Diapositiva 1

Prelims

Rules25 questions in the prelimsQs 16-25 are starred and will be invoked in case of a tie8 teams qualify for the finalsThere are 2 spots reserved for students in the final; every one who wishes to be eligible for that must mention S/C clearly on their answer sheetPlease refrain from using your cellphones over the next few minutesQMs (Gokul & Bala) are omnipresent and unlike Dhoni cant be sued for posing as gods!

1. Ad by whom?

2.Vinnie Johnsons famous moniker came from Celtics guard Danny Ainge who commented in the locker room, If that guy in Chicago(William Perry) is the ___________(1)(due to his large size), then Vinnie Johnson is the _________(2). He sure heated up in a hurry. Thanks to Ainge, Johnson had a nickname that would stick the rest of his career.

Give both nicknames which are functionally opposite of each other.

3.Some of the names for this sportsperson included: "Ivan the Terrible," "Ice Dagger" and a name that would've completely bankrupted the entire company upon its first utterance, "Fang McFrost." By some stroke of luck his wife at the time, Jeannie, was an avid tea drinker and made him some tea saying not to worry about the new name and to drink his tea before _____________. She then paused and said excitedly That's your new name."

4._____________ is a 6 year old horse which represents Ireland. Named after something described by John Oliver as a French freedom tower, it's dam(livestock parent) is appropriately named Wedding Cake. The name derives from a slightly onomatopoeic French phrase meaning 'something that crunches in the mouth'.

FITB

5. The pic provides us with a unique instance in sporting history; what precisely?

6.What is special about the McDonalds in Swedens resort of Lindvallen?

7.The Spider-man moment was called groundbreaking, epic and very sweet. Nothing encapsulates the last few weeks in America like this image,saidone fan on Twitter; the ____ heard round the world, ajournalistsuggested. But for everything it was, it was also just an American couple celebrating a mighty achievement 14 years in the making.

What is being described?

8. What did these clauses, among others lead to?They demand to meet the king prior to the opening ceremony. Afterwards, there shall be a cocktail reception. Drinks shall be paid for by the Royal Palace or the local organizing committee.The hotel bar at their hotel should extend its hours extra late and the mini-bars must stock Coke products along with fruits and cakes of the season.During the opening and closing ceremonies a fully stocked bar shall be available. During competition days, wine and beer will do at the stadium lounge.

9.Which former Barefoot Quiz Fest poster girl was the placard bearer for the Russian team during the opening ceremony of the2014 Winter Olympics.

10.Xs rituals seemed bizarre on the face of it. He would always punch his teammate Gert Bals in the stomach before a match began. A slightly less aggressive, but scarcely less peculiar habit of his was to spit his chewing gum into the opponent's half of the field just before kick-off. He felt that the influence of this latter habit was vindicated when he forgot his gum in the European Cup Final of 1969 when his side lost 4-0 to AC Milan.

X?

11. Excerpt from a 2001 interview of a particular couple on the Ali G show who were introduced as Every boy wants to be in his boots and every man wants to be in his missus. Big up for none other than Mrs and Mr _______!.

Ali G : So now, let's talk about fashion. We have all seen pictures of you wearing clothes that was well embarrassing and frankly make you a proper laughing stock! What's the name of that dress that you wore?___(Mr)___ : ___(1)___Ali G : I know it was __ _____, but whats it called?

Which couple?Also fill in blank number (1)

12. Which person, who is popularly known by his initials and always seen wearing a cowboy hat, created and markets these products?

13.On the 02/02/94 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, he did a segment called Top 10 ways to mispronounce ____ ________

Words included were Guilty, Chef Boyardee, Mr. Magooly, Prisoner #3275 and Jeff Goldblum among others.

The name of whose infamous ex-husband fills in the blanks?

14.Which magazine published this controversial cover during last years French Open?

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15.Urban Dictionary definition of a fictitious dish XYZ. XY is the name of a sportsperson and Z is a generic dish.YZ is an actual dish and contains egg, avocado, tomato, chicken, onion, bacon, blue cheese and lettuce usually.Name XYZ

16.Pictured is the erstwhile location of the Lafayette Bar & Grill in New Jersey.

Pistol shots being fired in its barroom on the night of June 17, 1966 cut short whose career?

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After guiding Romania to team gold medal in Sydney, she also became the first from the country to win the overall individual title since Nadia Comaneci.

Later stripped of the individual medal for testing positive for a banned substance, identify this tainted gymnast.

18. Cameo by an athlete(guy on the left) in a scene shot in a New York restaurant he owned. Identify

19.Screenshot from a Q&A session with a certain tennis player on the ATP page.

Who?

20. Who at the launch of his beer brand?

Next 5 Questions are connected by a theme; all you need to do is to the id the person in the centre (in each of the pics ie)

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Answers

1. Ad by whom?

Union Bank

2.Vinnie Johnsons famous moniker came from Celtics guard Danny Ainge who commented in the locker room, If that guy in Chicago(William Perry) is the ___________(1)(due to his large size), then Vinnie Johnson is the _________(2). He sure heated up in a hurry. Thanks to Ainge, Johnson had a nickname that would stick the rest of his career.

Give both nicknames which are functionally opposite of each other.

