CQC QUIZBy Ashwin Balasubramaniam

1. WRITTEN ROUND (WRITE ANSWER AND GUESS THE THEME)

1. “The Battle Hymn of the _____ _____” – a controversial book by Amy Chua

2. Protagonist of the Metal Gear Series by Konami. ____

3. ______are the hottest, most sultry days of summer, taking their name from the Star Sirius

4. Fifer , Fiddler, Practical in 1933 disney cartoon are better known as _________

5. Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru are the ______6. Viktor Krum's wand was crafted by Gregorovitch,

was unusually thick, and had a ______core

1. WRITTEN ROUND (WRITE ANSWER AND GUESS THE THEME)

7. Ruby (Surya/Sun), Pearl (Chandra/Moon), Coral (Mangala/mArs), Emerald (Budha/Mars), Yellow Sapphire (Brahaspati/Jupiter), Diamond(Shukra/Venus), Blue Sapphire (Shani/Saturn), Hessonite (Rahu), _______(Ketu)

8. ____ _____ or ___ ____ is popular symbol of the french national sports teams

9. 7th Labour of Hercles performed at Crete during the Reign of King Minos

10. The Karni Mata in Deshnoke, near Bikaner Rajasthan is also known as the Temple of _________

11. In the 2010 Tim Burton Adaptation starring Johnny Depp (yawn, again) and Helena Bonham Carter ( No Surprise There) which iconic character is given the name Nivens McTwisp ?

12. Satanists use a pentagram with two points up, often inscribed in a double circle, with the _______inside the pentagram.

ctd

ANSWER

1. Tiger Mother2. Solid Snake 3. Dog Days4. Three Little Piggies5. Three Wise Monkeys6. Dragon Hearstring7. Cat’s Eye (Navagraha & Corresponding Gems)8. Gallic Rooster / Coq Gallois (Scientific Name Gallus Gallus)9. Capture the Cretan Bull (Ox)10. Rats11. The White Rabbit12. Head of Goat

Connect : Chinese Zodiac

2. CONNECT THE FOLLOWING (NOT EXHAUSTIVE)

ANSWER

Named after Rivers

3. WHAT IS THIS MANEUVER CALLED AND WHY IS IT CALLED THAT?

ANSWER

Bootleg Turn Junior Johnson a moonshiner who is

credited with its invention went on to become a NASCAR Racer and owner

4.

Invented by  Harold P. Brown and Arthur Kennelly, it is falsely attributed to Edison (they were working for him though). One of the driving force behind this was to discredit a rival competing with Edison. Name the invention and the rival and the competing technologies ?

ANSWER

The Electric Chair Westinghouse & GE ( AC & DC )

5.

In the U.S. military, X refers to the act of attacking a superior officer with the intent to kill that officer. The term originated during the Vietnam War and used to mean the assassination of an unpopular officer of one's own fighting unit. Killing was effected by means of a 

ANSWER

Fragging

6.

This industry was thrown into turmoil in the 1900’s due to various patent disputes between leading companies which was finally resolved by the formation of MPPC ( Essanay, Selig, Lubin, Kalem, American Star, American Pathé, Edison, Biograph,Vitagraph )in December 1908 (which can be loosely described as a cartel) . Certain “independents” like Carl Lemmale , Vilmos Fried etc. moved to X due to a combination of factors geographical distance from MPPC’s base, and the rather less stringent enforcement of patents being some (not chronological).

ANSWER

Hollywood, Lemalle founded Universal and Vilmos Fried (William Fox) founded Fox.

7.

“A mighty bowl on deck he drew. And filled it to the brink; Such drank the Burford's gallant crew, And such the gods shall drink, The sacred robe which Vernon wore Was drenched within the same; And hence his virtues guard our shore, And X derives its name.”

Following Britain's conquest of Jamaica in 1655, a half pint or "2 gills" of rum gradually replaced beer and brandy as the drink of choice. Given to the sailor straight, this caused additional problems, as some sailors saved the rum rations for several days to drink all at once. Due to the subsequent illness and disciplinary problems, the rum was mixed with water. This both diluted its effects and accelerated its spoilage, preventing hoarding of the allowance. Identify X ?

