baqc - qfi quiz
TRANSCRIPT
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BAQC/QFI Quiz
9th May: BAQC
16th May: QFI
Swaroop Ramaswamy Jayadev Bhaskaran
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Rules
• 4 written rounds, +5/0 for all written rounds
• 60 questions on infinite pounce, 30 clockwise, 30 anticlockwise
• +10/0 on bounce, part points wherever applicable
• +10/-10 on pounce, no part points on pounce
• All odd numbered bounce questions are bad
• All even numbered bounce questions are worse
• All the best!
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The anatomy of this quiz…
Infinite pounce questions only
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WRITTEN ROUND 1
GOOGLE DOODLES
+5 per correct answer
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ANSWERS
Exchange sheets…
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Rabindranath Tagore
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John Venn
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Raj Kapoor
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Howard Carter
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Tchaikovsky
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Halloween
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Claude Monet
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The Hermitage museum
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Wildebeest migration
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India vs Pakistan, 2015 World Cup
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CLOCKWISE
Infinite bounce 1
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1
• The currency of this island nation is the tala,
which is further divided into sene.
• The symbol for the tala is sometimes prefixed
by WS, reflecting the earlier name of the
nation.
• What country?
• What do tala and sene mean?
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Answer…
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A
• Samoa (earlier called Western Samoa)
• Tala and sene are transliterations of dollar and
cent respectively
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• “On my trip towards the western part of the island, I passed through nearly the whole of Dompo and a considerable part of Bima. The extreme misery to which the inhabitants have been reduced is shocking to behold. There were still on the road side the remains of several corpses, and the marks of where many others had been interred: the villages almost entirely deserted and the houses fallen down, the surviving inhabitants having dispersed in search of food.
• Since the ______ a violent diarrhoea has prevailed in Bima, Dompo, and Sang'ir, which has carried off a great number of people. It is supposed by the natives to have been caused by drinking water which has been impregnated with _____...”
• A quote by Lt. Philips who was ordered by Sir Stamford Raffles to go to Sumbava. Aftermath of what?
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Answer…
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A
• 1815 eruption of Mt. Tambora
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3
• This medical term was first used by Rene
Laennac in the 1800s.
• Literally translating to “yellowish/tawny
condition”, it refers to the colour of an organ
when affected by this condition.
• What medical condition?
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Answer…
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A
• Cirrhosis
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• Priyanka Chopra’s appearance at a Halloween
party. What was she dressed up as, apparently?
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A
• A Roy Lichtenstein character
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• During a WWE RAW match between Daniel Bryan and British import Wade Barrett, the commentator JBL said something that puzzled most members of the audience in the US.
• “Barrett about to look like ______ after ________ got hold of ‘em”, he said, in a reference to another sporting event that had happened around the same time (March 2015).
• Appreciated by some parts of the world, what was he talking about?
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Answer…
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A
• England being beaten by Bangladesh in the
World Cup (in reference to Barrett being an
Englishman)
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• “The trouble was,” he says, “that no two sources agree about which the seven wonders actually are. Each list is different. For instance, some include the Hanging Gardens of Babylon - which no longer exist. Another place, I read about a St Sophia's Church in Istanbul which qualifies for the honour. So it was a matter of researching, and finalising our own choices.”
• Which are?
• "The Pyramids, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China, the Taj, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, and Niagara Falls."
• Excerpt from an interview in the late 90s. Who about what?
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A
• Shankar talking about the shooting locations
of Poovukul Olinthirukum from Jeans
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• Vinata (the mother of Garuda) was enslaved by the Nagas, who were the offspring of her sister Kadru.
• The Nagas agreed to free Vinata if Garuda brought them divine nectar from the heavens.
• However, Indra tricked them and took away the nectar when they went to wash themselves. In a desperate attempt, the Nagas tried to lick some drops of nectar that had fallen on the sharp blades of grass.
• According to mythology, this is the reason for a particular feature. What?