1 Refrigerator2- Microwave

3.Some of the names for this sportsperson included: "Ivan the Terrible," "Ice Dagger" and a name that would've completely bankrupted the entire company upon its first utterance, "Fang McFrost." By some stroke of luck his wife at the time, Jeannie, was an avid tea drinker and made him some tea saying not to worry about the new name and to drink his tea before _____________. She then paused and said excitedly That's your new name."

drink this tea before it goes stone cold

4._____________ is a 6 year old horse which represents Ireland. Named after something described by John Oliver as a French freedom tower, it's dam(livestock parent) is appropriately named Wedding Cake. The name derives from a slightly onomatopoeic French phrase meaning 'something that crunches in the mouth'.

FITB

Croquembouche, a type of wedding cake

5. The pic provides us with a unique instance in sporting history; what precisely?

Nina Rindt; the only wife to posthumously receive the F1 Championship trophy on behalf of late husband Jochen Rindt in 1970

6.What is special about the McDonalds in Swedens resort of Lindvallen?

Only ski thru McDonalds

7.The Spider-man moment was called groundbreaking, epic and very sweet. Nothing encapsulates the last few weeks in America like this image,saidone fan on Twitter; the ____ heard round the world, ajournalistsuggested. But for everything it was, it was also just an American couple celebrating a mighty achievement 14 years in the making.

What is being described?

Abby Wambach kissing her wife after FIFA World Cup Victory

8.They demand to meet the king prior to the opening ceremony. Afterwards, there shall be a cocktail reception. Drinks shall be paid for by the Royal Palace or the local organizing committee.The hotel bar at their hotel should extend its hours extra late and the mini-bars must stock Coke products along with fruits and cakes of the season.During the opening and closing ceremonies a fully stocked bar shall be available. During competition days, wine and beer will do at the stadium lounge.

What did these clauses, among others lead to?

Norways Withdrawal of bid to host the Winter Olympics 2022

9. Which former Barefoot Quiz Fest poster girl was the placard bearer for the Russian team during the opening ceremony of the2014 Winter Olympics.

Irina Shayk

10.Xs rituals seemed bizarre on the face of it. He would always punch his teammate Gert Bals in the stomach before a match began. A slightly less aggressive, but scarcely less peculiar habit of his was to spit his chewing gum into the opponent's half of the field just before kick-off. He felt that the influence of this latter habit was vindicated when he forgot his gum in the European Cup Final of 1969 when his side lost 4-0 to AC Milan.

X?

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Johann Cruyff

11.Excerpt from a 2001 interview of a particular couple on the Ali G show who were introduced as Every boy wants to be in his boots and every man wants to be in his missus. Big up for none other than Mrs and Mr _______!.

Ali G : So now, let's talk about fashion. We have all seen pictures of you wearing clothes that was well embarrassing and frankly make you a proper laughing stock! What's the name of that dress that you wore?___(Mr)___ : ___(1)___Ali G : I know it was __ _____, but whats it called?

Which couple?Also fill in blank number (1)

David & Victoria BeckhamSarong

12. Which person, who is popularly known by his initials and always seen wearing a cowboy hat, created and markets these products?

J.R

13.On the 02/02/94 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, he did a segment called Top 10 ways to mispronounce ____ ________

Words included were Guilty, Chef Boyardee, Mr. Magooly, Prisoner #3275 and Jeff Goldblum among others.

The name of whose infamous ex-husband fills in the blanks?

Tonya Harding(Jeff Gillooly)

14.Which magazine published this controversial cover during last years French Open?

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Charlie Hebdo

15.Urban Dictionary definition of a fictitious dish XYZ. XY is the name of a sportsperson and Z is a generic dish.YZ is an actual dish and contains egg, avocado, tomato, chicken, onion, bacon, blue cheese and lettuce usually.Name XYZ

XYZZXYXYXYZ

Ty Cobb Salad

16.Pictured is the erstwhile location of the Lafayette Bar & Grill in New Jersey.

Pistol shots being fired in its barroom on the night of June 17, 1966 cut short whose career?

Rubin Hurricane Carter

17.

After guiding Romania to team gold medal in Sydney, she also became the first from the country to win the overall individual title since Nadia Comaneci.

Later stripped of the individual medal for testing positive for a banned substance, identify this tainted gymnast.

Andreea Raducan

18. Cameo by an athlete(guy on the left) in a scene shot in a New York restaurant he owns. Identify

Jack Dempsey

19.Screenshot from a Q&A session with a certain tennis player on the ATP page.

Who?

Thanasi Kokkinakis

20. Who at the launch of his beer brand?

Shane Warne

21.

Nikita Karthik/Vijay

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Toni BraxtonAfter being drafted by the Dallas Mavericks together Jason Kidd, and Jim Jackson reportedly dated singer Toni Braxton in the same time frame. As the story goes, Braxton, allegedly checked into the Mavericks hotel to pick up Kidd for a date, but left with Jackson instead.

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Brad McleanNikita and Jackie Beriman were stood down from riding after fighting in the jockeys rooms at a meeting at Hamilton in April of 2013 and it was later revealed that Nikita had attacked her sister after learning that she had slept with her husband- Brad McLean.

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Wanda Nara Maxi Lopezs former wife is now married to Mauro Icardi

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Luca Marin | Laure Manadou & Federica Pellegrini