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Headrush Mega QuizMains-Dhruv Bhatnagar

• Fairly Short Quiz• 2 Infinite Pounce• 1 Written Round• 1 Connect

Infinite Pounce 1• 8 Questions on the Pounce• +10/-10 on the Pounce• 8 Directs to Everyone (+10/0)• Do not pounce if you know Part Answers as will have to neg you then.

Lets Begin!

1.• X is deeply passionate about sailing and joined the crew of a Y (a team

that he partly owns) for the second leg of the America’s Cup race. • The Yacht ended the race 5 mins 25 seconds ahead of the second

place finisher and brought back the 159 Year old America’s Cup back to the United States for the first time in 15 years.

• Give me X and the name of his team Y

And the answer is….

1. X- Larry Ellision Y- Team Oracle

2.• This is Pere Lachaise Cemetery and is the largest cemetery in the City of

Paris. The cemetery houses more than one million bodies and many of them are famous people.• It is very difficult to get buried in the cemetery these days as there is a

waiting list and very few plots are available, with a rule that only people who died in the Paris can be buried .• It attracts a lot of tourists as they visit to see the graves of some of the

most famous personalities in the world.• Despite the presence of Moliere, Chopin, Proust, Oscar Wilde and Edith

Piaf, X’s grave draws the most visitors. So much that the a permanent guard is stationed there so as to prevent acts of vandalism and graffiti which have occurred frequently before. Who is X?

And the answer is….

2. Jim Morrison

3.• Why is there a new proposal to start a vulture sanctuary in

Doongerwaadi, Malabar Hill, Mumbai?• Spin a story.

And the answer is….

3. Tower of Silence Mumbai

4.• X is a grass-roots activism organization based in the deprived

neighborhood of Sundar Nagri, New Delhi, India. • X was started by Y and Z. It focused on assisting citizens in navigating

income tax, electricity and food ration matters in parts of Delhi. The organization exposed a fake ration card scam in 2008 but, according to a founder member, did not have a great impact generally and was largely dying by 2012.• Y noted in 2012 that the success of the organization was limited, saying

that it was "ephemeral and delusionary in nature. We got success on the issue till the time we worked on it in that area but as we moved on to next issue the old issue became even worse than before.“• Give me X,Y and Z.

And the answer is….

4.. X- Parivartan Y- Arvind Kejriwal Z- Manish Sisodia

5.• Writing Credits of ________. Fill in the Blanks.1. Press Gang 1989-19932. Joking Apart 1991-19953. Chalk 19974. Murder Most Horrid 1994-19995. Coupling 2007-20086. ________ 2005-20137. ________ (Screenplay) 20118. Sherlock 2010 – 2014

And the answer is….

5.• Steven Moffat• 6. Dr Who• 7. The Adventures of Tintin

6.• In Finance,______ refers to October 19,1987 when stock markets

around the world crashed which led to the shedding of a huge value in a very short time. Began in Hong Kong and spread west to Europe, hitting the US after other markets.• The name ________ was also applied to October 28,1929 as it was

this day which started the Stock Market Crash of 1929.• Fill in the Blank.

And the answer is….

6. Black Monday

7.• Several Months after Y’s book was published, X sent a letter to his

former pupil Y.• Although Y sent a copy to X, X couldn’t finish the book for several

months because of his poor eyesight.• In a letter to Y, X wrote “"Good book, but the future will be more like

what I wrote in _________, not ______.“• Give me X and Y.

And the answer is….

7.• X- Aldous Huxley• Y- George Orwell

8.

• 2 months back McDonalds, in order to compete with growing competition introduced a new concept at two of its stores in California and Illinois.• As part of the revamp they added new signage and custom wall

mounted iPads.• What change was introduced which led to a food blog commenting..“This McDonald's is the McDonald's of the future. I'm not saying that just because it's really clean and people are happy. I'm saying that because this McDonald's has iPads! What do these iPads do? …..”

And the answer is….

8. Bring your own Burger

End of Round 1.• Scores Please.

Written Round• 8 Famous Quotes• Give me who said it.• +5 for each correct.• +10 if all correct.

Example-1• “Let them eat cake.”

Answer-• Marie Antoinette

1.

• "Give me a museum and I'll fill it."

2.

• "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."

3.

• "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."

4.

• "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."

5.

• "Now I am becoming death, the destroyer of worlds."

6.• "You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a

kind word alone."

7.• “The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists.”

8.• “Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a

photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.”

Exchange Sheets

1.

• "Give me a museum and I'll fill it.“ –Pablo Picasso

2.

• "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.“- Bjarne Stroustroup

3.

• "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.“ –Oscar Wilde

4.

• "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.“- Carl Sagan

5.

• "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.“- Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the world’s first nuclear explosion

6.• "You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a

kind word alone.“- Al Capone

7.• “The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists.”-

Edward Snowden

8.• “Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a

photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.”- Billie Jean King

End of Written Round

Infinite Bounce 2• Same Rules as Infinite Bounce 1• Goes Anti Clockwise

1.• India’s largest public art programme, bidding to become the most

visited museum in the world, with a 3km long display of 7,000 art works from the 8th to the 19th Century, Bollywood murals and even a wall plastered with cow dung will be curated on these walls.• Titled ‘Jaya He’ (Glory to India), it captures the expanse, depth and

beauty of Indian art, craft & cultural heritage.• Where is it this set to open?

