. Sir Matt Busby, who else? 93. *18. He was born on June 11, 1969 with a common formof achondroplasia, though it did not hamper his lateracting career. He made his debut in the film 1995 Livingin Oblivion as a frustrated actor with dwarfism whocomplained about his clichd roles.Later his breakout performance came in the 2003 filmThe Station Agent, for which he received the SAGAward nomination for best actor. When asked about themost striking thing about his appearance he said When Iwas younger, I definitely let it get to me. As anadolescent, I was bitter and angry. But the older you get,you realize you just have to have a sense of humour.Identify this iconic personality. 94. ANSWERS 95. Of course its Peter Dinklage! 96. 19. Connect 97. ANSWERS 98. These are Hanna-Barbara showswhich are written by SathMacfarlane 99. 20. These are the flags of a middle-easterncountry. The left oneprevailed up to 2004 & a slightchange was made. What is thereason? 100. ANSWERS 101. This is the flag of Iraq . The script ofthe left flag was written by SaddamHussain himself. In 2004, after hisdeath the script was changed intokurfi in which the Quran is written. 102. 21. Connect and find the missingone:Cristiano RonaldoNeymarMiroslav StoichXZlatan Ibrahimovich 103. ANSWERS 104. All are Puscas Award winners.The missing one is Hamid Altintop. 105. 22. These 3 are famous works ofwhich European Master 106. ANSWERS 107. Claude Monet 108. 23. Which is this recentcontroversial game? 109. ANSWERS 110. BOMB GAZA 111. 24. Known for its soft colours, thissaree is available in both silk 7cotton. It owes its name to 11thcentury town in Madhya Pradesh,90 km. south of Jhansi. Identify? 112. ANSWERS 113. Chanderi Saree 114. 25. In 1960s, The first president of India, Rajendra Prasadmet someone called Nazir Hussain and asked him to makesomething.The first product of this industry was back in 1963 and its nameroughly translated to Mother Ganges, I will offer you a yellowsari,which was created by Biswanath Prasad Shahabadi andKundan Kumar.What started thus? 115. ANSWERS 116. Bhojpuri Film Industry 117. 26. V. S. Wakankar is an Indian Archeologist.He was once travelling by train to Bhopal, whenhe saw some rock formations similar to those hehad seen in Spain and France. In 1957, he visitedthe area again along with a team of archaeologistsand discovered several prehistoric rock shelters.How is this area popularly known to us today? 118. ANSWERS 119. Bhimbetka(M.P) 120. 27. Which Oscar-winner'sdirectorial debut was the short film'I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Heron a Meat Hook, and Now I Have aThree-Picture Deal at Disney'? 121. ANSWERS 122. Ben Affleck 123. 28. Glenn McDuffie passed away on March 9th,2014. McDuffie once said that he had to passfive polygraph tests to verify his claim to be acertain individual, before he was finally confirmedto be that person. Why does he claim to fame? 124. ANSWERS 125. He is the sailor in this photo 126. 29. Whose letter? 127. ANSWERS 128. Lorde 129. 30. Identify both. 130. ANSWERS 131. Maria Sharapova & EugenieBouchard 132. Theme Connect 133. 1. X was born in Taiwan. He received B.Sc fromCALTECH , MD from Harvard-MIT Division ofHealth Science & Technology. He did his clinicaltraining in internal medicine & infectious diseasesat UCLA School of Medicine & MassachusettsGeneral Hospital. He has been the forefront ofAIDS research for three decades & famous forpioneering contribution to treatment of HIVpatients. ID X. 134. 2. He is an American computer programmer,internet entrepreneur & philanthropist . Hispersonal wealth as of July 2014, isestimated $33.1 billion. Since 2010, Timemagazine has named him among the 100wealthiest & most influential people. In2011, he ranked first on the list of Mostinfluential Jews in the world by theJerusalem Post & topped the list up to 2013. Who? 135. 