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A
• Snakes having forked tongues
• The Nagas cut their tongues on the grass,
resulting in forked tongues
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• This collision between a comet and Jupiter provided the first direction observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar system objects and generated a large amount of coverage in the popular media at that time. This collision highlighted the role of Jupiter in acting as a 'cosmic vacuum cleaner' sucking up a number of dangerous objects.
• The collision occurred between July 16, 1994 and July 22, 1994 and left promiment scars that were more easily visible than the Great Red Spot and persisted for months.
• Which three astronomers was this comet named after?
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A
• Carolyn Shoemaker, Eugene Shoemaker and
David Levy
• The comet was called Shoemaker-Levy 9.
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• As one theory goes, the first people who landed
here saw structures such as the one shown on
the next slide (called a palafito), which reminded
them of a familiar place back home.
• A bastardized version of this became what we
know today.
• Another story is that the name was derived from
an indigenous tribe who lived in the area.
• What place? Image on the next slide.
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A
• Venezuela, since the structures resembled
Venice
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• What feature, often found in homes and
offices derives its name because it allows a
view, while jealously guarding the privacy of
the occupant?
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A
• Jalousie window
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• Squad of which club? Whose name has been
blanked out?
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A
• Stabaek Fotball
• Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, the first Indian to
officially play as a member of a top – flight
European club
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• What adjective was used to describe the
English monarchs Henry II, Richard I and John
Lackland because they were also the counts of
a duchy in France?
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A
• They were referred to as the Angevin Kings
because they also held the title of Count of
Anjou.
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• Founder of the Institute for Women and Technology (now named after her) and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, she was one of the pioneers for greater representation of women in computer science.
• In 1987, along with a few other women, she founded Systers, the first email network for women in technology. The name referred to their shared bonds, both as women and as technologists.
• Who founded this mailing list?
• What title is given to the maintainer
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Answer…
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A
• Anita Borg
• Her Syster’s Keeper, punning on My Sister’s
Keeper
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• From the 1890s onwards, printing of text for widespread reproduction such as advertisements or syndicated columns was facilitated using stamped steel (instead of the much softer and less durable lead alloys used otherwise).
• This was usually done in sheet steel, which were most commonly used to make ____.
• Fill in the blanks.
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• Boilers, from where we get boilerplate
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• His middle name was actually a nickname that meant ‘donkey’.
• "The name I was given was __ Ibrahim, but it's a custom in Africa to give a child a strange nickname if you have had other children who have died“, he said.
• In 2004, he became the mayor of his town Niafunke, and spent a lot of his own money improving the infrastructure. He maintained that he saw his main role as a farmer, rather than what the world knew him for.
• Who?
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Answer…
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A
• Ali Farka Toure
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15 DONE, 45 TO GO
Scores…
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WRITTEN ROUND 2
#KOLSTYLZ
+5 per correct answer
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1-R
Who is the only person to have won a Booker
Prize and an Oscar?
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2-C
What word comes from the Tamil word சுருட்டு meaning 'roll' ?
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3-R
What fruit derives its name from the Malay
word meaning 'hairy'?
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4-T
What name does Nvidia give to its SOC (System
on a chip) series developed for mobile devices?
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5-B
In which district of West Bengal are the famous
terracotta horses, which adorn drawing rooms
across the world, made?
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6-M
The screenplay of which cult film is based in part
on Rosalind Wiseman's non-fiction book Queen
Bees and Wannabes ?
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7-Y
Which landmass, belonging to Mexico, separates
the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea?
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8-D
If the trophy presented to the winner of the
women’s singles at Wimbledon is called the
Venus Rosewater dish, then what is the tropy
presented to the winner of the women’s singles
at the Australian Open called?
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9-G
What musical was called Brilliantine in France and
Vaselina in Mexico?
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10-B
The flag of which erstwhile state in Africa
featured half of a yellow sun?
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ANSWERS
Exchange sheets
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1-R
Who is the only person to have won a Booker
Prize and an Oscar?