And the answer is….

1.

• Terminal 2 Mumbai Airport

2.• The ___________ Boys is a 1998 film directed and co-written by

Terence Ryan about the extraordinary neutrality arrangements pertaining to Ireland during World War II, by the Éamon de Valera government.• The title comes from a popular nickname for the RAF personnel

during the period, because they were considered stylish. FITB.

And the answer is….

2.• Brylcreem

3.

• The Franco Prussian War in 1870 finally ended with the siege of Paris, which resulted in the final defeat of the French Army. In order to humiliate the French, the ceremony to proclaim New Germany was held at the traditional residence of the French Kings at X,20kms from Paris.• In order to get back at the Germans, what significant event almost 50

years later was held at the same venue by the insistence of the French Government.• Give me the event and X.

And the answer is….

3.• Event – Treaty of Versailles in 1919• X- Palace of Versailles

4.• Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124–1204) was one of the wealthiest and most

powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages,a member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child, then later queen consort of France (1137–1152) and of England (1154–1189).• She shares a unique record with a currently living personality. • Who and what record?

And the answer is….

4. Graca Machel

• Graça Machel is the second woman in history to have been first lady of two separate republics serving as the First Lady of Mozambique from 1975 to 1986 and the First Lady of South Africa from 1998 to 1999.

5.• The ____(X)_____ dynasty was an Indian Hindu dynasty that ruled the

Kingdon of Mysore from 1399 to 1947,unti the independence of India from the British rule.• This is the only Indian royal family in the 5000 years history of India (right

from the times of Ramayana) to have ruled a kingdom for more than 500 years. In addition, this is the only royal family ever existed to be defeated never in its 6 century history.• The dynasty was in the news a month back when Y, the 60-year-old last prince

of Mysore's dynasty, died. • Y was a 4 time Congress MP from Mysore, President of the Karnataka State

Cricket Association and also a fashion designer and promoted the popular Mysore silk saris under his Royal Silk of Mysore brand.• Give me X.

And the answer is….

5. Wodeyar/Wadiyar

6.• The first warnings about X were given by Jerome and Marilyn Murray,

an Illinois couple, in a book titled “Computers in Crisis: How to Avert the Coming Worldwide Computer Systems Collapse”.• Mrs Murray keyed in some details about a fixed long term investment

and the computer spat back gibberish.• Predicting "domestic and international chaos" if someone didn't

come up with [a solution], the Murrays wrote in their foreword: "We have placed our confidence, physical and economic well-being, and future hope in the development of a technology now seen to be fatally flawed through collective human oversight. What have we done? What will we do?“• What problem/issue were they talking about?

And the answer is….

6. Y2K Bug

7.• In fluid dynamics, a ________ is a region within a fluid where the flow

is mostly a spinning motion about an imaginary axis, straight or curved. That motion pattern is called a _____ flow• _____ form in stirred fluids, including liquids, gases, and plasmas. • Some common examples are smoke rings, the whirlpools often seen

in the wake of boats and paddles, and the winds surrounding hurricanes, tornadoes and dust devils. _________ form in the wake of airplanes and are prominent features of Jupiter's atmosphere.• They are a major component of turbulent motion. Two types exist:

Stationary and Moving

And the answer is….

7. Vortex

8.• This is X talking about working with the Director Y in the movie Z.• “Y worked like the CEO of a corporate house. He had the systems

worked out. Every morning, you were to report to your dressing rooms – be seated with full make-up. Then Y would come by to greet you – which was a good thing – only, this was his way of keeping track of who came at what time. And, the tenor of his ‘hello’ let you know if he was upset. Discipline was so severe that even poor Sanjeev Kumar never came late, even once! Then, Y’s vision was just that. His. Leaving no room for the actor to improvise. There was such minute detailing with sketches and all – that it was like a mathematical equation.“• Give me X,Y and Z for full points.

And the answer is….

8.• X- Farooq Shaikh• Y- Satyajit Ray• Z- Shatranj ke Khiladi

End of Infi Bounce 2. Scores please..

The “Chhotu-sa Arbit” Connect Round• 4 slides• No points for Individual Slides.• Only points for getting the Connect.• Question does NOT stop if any team gets it.

1. +40/-20• Cochlear implants• Scratch-resistant lenses

2. +30/-10• Cordless vacuum cleaner• Invisible braces

3. +20/-5• Freeze Dried foods• Memory Foam

4. +10/0

• Space blanket• Aircraft Anti-Icing System• Improved radial tires• Moisture- and pH-sensitive sensors • Heat shield and Fire-Retardant paints• LZR Racer Swimsuits

Answer…

NASA Spinoff Technologies• All of them developed using NASA Research, now used in public

spheres.

Thank You.• Hope you enjoyed the Quiz.