1. Rajarshi Gupta (rajarshi@cal.berkeley.edu) Num: 24

2. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15What is Connections You get a topic mentioned at the beginning, e.g. Person Character Song Event Book Place Then you get 4 clues, in sequence 1st clue may not uniquely identify the subject 2nd / 3rd clue usually good enough 4th clue is a giveaway More points for getting it early see top right corner 3. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Format First clue is answered in WRITING + 25 / -0 In case you get it right, no point spoiling it for everyone else Second clue onwards goes as INFINITE BOUNCE No POUNCE 4. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Example: Person 1. Apr 1953 Sep 1961 2. Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) 3. Posthumous Nobel 4. UN Answer: Dag Hammarskjold Was UN secretary general from Apr 1953 Sep 1961 Died in a plane crash in Zambia Was awarded the posthumous Nobel 5. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Example: Person 1. Betrayed thrice 2. Horse heart 3. Mhysa 4. Dragons Answer: Daenerys Taragryen The prophecy said that she would be betrayed thrice Called Mhysa by the slaved she freed Had to eat a raw horse heart as part of a Dothraki fertility ritual Mother of Dragons 6. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Place (building) 1. 1649 - 1959 2. Heinrich Harrer 3. Tenzin Gyatso 4. Picture Answer: Potala Palace Seat of Dalai Lama from 1649 - 1959 Heinrich Harrer wrote Seven Years in Tibet Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th and current Dalai Lama 7. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Book 1. 5+1 2. 12+1 3. 100+1 4. 18 Answer: Mahabharata Pandavas were 5 brothers, plus Karna Pandavas were in exile for 12 + 1 year of hiding Kauravas were 100 brothers, plus sister Duhsala Kurukshetra war lasted 18 days 8. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person Red card Nacional, Groningen, Ajax, ___, ___ Left knee Left shoulder Picture Answer: Luis Suarez Busted left knee operation before WC14, Bit left shoulder of Chiellini His clubs missing are Liverpool and Barcelona He got a red card in the 2010 QF for handball on a certain goal by Ghana, who missed the penalty and then the tie-breaker 9. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15 Place (#nishastylz) Answer: Istanbul 10. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Event 1. 2,240 m (7,350 ft) 2. Fosbury Flop 3. 8.90 m (29.2 ft) 4. Black power salute Answer: 1968 Mexico City Olympics Lot of records were broken due to the high altitude Dick Fosbury won high jump with new technique Bob Beamon broke the 29 feet barrier Tommie Smith and John Carlos used the wnners podium to demonstrate for black power 11. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person 1. Daisy Systems 2. IIT-D, CMU, Stanford B School 3. Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers 4. Sun Microsystems Answer: Vinod Khosla Worked at Daisy Systems 1980-82 12. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Place 1. Logarithms 2. Dolly 3. Physics Nobel Prize 2013 4. Sherlock Holmes Answer: Edinburgh (via famous residents) John Napier Ian Wilmut (cloned Dolly the Sheep) Peter Higgs Arthur Conan Doyle 13. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person 1. D2=(xm)TC1(xm) 2. Secretary to Rabindranath Tagore 3. Second Five-Year Plan (1956-61) 4. Indian Statistical Institue Answer: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Expression for Mahalanobis distance, in statistics Indias 2nd 5-year plan followed the Mahalanobis Model Founder and Director of ISI 14. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Creature 1. Sir Francis 2. UK Symbol 3. Narwhal 4. Mohenjodaro Answer: Unicorn Sir Francis Haddocks ship was called the unicorn Lion and Unicorn are the symbols of United Kingdom The narwhal has a single horn, just like the unicorn Unicorn seals of Mohenjodaro 15. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person 1. Sadiq Mohammad 2. Ranji champion, 1991 3. June 25 4. 175* Answer: Kapil Dev Sadiq Mohammad was his first wicket June 25, 1983 is when India won the world cup Highest innings 16. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Place 1. Mestre 2. UC Berkeley 3. Picture 4. Doge Answer: Venice Venice has two train stations Venezia Santa Lucia and Mestre The Clock Tower at Berkeley is modeled after the Campanile in St Marks Square That is a picture of Marco Polos house in Venice Doge used to be the ruler fo Venice 17. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person 1. Markle Foundation 2. Picture 3. Attorney General ? 4. Nannygate Answer: Zoe Baird Nominated by Bill Clinton as the 1st woman Attorney General, in 993 Had to withdraw nomination after it was revealed that she had hired illegal Peruvian nanny Currently President of Markle Foundation 18. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Creature 1. Chalumna river, 1938 2. Latimeria 3. Picture 4. Fossil Fish Answer: Coelacanth Thought to be extinct 66 million years ago, was found off the coast of South Africa (Chalumna River) in 1938 Hence dubbed the Fossil Fish Belongs to the genus Latimeria 19. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15 Place (#nishastylz) Answer: Queenstown, NZ 20. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Movie 1. $25 2. Happy Burger 3. Western Bank of Chicago 4. The Great Indian Circus Answer: Dhoom3 Sahir Khan saved $25 to remind him of his father Samar befriends police inspector over happy burgers The Great Indian Circus was shut down by the Western Bank of Chicago 21. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15What 1. Marilyn DeMont (1940-1945) 2. Length = 8981 feet, Height = 746 feet 3. Leon Moisseiff 4. International Orange Answer: Golden Gate Bridge Youngest suicide jumper Designed by Leon Moissieiff Color of the bridge is International Orange 22. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Character 1. First Minister to the Emperor 2. Plainclothesman 3. R. 4. Zeroth Law Answer: R. Daneel Olivaw (Robot) in Asimovs Foundation Series Daneel was the First Minister Eto Demerzel for Galactic Emperor Cleon I Played Plainclothesman (NYC policeman) as a partner to Elijah Bailey Main implementor of the Zeroth Law of Robotics 23. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person 1. Magsaysay Award 2. CM 3. IIT KGP Mech Engineering 4. Joint Commissioner in Income Tax Department Answer: Arvind Kejriwal 24. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Event 1. 1340-1400 (approx) 2. Yersinia Pestis 3. Ring-around-the-roses 4. Rats Answer: Black Death (bubonic plague) in Europe The nursery rhyme basically talks about the start and eventual death by plague Carried by fleas in rats Bacteria is Yersinia Pestis 25. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person 1. 1281 2. 6 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 12 3. IOC: Athlete of the 20th Century 4. Santos + Cosmos Answer: Pele Scored 1281 goals in career 6 goals in 1958, 1 in 1962, 1 in 1966, 4 in 1970 Played for only two clubs Santos and Cosmos 26. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person/Thing 1. Mozambique 2. Nov 10, 1919 - Dec 23, 2013 3. Perfected in 1947 4. Favorite of guerillas everywhere Answer: Kalashnikov / AK-47 Mozambique is the only flag to feature the picture of a weapon (Kalashnikov Rifle) on its flag Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikovs dates 27. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Person (sports) 1. Picture 2. Book/Movie: French Connection 3. 1920 and 1932 4. Boxing and Bobsled Answer: Eddie Egan Only athlete to gold in both summer and Winter Olympics Protagonist of French Connection also called Eddie Egan (NYPD) 28. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Movie 1. Turtle Dove 2. Florida NYC 3. Plaza Hotel 4. Macaulay Culkin Answer: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York He gets a Turtle Dove from Mr. Duncan, the toy store owner Ends up in NYC when his family goes to Florida Stays at the Plaza Hotel Starring Macaulay Culkin 29. Points 1. +25 / 0 2. +20 / -5 3. +15 / -10 4. +10 / -15Place 1. 10^(10^100) 2. Desserts for electric sheep 3. 37.4220 N, 122.0840 W 4. The ******** Citation Ranking: Bringing Order to the Web. Technical Report. Stanford InfoLab, 1999. Answer: The Googleplex 10^(10^100) is googolplex Android versions are named after desserts Deleted word is PageRank