18 questions

Infinite Pounce (+10/-10)

1. The founder of this company’s explanation as to how he

came up with the name:-

“One day I was in San Francisco in a coffee shop, and I was thinking X is a good name. And then a waitress came, and I said, "Do you know about X?" And she said yes. I said, "What do you know about X?", and she said, “Y". And I said, "Yes, this is the name!" Then I went onto the street and found 30 people and asked them, "Do you know X?" People from India, people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China … they all knew about X. X is a kind, smart business person, and he helped the village. So … easy to spell, and globally known. “

ID X and Y.

X-Alibaba

Y- Open Sesame

2. ID theman.

3. The X was found in 1858, making it oneyear older than the one found at Shanghai,and probably the oldest one in the East. Xhad to shift base quite a few times. It startedoff with a thatched roof on the bank of theHooghly near Chandpal Ghat. This lasted till1864 when a disastrous cyclone swept thewhole place away. The next was at Fortpointin 1865, but only after much argument withthe inmates of the Fort who alleged that itwould interfere with the field of fire of someof their guns. Subsequently, it tried out otherplaces, which include – Strand Road, AdiGanga and Kidderpore before it shifted to itspresent location.X?

Calcutta Rowing Club.

4. ID the dish.

Tarte Tatin

5. The inspiration behind this is not clear and hence,

attributed to one of the two men- either George Villiers (16-17th century) or Prince Regent George (late 18th century).

- The first was an up-start who wormed his way into the courtof King James I. George Villiers was likely a bisexual, whohad an intense and fairly well-documented attachment tothe king. George loved the ladies and was rumoured to befond of seducing noblemen’s wives – sometimes without theconsent of the ladies in question.

-Prince Regent George was enormously fat, and notoriouslygluttonous. He couldn’t fit regular clothes. He wasn’t thesharpest tool in the shed, but he definitely loved the ladies.Prince George once attended a bare-knuckle boxing matchwhich left one contestant dead. He ran away and hid himself,afraid of a potential scandal.

What is being talked about here?

Georgie Porgy pudding and pieKissed all the girls and made them cry

When the boys came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away

6.Amul ad from 2003. ID all of them.

L-R:-

Uma Bharti, Vasundhara Raje,

Sheila Dikshit

7.A : When I was doing X, I was about the same age that you areright now, and Norman Lloyd said to me, “You have no idea howlucky you are. You guys think you are having a nice time but youdon’t know how rare an experience this is.” He was in his 70s andhe was saying that the experience of making X was unique. AndI feel a little way like that towards you.

B : Yeah, I’m terrified to work on another project.

A : You’ll be profoundly disappointed. [Laughs] The first time Isaw X I thought it was a good film in the parts I wasn’t in. Butevery time I came on screen it turned into some home movieand I was hearing a screeching sound, like an alarm. Did youhave any feelings like that watching Y? It must have beenweirder for you because there was so much of it that you don’teven remember doing.

ID X and Y.

X- Dead Poets’ Society. Y- Boyhood

8. ID any 2 out of 3

L-R: Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, David Bowie

9. The person’s Tumblrpage reads…

Hey there. I’m _________. I get really passionateabout things. At some time in my life, I’ve beenobsessed or borderline-obsessed with saltwateraquariums, the baritone euphonium, reading, piano,filming, financial markets, (and certain otherthings). I studied History at the University ofGeorgia. During my senior year of college, I took out$3,000 in student loans and bet it on Barack Obamato win the presidency. A friend heard about this betand got me a job trading bonds on the Chicago Boardof Trade. I traded for three years. It went really wellfor awhile. But then it went really bad.Whoops. After I lost my trading job, I decided to (hispresent job). Mom wasn’t too happy about thatdecision, but so far it’s gone pretty well. And I’ve metsome amazing people along the way. Fill in theblanks.

10. Reference to what?

11. Name this controversial painting.

The Enigma of William Tell- Salvador Dali

13. ID the publication.

Jyllands-Posten. Printing of such controversial cartoons by thisDanish newspaper led to the Muhammad cartoons controversyin 2005

14. Connect. Or Fill in the Blank.(List is exhaustive apart from a few other minorones)

Blues Incorporated.

Graham Bond Organization

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers

Manfred Mann

Powerhouse

__________

Lifetime

List of bands in which Jack Bruce played.The missing entry is Cream.

15. Cost Analysis of what?

16. Ad forwhat?

Audience Q 1.

According to Narayan Sanyal’s novel Rupamanjari, the genesis of Xactually goes back to the matrimony alliance between the two seats ofpower in two different parts of present day West Bengal. The story goesthat a girl from the then Krishnanagar royal household was married toa son from Burdwan royal household. When she became pregnant shelost her appetite and refused to eat any food. During this time sheexpressed a desire to eat this – something that artisans from hermaternal home used to manufacture.

The then ruler of Krishnanagar made arrangements to find out whoprepared X but no one in Krishnanagar seemed to be aware of thisApparently even the lady did not remember the name. She hadmentioned “X” because the artisan who used to prepare this used tolimp and walk .Then the artisan was summoned to the Krishnagarcourt and was sent off to Burdwan. He was lured with lands to settle inBurdwan so that he could prepare delicacies for the royalty.

What is X?

Lengcha.

Audience Q2: ID the book

12. Connect (inexhaustible list)

Mr. Bean’s holiday

Vampire’s Kiss

Spiderman 2

A David Silverman vs Bill O’ Reily debate onFox News

How I Met Your Mother

Panic Face King

Source of ‘faces’ for memes.