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• Ruth Prawer Jabhvala
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2-C
What word comes from the Tamil word சுருட்டு meaning 'roll' ?
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• Cheroot
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3-R
What fruit derives its name from the Malay
word meaning 'hairy'?
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• Rambutan
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4-T
What name does Nvidia give to its SOC (System
on a chip) series developed for mobile devices?
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• Tegra
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5-B
In which district of West Bengal are the famous
terracotta horses, which adorn drawing rooms
across the world, made?
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• Bankura
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6-M
The screenplay of which cult film is based in part
on Rosalind Wiseman's non-fiction book Queen
Bees and Wannabes ?
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• Mean Girls
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7-Y
Which landmass, belonging to Mexico, separates
the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea?
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• Yucatan Peninsula
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8-D
If the trophy presented to the winner of the
women’s singles at Wimbledon is called the
Venus Rosewater dish, then what is the tropy
presented to the winner of the women’s singles
at the Australian Open called?
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• Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup
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9-G
What musical was called Brilliantine in France and
Vaselina in Mexico?
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• Grease
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10-B
The flag of which erstwhile state in Africa
featured half of a yellow sun?
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• Biafra
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CLOCKWISE
Infinite bounce 2
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• ________ is a lake in the civil parish of Dalry in Dumfries
and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The lake formerly had an
island on which stood _______ Castle, seat of the Gordon
family. In the 20th century the loch was dammed to form a
reservoir, raising the water level and submerging the island
with the ruins of the castle.
• The name of the lake comes from Gaelic for "Lake on the
hilltop". The most famous member of the Gordon family was
undoubtedly Sir William Gordon. He is famous not for his
military record or other achievements, but largely because he
is believed to be the inspiration for something.
• Name the lake.
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Answer…
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A
• The lake is Lochinvar.
• Sir William Gordon is believed to be the
inspiration for Young Lochinvar from Sir
Walter Scott's Marmion.
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• The most prominent occurrences of this
phenomenon were in 1998, 2004, 1980, 1986
and 1992. The one in 1998 was the biggest of
its kind in that year.
• For the 2015 season, this has been replaced
with another entity called Ivette due to
certain recent developments.
• What am I talking about?
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Answer…
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A
• Hurricane Isis
• Removed from the list of hurricane names due
to ISIS
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• What word comes from the latin phrase non
verbis sed ____ meaning 'not by words, but by
things' ?
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Answer…
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A
• Rebus
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• The Olympic Journey: The Story Of The Games was an exhibition held during the 2012 London Olympics.
• This showcased the lives and stories of 20 great sportspersons, to demonstrate the values of the Olympic movement.
• The only Indian whose story appeared holds the current world record for something related to Olympic finals in his sport.
• A suffix is generally added to his name, to distinguish him from other sportspersons with the same name.
• Who?
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Answer…
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A
• Balbir Singh Sr.
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• What is this 1995 Looney Tunes cartoon a parody of? What is
the parody called, a mashup of the original and something that
Bugs loves?
• A German secret document is stolen and Usmarte, the actual
thief, lures Bugs Bunny into taking it. General Pandemonium gets
a frantic call from Foghorn Leghorn saying the secret document
has been stolen, and immediately heads for the Cafe Au Lait
Americain. Meanwhile Sylvester Slazlo and his wife Kitty Ketty
arrive at the hotel.
• Ketty, who happens to be a former girlfriend of Bugs, asks Daffy
Duck to play her favorite song.
• The story climaxes with Sylvester and Ketty escaping on the
plane for Toronto, New York City and Cucamonga, as Bugs
watches them go.
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Answer…
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A
• Casablanca
• Carrotblanca
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• There was a fair amount of controversy in
Australia following a T20 match against
England in August 2013.
• What happened? Image on next slide might
help.
