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Details:Date - 27th AugBy

Abhishek UpadhyaAnup JhaRameen KhanAbhishek PaiAbhimanyu Malhotra

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Top 6 teams qualify for the finals. Write your names and team names on the answer sheet. Starred questions will be used to arbitrate ties (more stars win): no.

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CLOCKWISE - INFINITE POUNCE

+10 for correct answer ( on Direct and Pass). No Negatives.

Infinite Bounce – If you answer a question, the next direct goes to the team sitting next to you. If no one answers, the next question goes to the next team.

15 questions.

Pounce – Gives you a chance to score off an *easy* question, even if it is not your direct.

Register your pounce during the pounce interval before the question is made open to all. You get +15/-10.

Show the answer in writing. Wrong/No answer gives you negatives.

3 Pounces allowed per team. Use them wisely

1. Nikola Tesla propounded the theory that the human soul was formed of electricity and claimed that he could prove it mathematically. He formed this theory after discussions with an Indian whose knowledge of electricity astonished him. Who was this Indian?

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Swami Vivekananda

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2. This sport is traditionally played on a mat-like surface that is 2m wide and 14m long. Theinternational governing body for the sport is the Federation Internationale D'Escrime which conducts World Championships every year except during Olympic years. Which sport?

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Fencing

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3. What famous team do these characters form?

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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4. The earliest record of X comes from a student in pre-World War II in Japan (Asahi Shimbun January 31, 2008, 37th page). While some in Asian countries did X in the 1990s, these were basic tricks such as the Thumbaround, FingerPass, Charge, and Sonic.

Today, there are more variations and types of tricks, for example the Shadow, the Bak, the Twisted Sonic Bust etc. Give me X

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Pen Spinning

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5. Just before the start of the 1948 Olympics, someone noticed that the Great Britain team did not have a flag for the march past. A teenage assistant rushed out and found a flag in a commandant's car. He broke its window and grabbed the flag. The police wanted to arrest him but an army sergeant restrained them. The young man ran for race of his life and delivered the flag to his team.

After few years, the young man grabbed headlines with a superlative performance. Now, he is in line for the tag of the greatest British Sportsperson and amongst the race for lighting the 2012 London Olympic Flame?

Name this legend.

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Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile under 4 minutes

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6. What has just happened – timeline 1960 ?

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The first tied test match in the history of Cricket.

Australia v/s West Indies, Brisbane 1960-61

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7. The Sanskrit name for this syllable is Pranava, from a root nu “to shout, sound, praise”, verbal pra-nu- being attested as “to make a humming or droning sound” in the Brahmanas, and taking the specific meaning of "to utter the syllable" in the Chandogya Upanishad and the Shrauta Sutras. The Mandukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable.

Which syllable are we talking about?

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OM ( No, not the subject )

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8.This journeyman cricketer came into prominence in the 1986-87 one-day series against Australia, when a hundred and two fifties in six matches won him the Man of the Series award.Played four tests for IndiaHis last match was at Dhaka playing for Abahani Krira Chakra.Who is the cricketer?

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Raman Lamba

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9.Identify the organization to which this balance sheet belongs?

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Divya Yoga Trust Baba Ramdev’s trust in Haridwar

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10.X was the eldest in a family of 16 siblings, a member of the Kirana Gharana and was a disciple of Sawai Gandharva with Y as the co-student. X has also given playback for movies like “Basant Bahar” (1956), “Birbal My Brother” (1973) . Y got the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in the year 3 years before X . X went on to receive the Bharat Ratna.

Identify X and Y.

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X Bhimsen Joshi Y Gangu Bai Hangal

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11.According to Hindu historians, the Muslim emperor came down from Ferghana in 1527 and overcame the Hindu King of Chittodgad, Rana Sangrama Singh at Sikri, using cannons and artillery. After this victory the emperor dominated the subjugated Hindu population. His general, Mir Baqi, was in charge of the region. What historic reason is Mir Baqi famous for?

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He built the Babri Masjid

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12.Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw quotes “If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or he is a ___________”

< insert regiment / clan>

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Gurkha

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13. DIVISIONS OF WHAT?1 Northern

Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir

2 Northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

3 Western Rajasthan and Gujarat

4 WesternChhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

5 Southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

6 Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu

7 EasternWest Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern

8 Eastern Bihar & Jharkand

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Indian Pincode Zones

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14.Mirzapur is a city in the heartof North India, nearly 650 kmbetween Delhi and Kolkataand also equidistant fromAllahabad and Varanasi. There are loads of facts about Mirzapur one being that there is a small clock tower in the center of the city.

Claim to fame of this city?

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Indian Standard Time (IST) is calculated from the clock tower in Mirzapur which is nearly exactly on the reference longitude of Indian Standard Time at 82.5°

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15. X came to Mumbai eight years ago from his hometown Lucknow. However, instead of a job in singing, he began receiving work as a lyricist!

This multifaceted individual began his writing career with the film Aamir and then got fame for Dev D.

A close friend of X , Y had asked him to write a song for a movie . However, ultimately it was Z who penned the lyrics, while X sang the sufiana-style song along with female playback Kavita Seth.X, Y, Z?

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X Amitabha Bhattacharya Y Amit Trivedi Z Javed Akhtar

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SHORT VISUAL CONNECT Three images all connect to something.

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SHORT VISUAL CONNECT Posters used by Andy Dufresne to cover up the tunnel

in Shawshank Redemption

ANTICLOCKWISE - INFINITE POUNCE

+10 for correct answer ( on Direct and Pass). No Negatives.

Infinite Bounce – If you answer a question, the next direct goes to the team sitting next to you. If no one answers, the next question goes to the next team.

15 questions.

Pounce – Gives you a chance to score off an *easy* question, even if it is not your direct.

