quizzically challenged quiz! finale

A QUIZ FOR THE QUIZZICALLY

CHALLENGED!The Finale

Anand Rajagopal

Q THE CLUB presents

RULES

Quiz to follow Pounce & Bounce. (Written rounds, different rules apply)

Pounce- +15 | -10 Bounce- +5

Quizmaster would like silence in the audience because (refer next page)

2 Teams with least scores to be eliminated after the first 2 rounds.

Quizmaster is the danger

QUIZ FORMAT

5 rounds. 1st round 8 questions, Pounce and

bounce. 2nd round 8 questions, written,

correct answer +5 3rd round 8 questions, Pounce and

bounce. Bounce anticlockwise. 4th round Long Visual Connect, 5

images.

Round 1.

1

And the answer is …

This is Beast, the Hungarian Sheepdog owned by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. The person in pic is Priscilla Chan.

2

 These are the opening lines from the Prologue to which famous work:

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our

scene, From ancient grudge break to new

mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands

unclean.

And the answer is …

Romeo and Juliet.

3

French : “Le trône de fer” German : “Eisenthron” Spanish : “Juego de tronos” English: ?

And the answer is …

4

And the answer is …

Poppy, Remembrance Day.

5

Complete this quote by Field Marshal Manekshaw with the name of an ethnic group:

“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a _____”

And the answer is …

Gurkha.

6

 Syrian who is the vice president at Boomtown Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada, Abdulfattah “John” Jandali never got to meet his son whom he had given up for adoption.

Who is his famous son who died in October 2011?

And the answer is …

Steve Jobs.

7

And the answer is …

Gangnam-ju.

8

Bruce Lee in his movie ‘Enter the Dragon’ has a scene, where he kicks a young chap who sustains a minor jaw injury.

Identify this young chap.

And the answer is …

Jackie Chan.

Round 2.

1

This band owes its name to a certain structure that lies next to its practice place.

Identify the band.

2

3

On 1st May , 1971 , the day after the Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA championship , the Arabic term for ” generous, servant of the all-powerful” became an household name. What is this Arabic term?

4

5

Rumours abound about the name of band X being an acronym for some sort of a group of devil-worshipping crusaders, but the band has denied this, claiming they selected the name as it seemed ‘cool’ for a band known for its flamboyance and stage theatrics, the claim is consistent with their brand of extreme hard rock.

Identify ‘X’.

6

The word X originated somewhere in the middle of the 16th century. While the origin is uncertain, certain sources say it comes from a Middle English phrase meaning “lump”.

It has various associated meanings in thieves’ slang, computing, plastic surgery etc.

Identify ‘X’.

7 The first recorded instance of X is on the clay

tablets of the Harappan civilization. Apart from  India,variants of X are  also present

in other South Asian countries such as Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

X is associated with humility and symbolises the release of Ahambav, or ego from the soul , or Jeev, thereby giving one the ultimate pleasure (Sukh).

It is hence often interpreted as meaning “not mine”.

ID  X 

8

ANSWERS

1

This band owes its name to a certain structure that lies next to its practice place.

Identify the band.

And the answer is …

Thaikkudam Bridge

2

And the answer is …

Dev Patel as Ramanujan.

3

On 1st May , 1971 , the day after the Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA championship , the Arabic term for ” generous, servant of the all-powerful” became an household name. What is this Arabic term?

And the answer is …

“Kareem” Abdul Jabbar

4

And the answer is …

Jamie Bell , Tintin.

5

Rumours abound about the name of band X being an acronym for some sort of a group of devil-worshipping crusaders, but the band has denied this, claiming they selected the name as it seemed ‘cool’ for a band known for its flamboyance and stage theatrics, the claim is consistent with their brand of extreme hard rock.

Identify ‘X’.

And the answer is …

KISS.

6

The word X originated somewhere in the middle of the 16th century. While the origin is uncertain, certain sources say it comes from a Middle English phrase meaning “lump”.

It has various associated meanings in thieves’ slang, computing, plastic surgery etc.

Identify ‘X’.

And the answer is …

Job

7 The first recorded instance of X is on the clay

tablets of the Harappan civilization. Apart from  India,variants of X are  also present

in other South Asian countries such as Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

X is associated with humility and symbolises the release of Ahambav, or ego from the soul , or Jeev, thereby giving one the ultimate pleasure (Sukh).

It is hence often interpreted as meaning “not mine”.

ID  X 

And the answer is …

Namashkar

8

And the answer is …

The Martian.

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Round 3

1

1.Walk this way: Aerosmith 2.Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin 3.Scar Tissue: Red Hot Chilli Peppers 4. Moonage Daydream: David Bowie 5.Riders on the Storm: The Doors 6. The Way I Am: Eminem CONNECT

And the answer is …

These songs are there partly/fully in a band member’s biography/autobiography.

2

This certain form of internet access uses light as a source. Identify what this is known as ?

And the answer is …

Li-Fi

3

The goal of ’X’ is to grow awareness by embracing our hair, which many cancer patients lose, and letting it grow wild and free. Donate the money you typically spend on _______________to educate about cancer prevention, save lives, and aid those fighting the battle.

And the answer is …

No Shave November.

4

Which country has the parties Rhinoceres party,Animal alliance party etc. ?

And the answer is …

Canada.

5

And the answer is …

Rabindranath Tagore

6 In a speech to the President’s Club, Bruce

Herschensohn—former deputy special assistant to President Richard Nixon—reported thatX was executed 14 days later after his arrest.Jan Wong writes that X  is still alive and hiding in mainland China. Canadian children’s author William Bell claims X was named Wang Ai-min and was killed on 9 June after being taken into custody.The last official statement from the PRC government about X came from ex-Premier Jiang Zemin, when asked about the whereabouts of X, Jiang responded: “I think never killed.”

Id X

And the answer is …

7

And the answer is …

The route Phileas Fogg took in Around the World in 80 days.

8 China is infamous for its Internet censorship.The

regulations include criminalizing certain online activities, blocking from view selected websites, and filtering key words out of searches initiated from computers located in Mainland China.

This strict censorship has been given a name, thought to have been coined in Wired magazine in 1997 and is termed as The Great _____ of China .

FITB.

And the answer is …

The Great Firewall of China.

LONG VISUAL CONNECT.

+50 | -25

+40 | -20

+30 | -20

+20 | -10

+10 | no -ves

And the answer is …

COACHES OF ISL TEAMS.

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