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Answer…
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A
• The VB logo was removed from Fawad
Ahmed’s jersey, due to his religious beliefs
• Certain elements in Australia thought this was
un-Australian, and made tasteless remarks in
social media
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• A Czech Hedgehog is typically made of metal
beams with an L or H shaped cross section.
• In the early days, they were produced from
any sturdy piece of metal and sometimes even
wood, including railroad ties.
• What is their primary purpose?
• (Image on next slide)
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Answer…
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A
• Anti – tank device used by the Soviets during
World War II
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• On a recent collaboration, drummer Antonio Sanchez was told that what he played was the exact opposite of what was required.
• His collaborator asked him to de-tune his drums, stack his cymbals and play in a loose fashion, during the studio sessions. This later turned out to be exactly what was needed for the project.
• Who was the collaborator/what was Sanchez working on?
• Why did they want the drums to sounds the way they did?
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Answer…
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A
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
• They wanted the sound to match the
atmosphere of an old Broadway theatre
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• The X is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed. The term was borrowed from horse racing. Traditionally, a ship is considered a 'record breaker' if it wins the eastbound speed record, but it is not credit with the X unless it wins the more difficult westbound record. In 1935, a trophy was commissioned to be presented to the winner of the X. (Image of trophy on next slide).
• Today, X is a general symbol of high quality.
• Identify X.
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Answer…
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A
• Blue Riband
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• The name of this marine order comes from mythical water dwellers, as sailors mistook these creatures for those beings at times.
• Currently, only four living species are present in this order.
• The most recent organism from this order to become extinct (in the late 1700s) was _________.
• What order? Also, fill in both blanks.
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Answer…
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A
• Sirenia (from the sirens)
• Steller’s Sea Cow
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• The term originated in the 16th century when payments to
British sailors included _________. To ensure that the
________ had not been watered down, it was tested by
dousing gunpowder with it and then checking if the
gunpowder would ignite. If it did not, then the ________
contained too much water and was considered 'under ___'.
• Gunpowder would not burn in ______ that contained less
than 57.15% of the base ingredient, by volume.
• Therefore, ________ that contained this percentage of its
base ingredient was defined to have '100° (one hundred
degrees) ____'.
• What term comes from this?
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A
• Alcohol proof
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• The name is derived from a Latinized term
meaning ‘foul smelling resin’, due to its rather
strange smell.
• It is known by similar names in other
languages – merde du Diable in French and
teufelsdreck in German, both translating to
‘Devil’s Faeces’.
• What common culinary ingredient is this?
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Answer…
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A
• Asafoedita
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• X was a brand of antacid used to relieve pain ocurring
together with heart bearn, upset stomach and indigestion. It
took its name from a component of the original formula.
• This component is part of a class of tranquilizers that were
withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1975 due to their toxicity.
Their sedative effect probably accounted for X's popularity as
a remedy for hangovers.
• The company's main offices and factory were located in
downtown Baltimore. While the offices and factory were
demolished a long time ago, one building still stands. How was
the name X cleverly used in the design of this building?
Identify X.
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A
• Bromo-seltzer, the letters of the clock in the
clock tower
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• Her sister was a three – time Olympic champion.
• Another sister won a silver at the Olympics, while a cousin won a gold medal.
• She shot into fame last year by breaking three world records over a couple of weeks.
• She also became the latest entrant into a list, following Jessica Ennis in 2013 and Missy Franklin in 2014.
• Who? What list?
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A
• Genzebe Dibaba
• Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
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• What philosopher's philosophy is being
parodied here?
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A
• Jean Buridan – Buridan's ass
• It refers to a hypothetical situation wherein an
ass that is equally hungry and thirsty is placed
precisely midway between a stack of hay and a
pail of water.
• Since the paradox assumes the ass will always go
to whichever is closer, it will die of both hunger
and thirst since it cannot make any rational
decision to choose one over the other.
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30 DONE, 30 TO GO
Scores…
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WRITTEN ROUND 3
STAMPS
+5 per right answer
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1. Army officer, famous for something
related
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2. Animal
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3. Actor
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4. Literary Character
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5. Sportsperson
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6. Musicians
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7. Common man(?)
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8. Scientist
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9. Painting
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10. Revolutionary Queen
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ANSWERS
Exchange sheets…
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1. Army officer, famous for something
related
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
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2. Animal
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Markhor
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3. Actor
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Sivaji Ganesan
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4. Literary Character
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Huckleberry Finn
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5. Sportsperson
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Jochen Rindt
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6. Musicians
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TN Rajaratnam Pillai
Bismillah Khan
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7. Common man(?)
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Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian
street vendor who immolated himself
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8. Scientist
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Joseph von Fraunhoffer
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9. Painting
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Goya’s Nude Maja
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10. Revolutionary Queen
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Kittur Rani Chennamma
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ANTICLOCKWISE
Infinite bounce 3
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• During the 2014 protests in Ukraine, the word kolorady was used by people to describe pro-Russian separatists.
• This was due to the black and gold St. George’s Ribbons they wore, as a symbol of support to Russia.
• Much earlier, Warsaw Pact countries believed that kolorady were introduced into East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia by the US, to destroy their economy.
• Who or what were kolorady?
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Answer…
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A
• Colorado Potato Beetles
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• Quote by Ronald Reagan, FITB.
• 'Ezekiel tells us that _______, the nation that will lead all of the other powers of darkness against Israel, will come out of the north. Biblical scholars have been saying for generations that _______ must be Russia. What other powerful nation is to the north of Israel? None. But it didn’t seem to make sense before the Russian revolution, when Russia was a Christian country. Now it does, now that Russia has become Communistic and atheistic, now that Russia has set itself against God. Now it fits the description of _______ perfectly'
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Answer…
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A
• Gog
• Gog and Magog are names that appear in the
Old Testement that are strongly connected
with the end times.
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• Famous for his campaigns in Afghanistan, he was feared by the Afghan people.
• For years after his death, Afghan women allegedly threatened their children into obedience with the phrase “Raghe ____ _____” (___ ____ is coming), making him a bogeyman of sorts.
• He was born in 1791 and died in Afghanistan while on a campaign, in 1837. Who?
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Answer…
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A
• Hari Singh Nalwa
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• What is this a list of?
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Answer…
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A
• Designated survivors. The dates are the State
of the Union and the Presidential Inaugration.
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• One story goes that _____, who were generally gluttons, would eat this dish so fast that they it would get stuck in their throats.
• Another theory states that women used to cook this dish for ______ as partial payment of land revenues. The agitated men would then wish that the ______ died while eating the dish that their wives had been forced to cook.
• What type of pasta are we talking about?
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Answer…
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A
• Strozzapreti, which means priest strangler
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• Caricature of whom?
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Answer…
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A
• Noor Inayat Khan
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• The name of the genus, Taurotragos, comes
from the Greek words for bull and male goat.
• The common name, however, is derived from
the Dutch word for moose or elk. In Dutch, a
modifier is added to the name of the animal,
to distinguish from the actual moose.
• What large animal is this? Image on the next
slide.
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Answer…
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A
• Eland
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• Looney Tunes reference to which literary
character?
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Answer…
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A
• Lennie Small from Of Mice And Men
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• Hurricane Hugo hit the US Virgin Islands in 1989, causing a lot of destruction.
• The island’s only Olympic – size swimming pool was destroyed. A young swimmer (whose sister had represented the Virgin Islands at the Olympics) realized that he had no place to train, and switched from swimming to something else.
• What happened as a result?
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Answer…
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A
• Tim Duncan started playing Basketball
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• A year before her death, a biography was published, authored by journalist Kees Kooman.
• Entitled Een koningin met mannenbenen, the book portrayed a different side of her (in contrast to the image of the modest person and devoted mother that was popular throughout the world).
• Who? What does the title mean?
