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  • 1. OFFSIDESP-ENT Quiz Finals -By QUEST-DSCE Quiz Club
  • 2. ROUND 1 DRIES +10/0 +5 on Pass
  • 3. 1.I dont see how you can look at this century and not include cartoons.Theyre one of our great contributions, along with jazz and film. (I know, Iknow. The movies were a 19th-century invention. But we 20th century folksreally put them to good use.) To some extent, too, we wanted people whoalso represented important 20th century trends or developments.This was Bruce Handys defense for the inclusion of someone in THE TIME100 MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY.Who is being referred to here..??
  • 4. Answer : Bart Simpson
  • 5. 2. " X is not part of the equipment and it can be dangerous, even like hanging somebody. The decision was unanimous. There was not even a discussion because this is not part of the uniform. I was a player in both winter and summer weather and I never wore a X. We must pay attention to the laws of the game. It was rejected unanimously not only by the board today but, before, by all the technical staff and by the secretary- generals. Its a non-issue. Words by the president of the governing body of a certain sport. ID X.
  • 6. Answer : Snoods
  • 7. 3.What distinction does the movie Your Friends & Neighbors starring Amy Brenneman Aaron Eckhart Jason Patric Ben Stiller hold in the online world?
  • 8. Answer :First movie to be reviewed onrottentomatoes.com
  • 9. Birmingham Barons No. 45 & No. 35 Outfield4. Batted: Right Threw: Right Professional debut Southern League: April 8, 1994 for the Birmingham Barons Arizona Fall League: 1994 for the Scottsdale Scorpions Last professional appearance Southern League: March 10, 1995 for the Birmingham Barons These refer to the baseball Southern League statistics (through 1994) career statistics of which Batting average .202 legendary figure ? Runs batted in 51 Home runs 3 Arizona Fall League statistics Batting average .252 Teams Birmingham Barons (19941995) Scottsdale Scorpions (1994)
  • 10. Answer : Michael Jordan
  • 11. 5. Put Funda..!!!
  • 12. Answer :A piece of art that George Lucas had created to congratulateJames Cameron when Titanic surpassed Star Wars at thebox office and became the highest grossing movie ever.
  • 13. 6. X:"Im cleaning the Champions League trophy with a Tottenham shirt." Y: "Thanks for cleaning it up for me. Im already creating space in my cup cabinet." X: "Were gonna [sic] give you a football lesson in London." Y:"I met your defence in Milan, it didnt look good. It was like cheese with holes in it." X:"I found a good goalkeeper on eBay. Shall I send you the link?" Y:"We dont need him, you wont come into our penalty area! Id X and Y..
  • 14. Answer : X : Wesley Sneijder Y : Rafael van der Vaart.
  • 15. ROUND 2Your LossMy Gain Cumulative Scoring (n+1)*10 for right answer -5n for wrong answer Where n = No. of teams whove passed
  • 16. 1. Id the Singer..
  • 17. Answer : Johnny Depp
  • 18. 2. Layout plan for..??
  • 19. Answer :Layout Plan for Pennys and Leonard-Sheldonsapartments from The Big Bang Theory.
  • 20. 3.Bill James defined X as "the search for objective knowledge aboutbaseball." Thus, X attempts to answer objective questions aboutbaseball, such as "which player on the Red Sox contributed the most tothe teams offense?" or "How many home runs will Ken Griffey hit nextyear?" It cannot deal with the subjective judgments which are alsoimportant to the game, such as "Who is your favourite player?" or "Thatwas a great game.The story of a 2011 Hollywood movie was based on X.ID X
  • 21. Answer : Sabermetrics
  • 22. 4. The man on the left was the first guest on LARRY KING NOW.. Id the guy
  • 23. Answer : Seth Macfarlane
  • 24. 5. Only players to have achieved what?
  • 25. Answer :The Boxed Seti.e career grand slams in singlesdoubles and mixed doubles.
  • 26. 6. His international breakthrough came in 1974,when he produced "Kung Fu Fighting" performed by Carl Douglas; the song became one of the best-selling singles of all time with eleven million records sold, and established him as one of the most prolific dance music producers from outside the United States at the time. In the 1980s,he launched the careers of the late Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan; he produced her debut album Disco Deewane, which charted in fourteen countries and became the best-selling Asian pop album up until that time. In the 1990s, he popularized Indi-pop with the hit album Made in India. Who is he..??
  • 27. Answer : Biddu Appaiah
  • 28. ROUND 3Destinys Child +15/-5
  • 29. CategoriesMinimalist Poster OlympicsTV Shows CricketMovies FootballMusic American Sports Round 4
  • 30. Answer : The Matrix(1999) Back Round 4
  • 31. House of Cards is a new American TV series that premiered in earlyFebruary of 2013. A political drama, it features the likes of Kevin Spacey andRobin Wright. Netflix, the DVD-rental-turned-streaming service, isdistributing the show.What innovative model is Netflix using in distribution, which media expertscalled an idea whose time has come?
  • 32. Answer :Netflix streamed the entire 1st season at once, onFeb 1,2013 Back Round 4
  • 33. Many critics noted the resemblance between the screenplay for the film X and Y,both of which were written by Eric Roth.Among the similarities is a hero who: Narrates the story starting with the words "My name is..."; Is born in the South without a father and has difficulty walking; Is born on an important day in American history; Has a mother who gives him pearls of wisdom and helps him walk; Works for a period of time on a boat; Serves in a wartime battle in which a friend of his is killed; Returns home after an extended absence only to witness the death of his mother; Travels the world on his own for an extended period of time;Id the movies X and Y..
  • 34. Answer :X : Forrest Gump &Y : The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Back Round 4
  • 35. The fusion band comprising a bunch of teenagers is one of the two bands fromAsia selected by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle from among 10,000entries world over.This band previously landed in international spotlight for the soundtrack for thefilm Thinapayanam, which won accolades for the best score at the Paris FilmFestival.One of the band members said that Danny Boyle was so impressed with ourperformance that he has recommended our band to perform at the AberdeenMusic Festival set to be held this August in Aberdeen. Playing at such aprestigious platform like Olympics is no less than dream come true for us.ID this band that played at the london olympics?
  • 36. Answer : Staccato Back Round 4
  • 37. PutFunda..!!
  • 38. Answer : Only Cricket match to be played at the Olympics-1900 in Paris, between France and England. Back Round 4
  • 39. Connect..
  • 40. Answer : Winners of the FIFA Pusks Award Back Round 4
  • 41. We all know the ex aussie greats Steve Waugh andMark Waugh but little does one know about the 3rdbrother.With the nickname Korea he is the forgotten Waugh.Can you name him?
  • 42. Answer : Dean Parma Waugh Back Round 4
  • 43. PutFunda..!!
  • 44. Answer : The Curse of the Bambino was a superstition evolving from the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series in the 86-year period from 1918 to 2004, began after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees in the off-season of 1919-1920.Before that point, the Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball franchises. Red Sox fans attempted various methods over the years to exorcise their famous curse. This included spray painting a "Reverse Curve" street sign on Storrow Drive to change it to say "Reverse the Curse" (the sign wasnt replaced until just after the 2004 World Series win). Back Round 4
  • 45. ROUND 4Mathertainment Guess the 16 movies. Time duration : 90 sec. +5 for each right answer.
  • 46. Answers :1.)Sin city 9. ) Exorcist2.) The Matrix 10.) Cross of Iron3.) Signs 11.) The Social Network4.) The Average Woman 12.) Vertical Limit5.) The Sum of all Fears 13.) Cube6.) Snakes on a plane 14.) Wall-E7.) In the Loop 15.) Speed8.) Alpha and Omega 16.) 127 hours
  • 47. ROUND 5 All roads lead to Rome+10/-5
  • 48. Connect Theme - 100
  • 49. X is a British track sprinter. He has won international medals atWorld and European level and is one of the fastest Europeansprinters in the history of athletics. His primary event is the100 metres, in which he has the second fastest time by a Britishsprinter. He is the European record holder for the 60 metres and4100 metres relay events with 6.42 seconds and 37.73 srespectively. He received a two-year athletics ban in 2003 aftertesting positive for THG, a banned performance-enhancing drug.X? Theme - 80
  • 50. Connect! Theme - 60
  • 51. X also known as Y eve is a yearly celebration observed in a number ofcountries.According to many scholars, Y is a Christianised feast originallyinfluenced by western European harvest festivals. Other scholarsmaintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solelyChristian rootsID Y Theme - 40
  • 52. Map of what? Theme - 25
  • 53. X is a 2010 fantasy adventure film produced by JerryBruckheimer, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and distributed byWalt Disney Pictures. The film is named after the X segmentin Disneys Fantasia (with one scene being an extensivereference to it), which in turn is based on the late 1890ssymphonic poem by Paul Dukas and the 1797 JohannWolfgang von Goethe ballad.ID X Theme - 15
  • 54. Synonyms of X are:beaker, bowl, chalice, cup, mug, tumbler, vesselID X Theme - 10
  • 55. ANSWERS:1. All played for Phoenix suns2. Dwain Chambers3. Has common theme of Prison break4. X is Halloween also known as hallows eve. Y is Hallow5. Map is of the Half Blood camp(Percy Jackson)6. The Sorcerers apprentice7. GobletCommon theme is Harry potter movies :Order of the phoenixChamber of secretsPrisoners of AzkabanHalf blood princeDeathly hallowsSorcerers stoneGoblet of fire