3. X is American media mogul &philanthropist. As a businessman, hefounded CNN, the first 24 hours cable newschannel . He has founded WTDS, whichpioneered the superstation concept in Cabletelevision. As a philanthropist , he is knownfor $1 billion gift to support United Nationsfoundation. Now, he serves as Chairman ofUN Board of Directors. ID X. 136. 4. X first came to limelight when he led the1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. He thenhelped found the Southern ChristianLeadership Conference (SCLC) and becameits first president. Other than being apioneering human rights activist, he wasalso vocal against senseless capitalism,flawed political structure and the VietnamWar.ID X. 137. 5. He is Hungarian-born Americanbusinessman, engineer & author. He is ascience pioneer in the semiconductorindustry. He escaped from Communist-controlledHungary at the age of 20 & wentto U.S. He has been called the guy whodrove the growth phase of Silicon Valley.Steve Jobs also considered him as his idol.Who? 138. 5. He is Hungarian-born Americanbusinessman, engineer & author. He is ascience pioneer in the semiconductorindustry. He escaped from Communist-controlledHungary at the age of 20 & wentto U.S. He has been called the guy whodrove the growth phase of Silicon Valley.Steve Jobs also considered him as his idol.Who? 139. 6. With the bouncy popular song Happy Days are HereAgain as his campaign theme, X defeated the thenincumbent Republican president. His optimism &activism contributed to the renewal of the Americannational spirit .He along with his key side , Harry Hopkinsbuilt a New Deal Coalition that realigned Americanpolitics and his domestic politics defined Americanliberalism for the middle 3rd of 20th century. Acharismatic leader and a brilliant orator, his tenures asthe president was marked by the unprecedented growthin the economic sector. IDENTIFY X. 140. 7. X was born on 12th January,1964 and is anAmerican business magnate and investor. In2013, he purchased the Washington Post.In 2012, X and his wife donated $2.5 millionfor the cause of same-sex marriage in thestate of Washington. After graduating fromPrinceton in 1986, X worked in Wall Street,Bankers Trust and DE Shaw and Co. Finallyin 1994, he found something and the rest ishistory. 141. 8. He was an American actor & politician. He wasthe 40th President of the U.S. From 1981 to 1989& 33rd Governor of California . His 2nd term wasmarked by foreign matters such as ending theCold War, 1986 bombing of Libya & revelation ofIran-Contra Affair. He negotiated with MikhailGorbachev to sign INF Treaty & decreasingnuclear weapons. He left his office in 1994 afterdiagnosed with Alzheimer disease. Who? 142. 9. As a 25 year old US air pilot, X emergedsuddenly from virtual obscurity toinstantaneous world-fame as a result of hisOrteig Prize winning feat. Thisunprecedented exploit brought him manyhonours, including the Medal of Honour.Later his 20-month old infant son waskidnapped and murdered, in what came tobe referred by the press as the Crime ofthe Century.ID X. 143. 10. X Mandir is convention cum exhibitioncentre and memorial located at Sector 13,Gandhinagar. It is one of the biggestconvention centre in India, spreading over34 acres. It was developed by thegovernment of Gujarat. Business meets likeVibrant Gujarat summit were organizedhere in 2011 and 2013.ID X. 144. Answers follow 145. 1. David Hoe2. Mark Zuckerberg3. Ted Turner4. Martin Luther King Jr.5. Andrew Grove6. Franklin Delano Roosevelt7. Jeff Bezos8. Ronald Reagan9. Charles Lindbergh10.Mahatma Gandhi 146. All of them wereTimes Person of theYear. 147. SCORES PLEASE! 148. HappyQuizzing 149. In case of kudos or brickbats or anyform of suggestions, please contactthe unfortunate & ignorantquizmasters( Tirtharup , 9830503563 ,tirthacr7@gmail.com &Sunirmal , 8902456831 ,sunirmalgh@gmail.com)