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Answer…
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A
• Fanny Blankers-Koen
• A Queen with Men’s Legs
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• The name of this religious site comes from the Asura princess Usha, the daughter of Banasura. One of the temples in the city is dedicated to the princess and her consort (Krishna’s grandson, Aniruddha).
• During the winter season, it serves as the location for another deity seen in the area.
• What location, or who was the princess? What happens here during the winter season?
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Answer…
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A
• Ukhimath, from Usha
• Winter abode of the idols from Kedarnath
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42
• And the LORD spake, saying, "First shalt thou take
out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no
more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt
count, and the number of the counting shall be three.
Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two,
excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is
right out. Once the number three, being the third
number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy ____
_____ ____ ____ ____ towards thy foe,, who
being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
• Fill in the blanks or identify who 'snuffed it'.
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Answer…
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A
• The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, used to
kill the Rabbit of Caerbannog in Monty Python
and the Holy Grail
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• This motif is commonly used in several
Central Asian countries. Stylized versions are
seen, for example, in the emblem of
Kazakhstan and the flag of Kyrgystan (images
follow).
• What does this motif depict?
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Answer…
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A
• The yurt, a tent-like structure used by Central
Asian nomads
• The motif is an artistic depiction of the
shangryak, or the crown of the yurt
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• What honorific term in the Tibetan Language
literally means 'precious one' ?
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Answer…
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A
• Rinpoche
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• This type of option gives the buyer the right to exercise the option at a set number of times, typically at the end of each month.
• This is (in more ways than one) between the two major options types – one which allows the buyer to exercise only at expiry, and the other which allows the buyer to exercise at any given time.
• What are the two major types of options? From that, what is this derivative called?
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Answer…
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A
• Bermudan Option, since it lies between
European and American Options.
• European Option (can exercise only at expiry)
• American Option (can exercise anytime)
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45 DONE, 15 TO GO
Scores…
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WRITTEN ROUND 4
ORIGINS
+5 per correct answer
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• What title was given to the Pallava king
Narasimhavarman, due to his proficiency at
wrestling?
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2
• The term was supposedly first used by
Citigroup’s analysts Willem Buiter and Ebrahim
Rahbari, in February 2012.
• Which term, referring to the possibility of a
particular geopolitical event?
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3
• Derived from a French word meaning
‘morning', this term is nowadays used for
certain afternoon performances. What?
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4
• Which canonical painting mode of the
Renaissance period, characterized by a
transition from a darker to a lighter hue, gets
its name from an Italian word meaning ‘to
change’?
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5
• Which tabla gharana was founded by Miru
Khan and Kallu Khan in the 19th century, and
named after the village in Uttar Pradesh where
they lived?
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• One of the first compound of this element
was a volatile tetroxide, which had a smoky,
volcanic smell.
• Smithson Tennant, the discoverer, named it
after a word literally meaning “smell”. Which
element?
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• The name of this geographical entity comes
from an ancient tribe who lived in the region.
The Iranian city of Qazvin also shares the
same etymology.
• Which geographical entity?
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• This football club was formed in 1903 by a
group of high school students. Although
unrelated to Greece in any way, the club was
named so at the insistence of a professor of
Classics, who wanted his wards to name it
after Greece.
• Which club?
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• The character was supposedly based on a
sickly son of Dickens’ friend.
• Dickens also had a brother named Alfred who
died young. One of the previous names
suggested for this character was “Little Fred”,
after Alfred.
• Which diminutive character?
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10
• After which two people (most often found
opposing each other) are the localities of JJ
Nagar and KK Nagar in Chennai named?
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ANSWERS
Exchange sheets…
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1
• What title was given to the Pallava king
Narasimhavarman, due to his proficiency at
wrestling?
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A
• Mamalla, from where we get Mamallapuram
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2
• The term was supposedly first used by
Citigroup’s analysts Willem Buiter and Ebrahim
Rahbari, in February 2012.
• Which term, referring to the possibility of a
particular geopolitical event?
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A
• Grexit, to refer to the possibility of Greece
leaving the Eurozone
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3
• Derived from a French word meaning
‘morning', this term is nowadays used for
certain afternoon performances. What?
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A
• Matinee
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4
• Which canonical painting mode of the
Renaissance period, characterized by a
transition from a darker to a lighter hue, gets
its name from an Italian word meaning ‘to
change’?
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A
• Cangiante
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5
• Which tabla gharana was founded by Miru
Khan and Kallu Khan in the 19th century, and
named after the village in Uttar Pradesh where
they lived?
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• Ajrada/Ajrara Gharana
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• One of the first compound of this element
was a volatile tetroxide, which had a smoky,
volcanic smell.
• Smithson Tennant, the discoverer, named it
after a word literally meaning “smell”. Which
element?
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• Osmium, from osme meaning smell
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• The name of this geographical entity comes
from an ancient tribe who lived in the region.
The Iranian city of Qazvin also shares the
same etymology.
• Which geographical entity?
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• Caspian Sea
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• This football club was formed in 1903 by a
group of high school students. Although
unrelated to Greece in any way, the club was
named so at the insistence of a professor of
Classics, who wanted his wards to name it
after Greece.
• Which club?
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• Hellas Verona
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• The character was supposedly based on a
sickly son of Dickens’ friend.
• Dickens also had a brother named Alfred who
died young. One of the previous names
suggested for this character was “Little Fred”,
after Alfred.
• Which diminutive character?
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• Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit’s ailing son from A
Christmas Carol
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• After which two people (most often found
opposing each other) are the localities of JJ
Nagar and KK Nagar in Chennai named?
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ANTICLOCKWISE
Infinite bounce 4
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• In 1807, at the outset of the Peninsular War,
Napoleonic forces invaded Portugal due to the
Portugese alliance with the United Kingdom.
• Anticipating the Napoleonic invasion, the
prince regent, John VI, ordered something
historians called a 'metropolitan reversal'.
What did he order?
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• He ordered the transfer of the royal court
from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.
• Thus, Rio de Janeiro served as the capital of
the Kingdom of Portugal for 13 years, one of
the few instances of a colony exercising
governance over the colonial power.
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• _________ (USA)
• ________, ________ (India)
• Sikiru Adepoju, Babatunde Olatunji (Nigeria)
• Airto Moreira and Flora Purim (Brazil)
• Giovanni Hidalgo and Frank Colon (Puerto Rico)
• Winners of the first Grammy for World Music, in
1991.
• Fill in the blanks.
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• Mickey Hart
• Zakir Hussain
• Vikku Vinayakram
• The album was Planet Drum
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• In Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, the television in the player's home has two references depending on which gender the player chose.
• If the player chose male, the TV says, "There's a movie on TV. Four boys are walking on railroad tracks. …I'd better go, too."
• If the player chose female, the TV says, "There's a movie on TV. A girl in pigtails is walking down a yellow brick road. …I'd better go, too."
• Identify both the references.
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• Stand by Me
• Wizard of Oz
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• “….nobody took me seriously as a journalist in 1974. I was hoping this biography would help establish my credentials as somebody who went beyond editing a girlie magazine…”
• “This remains the only ___________ biography. There are books on the _____, but there is no biography of___________. That was the other spur goading me towards this book.”
• Excerpts from a 2013 interview. Who is the speaker? Who was the subject of the unauthorized biography?
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• Vinod Mehta
• Sanjay Gandhi
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• This phrase was popularized after its use by Saddam Hussein, in reference to the Gulf War as umm al-ma‘ārik. The most famous (arguably) example of this phrase is used to refer to a 1968 event.
• The first time this example appeared in print was in 1994, in Steven Levy's 'Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything'.
• What phrase? What is the most famous example of this phrase in technology?
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• Mother of all....
• Mother of all demos, used to refer to the
computer mouse demo by Douglas Engelbart
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• It is called undur-undur (backwards walker) in
Malay, bingundha (tunnel digger) in Sinhala, both
referring to its behaviour.