ANSWER

Grog

8. CONNECT

ANSWER

Battle of Anghiari by Rubens which is a copy of the original Leonardo

Battle of Cascina by Aristotele da Sangallo original by Michelangelo

The “collaboration” that never was between Leonardo and Michelangelo

9. ONE WORD CONNECT

Reply to this message from Philip II of Macedon - "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into Lakonia, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city." 

ANSWER

IF

10. FLAG CONNECT(SIMPLFYING POLITICS)

Vs

Vs

in

in

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One (now two?)of its kind flags)?

ANSWER

Cyprus

Kosovo

11. IDENTIFY THE LANE IN MELBOURNE ?

ANSWER

AC / DC Lane named in honor of the band

12. USAGE OF X IS ILLUSTRATED BELOW Arun: "Dude I just got accepted to

the New York Writers Guild and I think the hot girl from my writing workshop is totally into me!"Vikram: "Aicchhhhh"Arun: "Bless you"Arvind: "Gube! If you dont know 'Aicchhhhh', look it up on X!"

ANSWER

Samosapedia

13.

Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, USA built a prototype in 1912 which was destroyed in a fire and it was not until 1928 that he had a fully working machine ready. Though there was initial misgivings about the invention it was wildly successful. Ironically though the inventor has been largely forgotten, this (or rather what it enabled) is “widely regarded as a benchmark for any new scientific breakthrough or invention”.

ANSWER

Sliced Bread

14. RULES FOR

One Player asks the other to pick a number Now the player who has the deck starts

throwing the cards in open in the table in two sets, one is named as in and the other as out

If the card with number selected by player 2 first falls in set then the player who selected the number wins the game, but if it falls in the out set all the dealer wins.

ANSWER

Mankatha

15.

The desired effect on subjects can be reproduced with any of the following (which is also used apparently ) whiskey, breeze, money . Some other examples in other cultures

Denmark – appelsin (orange) Korea – kimchi ……..etc. In other places eg (Tagid Gvina in hebrew) the

translation is literal but need not give the intended effect.

This can be replaced for comedic effect, or with something relevant to the event or time.

ANSWER

Say Cheese!!

16.

Back in time when cheques issued by the US government were still being honored. What was this used to buy ?

ANSWER

The State of Alaska ( Relatively expensive considering they paid a few beads for Manhattan )

17. ONE WORD CONNECT

Audio various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN

(Sandinista National Liberation Front) An account which offsets another account. An

asset account has a credit balance and offsets the debit balance of the corresponding asset. A liability account has a debit balance and offsets the credit balance of the corresponding liability.

This Dance Form :

ANSWER

Contra

18.

NASA launched the Kepler observatory was launched to look for Earth-like planets beyond our own solar system. It has found more than 1,000 apparent planets around distant suns. The planet, named Kepler-16b (first to be discovered of this kind) in the Cygnus Constellation , orbits in a big circle every 229 days. It's a frozen world, about the size of Saturn, and it's likely a ball of gas with a rocky interior. Why are news item referring to it as the Star Wars Planet ?

ANSWER

First Planet to orbit Two Suns, Tatooine anyone ?

19. ADS RECENTLY BANNED IN THE UK. WHY ? ( SPECIFIC WORD :/)

ANSWER

Airbrushed Ads

20.

X’s Books were often adorned with Y as a Symbol of Luck. Later he had them removed so as not to be misconstrued as supporting Z.

ANSWER

X: Kipling Y: Swastika Z: Nazi

21. FITB

In Mass Effect 2 the popular Sci Fi game voted multiple game of the year you play commander Shepard who is resurrected from the dead by a shady organisation known as Cerebrus. When Shepard tries to Enter the Galactic Capital called the Citadel the following conversation ensues (not exact reproduction)

Officer Bailey : The system shows you up as DeadCommander Shephard : Can You Fix it (one of the choices)Officer Bailey : Sure. Spending a year dead is a popular

____ _____In a subtle hat tip to h2g2

ANSWER

Tax Dodge

22.

Kate Winslet: Eve Branson::Sunil Dutt: _______

ANSWER

Nargis . Celebrity damsels in distress (fire) and their celebrity saviours :/

23.