Register your pounce during the pounce interval before the question is made open to all. You get +15/-10.

Show the answer in writing. Wrong/No answer gives you negatives.

3 Pounces allowed per team. Use them wisely

1. Audio. Whose Interview is this?

http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals1

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Uncle Pai / Anant Pai, of Tinkle Fame, speaking about his inspiration to start Amar Chitra Katha

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2. Audio. Connect these two songs. Need a specific answer for full points.

No need to identify the band/song titles.http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals2-1http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals2-2

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The songs that lose in the finals of the movie Rock On!

Radio - Musafir Shaa'ir + Func - New Day

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3. Audio. It is 1994, an Irani joint, two Roorkee mechanical engineers and a Chennai-based mathematics graduate are dreaming dreams; they sip “chai'' but are drunk on music. After some firm handshakes, a band is born. Mechanics and Mathematics go out the window.They formed a music studio called "Aqua Regia" (chemically speaking, it is three parts hydrochloric acid, one part nitric acid and dissolves gold). The name came from their belief that "we have dissolved gold inside us.”The band members are Gopal, Anandh, and ShaleenListen to the song – Which is the band, and what is the reason behind their name? [ no part points, guess the complete answer]http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals3

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The Band Agosh ( of Paisa song fame) derives its name from the initials of the band members.

Anandh, Gopal, Shaleen The title also means “Embrace”

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4. Connect – List is not exhaustiveAgra Fort (1983) Ajanta Caves (1983)Churches and Convents of Goa (1986) Elephanta Caves (1987)Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989) Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly VictoriaTerminus) (2004)

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Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

The year in which they got the place in the list is in parentheses

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5.What connects the following to Indian History?

Maulvi Ziauddin, a Pashtun insurance agentIchiro OkudaMatsudaOrlando Mazzotta, an Italian nobleman

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Subhash Chandra Bose’s Pseudonyms in exile.

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6.This botanical event takes place every 50 years in Mizoram .The occurrence of this event brings tens of millions of hungry rats . After they devour the outcome of the event, the rats go on to demolish precious crops like rice. The last outbreak began in 2006 and continued till 2008. What is the event being talked here?

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The flowering of bamboo Melocanna bacciferra flowers every 50 years

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7.The area of present-day X was predominantly mangrove swamp before the late 19th century, largely inhabited by the Koli fishermen. Spread over an area of 175 hectares, or 0.67 square miles (1.7 km2), its current estimated population is about 1 million. What is X here?

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Dharavi

Dharavi, spread over 557 acres and housing nearly three lakh people, is no longer Asia's largest slum. Mumbai has at least four larger contenders for the dubious distinction, some of them three times the size of Dharavi.

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8.The literal translation of X is “The River of Kings”

X covers the entire span of history in the Kashmir region from the earliest times to the date of its composition. Written in Sanskrit verse by the Kashmiri Brahman Y in 1148, that is justifiably considered to be the best and most authentic work of its kind

Identify X and the Y.

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Rajatarangini by Kalhana

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9.Connect

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All are NOBEL prize winners for economics

Edmund Phelps 2006 Roger Myerson 2007 Paul Krugman 2008 Elinor Ostrom 2009 Christopher Pissarides 2010

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10. It has been claimed that Fred Flintstone’s famous “Yabba Dabba Doo” was derived from probably the first jingle made for X, when Alan Reed, the actor who first voiced the character, didn’t like the simple “Yahoo” in the script.

X’s popularity with RAF pilots in WW2 led to their nickname, The X Boys. This is the title of the1998 film about downed pilots interned in the Republic of Ireland. The model in RAF uniform who advertised the product during WW2 was said to have looked like a “guttered candle” because he used so much of it. X?

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o Brylcreem

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11. Ananyaaschinthayantho mam ye janah paryupaasathe Thesham nithyaabhiyukthanam…………..”The missing part of this verse from the Gita is the motto of an Indian company. Name the motto and the company.

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Yogakshemam Vahamyaham Life Insurance Corporation of India

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12.Officially known as the KdF-Wagen (Kraft durch Freude-Wagen), it had a lot of nicknames in various languages like Kafer, Coccinelle, Vocho, Fusca, Escarabajo, Escarabat, Poncho, Jia ke Chong, Buba etc. How do we know this better?

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Volkswagen Beetle

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13.X was first granted permission to start operations in India by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board in April ’07. In exchange, the US Government allowed the import of mangoes from India after a gap of 18 years.Mangoes for what?

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Harley Davidson

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14.Founded in 1931 as the Huafu Pen Factory, it was renamed in 1966 to the current name, The Shanghai X Company. Some of its brands of pens include X, Doctor, Wing Sung, Lucky, Huafu, Xinming, Guanleming, Xinhua, and Gentleman. The design of some of its pens such as X 100 resembles that of Parker 51.X?

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Hero

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15.The common name for this species of rabbits is Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit. It is an endangered subspecies of Marsh Rabbit named after a very famous “publisher” X of the United States of America. Identify X.

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Playboy / Hugh HefnerSylvilagus palustris hefneri common name Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, is an endangered subspecies of Marsh Rabbit named after Playboy founder Hugh Hefner

Old Quizzing Rule : “When you’re clueless, and have to guess, guess Playboy”

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Three images all connect to something.

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SHORT VISUAL CONNECTPepsi's Change the Game ad, feature these as examples.

Billy Bowden - Tedi Ungli - GheeHarbhajan Singh - Metal Horn \m/ . DoosraKevin Pieterson – Watermelon. Palti Hit.Shakib Al Hasan - Hopscotch. This ad was only aired in Bangaldesh.2nd image – Pallu shot, Dilshan3rd image – Dhoni ad with the wheel/helicopter

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