• The Swedes call it myrlejon, which is almost a
direct translation of the English name. Similarly,
the French call it fourmilion.
• How do we know it in the English – speaking
world?
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• Antlion
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• _____ originated from a saying that was already popular in the 19th century to describe an impossible task. Its use as a metaphor, meaning to better oneself by one's own unaided efforts, was in use by 1922.
• Today, _____ is commonplace in computer science and statistics. In general parlance, _______ usually refers to the starting of a self-sustaining process that is supposed to proceed without external input.
• What word?
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• Bootstrapping
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• Didier Conrad is a French artist and illustrator,
known for a style involving free brush strokes.
One of his most famous works was Les
Innommables, a comic series about the adventures
of three US Army deserters, serialized in Spirou
magazine in the 1980s (image on next slide).
• In 2013, Conrad modified his natural style for a
collaborative effort with Jean-Yves Ferri.
• Why did he do this/what was the new work?
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• To mimic Albert Uderzo
• He was the illustrator for Asterix and the Picts,
the latest Asterix comic that came out in 2013
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• He founded the American Institute of Public Opinion in
Princeton, New Jersey, in 1935. He wished to objectively
determine the opinions held by the people.
• To ensure his independence and objectivity, he resolved that
he would not accept sponsorship from special interest groups.
He succesfully predicted that 1936 United States presidential
elections, thereby popularing his company.
• Who?
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• George Gallup, founder of Gallup Inc.
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• “If I were there right now, I would tell myself to sign the contract and stay in America. If I knew that my life would go downhill from there, I would have signed the contract right away…”
• “I felt like I was out of luck because I turned down a great opportunity and after that I had no choice but to return to Bulgaria where my depression started.”
• In 1996, the speaker was offered the chance to sign a contract, which he refused. The agents then went to the man sitting next to him, and the rest is history.
• Who is the speaker? What was he the last man to achieve (as of today)?
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• Serafim Todorov
• Last man to defeat Floyd Mayweather in a
boxing match, in the semifinal bout at the 1996
Atlanta Olympics
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• What is this clip from Pinky and the Brain a
reference to?
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• Citizen Kane’s opening scene
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• He came up with the problem in 1956, to demonstrate the capabilities of a new computer called ARMAC. The idea was to come up with a problem and a solution that could be appreciated by laypersons.
• He designed it in 20 minutes without pen and paper, and used a simplified version with 64 cities to demonstrate the concept (the ARMAC was a 6-bit machine, and could thus store codes representing 64 cities).
• Who? What did he come up with?
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• Edsger Dijkstra
• Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm
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• This culinary item originated in chips shops in Scotland as a novelty item but was never considered mainstream. Since its creation, it has been widely sensationalized in popular media and is considered a symbol of Urban Scotland's unhealthy diet. this in turn has led to its popularity across the world.
• The manufacturer of one of the key ingredients in this culinary item has claimed that the dish goes against the company's commitment to promoting healthy, active lifestyles.
• The popularity of this item has encouraged a number of spinoffs including one endorsed by celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. ID (image on next slide).
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• Deep fried Mars Bars
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• This term, meaning ‘chief sea’, was used by the Italians to refer to a large water body.
• Later, the same term was used for certain geographical entities related to the same water body.
• Today, the term is used to refer to any such entities (besides the ones it was originally used for).
• What term? What large water body was described by the Italians using this term?
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• Archipelago
• Aegean Sea
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• The concept of using this object for protection against interferece of the mind was first mentioned in a science fiction short story by Julian Huxley, 'The Tissue-Culture King' in 1927. In the story, the protagonist discovers that these objects can block the effects of telepathy.
• A well constructed example of this object would approximate a Faraday cage, reducing the amount of electromagnetic radiation passing through to the interior. So, the notion is not completely unfounded.
• Over time, this object has been associated with paranoia and conspiracy theories. What object?
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• Tinfoil Hat
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THE END.
Final scores…