Hostilities were first engaged on the gleaming facades of Montreuil office park, east of Paris, home to gaming giant Ubisoft and BNP-Paribas bank's IT systems. The conflict has since spread to the business district of La Défense, and to the equally besuited enclave of Issy-les-Moulineaux, which houses France's greatest concentration of telecoms and media companies. In fact, across the French capital, the summer has been enlivened by a corporate collage contest known as La guerre des ___- (the _____ wars). What were the under employed people using to create art ?

ANSWER

POST IT

**24. GIVE ONE WORD ( COGGED FROM THE OASIS LONE WOLF QUIZ )

In Cambridge, a student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours 117.

a profession of handling animals, especially horses and cattle

an SUV and off-road vehicle manufactured by Chrysler under its Jeep marquee. 

ANSWER

Wrangler

**25.

The word entered the English language in the late 19th century and is derived from Italian for a female deity (the root being feminine of the Latin word for someone deified after death). The word is cognate with the Hindu term meaning goddess. The Urban Dictionary defines it as the female version of a “Hustla”.

ANSWER

DIVA

**26 ALPHABET SOUP

P’s defense brief against Q contains the following evidence

“Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of a still image taken from X’s1968 film “Y” In a clip from that film lasting about one minute, ……….. The clip can be downloaded online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8pQVDyaLo. As with the design claimed by the D’889 Patent, the tablet disclosed in the clip has an overall rectangular shape with a dominant display screen, narrow borders, a predominately flat front surface, a flat back surface (which is evident because the tablets are lying flat on the table’s surface), and a thin form factor.

P : Samsung Q : Apple X : Kubrick Y : 2001 A Space Odyssey

** 27

Herzogenaurach is a town in Bavaria, Germany has the nickname "the town of bent necks". Arising due to an acrimonious split in 1948. Several stores, bakeries and bars were unofficially divided including the town's two football clubs

ANSWER

PUMA & ADIDAS

**28. OWC

ANSWER

RPG

**29

XY Founded by Arthur X in 1869 at 23 Market Street, Manchester, Lancashire, there was never a Mr.Y and the name was chosen because it was pleasing to the ear (according to WIKI). One of the sub brands advertise the USP of the product as Colour, Flavour and Strength

ANSWER

BrookeBond, Sub Brand being Three Roses

**30 CONNECT

ANSWERS

RmKV’s Thematic Sarees

** THEME ANSWER

Brookefields (Some Shameless Promotion :/)

31. LONG VISUAL CONNECT ( NON EXHAUTIVE )

I HOPE YOU ARE NOT ALLERGIC TO EDUCATION

HI! I AM GANDALF …AND YOU WOULD BE ?

QUINTESSENTIAL BIKING !

TOPROCK, DOWNROCK, SPINS AND ________

HE’S FUNNY ISN’T HE ?

CRACK ZE CODE

GUARANTEED KILLER LOOKS :/

WIN SOME … WIN SOME OTHERS AS WELL

WHOSE STYLE ?

WHICH OF YOU ORDERED THE BHEJA FRY?

BATMAN VILLAINS

Janus – Two Face Ivy League – Poison Ivy Durin’s Bane – Bane Harley Davidson – Harley Quinn Freeze (as opposed to spin) – Mr.

Freeze Djoker – The Joker Enigma Machine – E.Nigma (The

Riddler) Crocs – Killer Croc Catwoman – Catwoman Mad Hatter – Mad Hatter Scarecrow - Scarecrow

32. ONE MORE BATMAN KOSTIN

In Batman the animated series titled “Beware the Grey Ghost”. A young Bruce Wayne grows up watching a TV series of a vigilante called Grey Ghost. The washed up actor who plays the Grey Ghost later helps Batman solve a series of bombings resembling his TV show. Who was the voice actor for Grey Ghost ?

ANSWER

Pada pada pada pada ……..Adam West

33.

 Among his translations Kambar's Tamil Ramayana into English,Thirukkural into English as well as works on Socrates, and Marcus Aurelius in Tamil. Was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for Tamil in 1958. And Along with C.V. Raman and Radhakrishnan was the first to be awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954.

ANSWER

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari