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Grand Finale
Rounds
• Written (5) • Mixed Bag (18)• SVC• Written (5)• Mixed Bag II (18)
Round1
Getting Inspired• 5 questions. • Each question carries 5
marks.• Full house ensure 5 bonus.
For the Audience
Which entertainer
modelled his look after getting
inspired from this toon-character?
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Elvis Prisley
Two simpleton peasants, Tahei and Matashichi in the Kurosawa’s The
Hidden Fortress, supposedly, inspired a filmmaker to create which two
iconic movie characters?
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Which iconic artwork is said to have been
inspired by the melting of a Camembert Cheese after getting
exposed to the sun?
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What did this recruitment poster of WWI, reportedly,
inspire?
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Who is said to be the inspiration for the physical features of the Super-
Clone in ‘Asterix and the Falling Sky’?
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On 23rd July 2013, Yeovil
Town FC announced
the signing of Alan Tate on
loan from Swansea City.This peculiar
way of announcing
the signing is inspired from which age-old
tradition?
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Exchange
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Two simpleton peasants, Tahei and Matashichi in the Kurosawa’s The
Hidden Fortress, supposedly, inspired a filmmaker to create which two
iconic movie characters?
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R2D2 & C3PO
Which iconic artwork is said to have been
inspired by the melting of a Camembert Cheese after getting
exposed to the sun?
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‘Persistence of Memory’ by Dali
What did this recruitment poster of WWI, reportedly,
inspire?
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Climactic scene from Dr. Strangelove, where Major Kong straddles the
atomic bomb
Who is said to be the inspiration for the physical features of the Super-
Clone in ‘Asterix and the Falling Sky’?
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
On 23rd July 2013, Yeovil
Town FC announced
the signing of Alan Tate on
loan from Swansea City.This peculiar
way of announcing
the signing is inspired from which age-old
tradition?
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Buckingham Palace’s traditional way of announcing the birth of the
‘Royal Baby’
Round2
Mixed Bag• 18 questions. • Infinite Bounce + Pounce.• Flat scoring of 10 points.• Half points, if any, is totally
QM’s discretion.
For the Audience
Though its roots can be found in a noted institution based in Central Kolkata, it was relocated to a new
address named ‘Amrapali’ in the early ‘50s.
What?
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Indian Statistical Institute
To please Ganesha’s constant demand of marriage, Brahma created two
beautiful women – Riddhi (representing wealth and prosperity) and Siddhi (representing intellectual
and spiritual powers). Who are the two sons of Ganesha from them representing auspiciousness and
profit?
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Shubh - Labh
The question was – “What do you know about the textile heritage of India and
what’s your wardrobe like?” The answer was – “As far as I know, the
textile heritage of India dates back to Gandhi and the khadi movement. And no, my wardrobe has no khadi in it,
although I love ethnic clothes”.What was decided by this apparently,
not-so-intelligent answer?
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The 1994 Miss India winner was decided.
Sush prevailed over Ash, courtesy this reply
Fill in the blank with a 10-letter word from this
extract from the Holmes’ story ‘The Musgrave Ritual’, which came into news
in the recent times : He (Sherlock) lifted bundle after bundle in a tender, caressing sort of way. “They
are not all successes,Watson,” said he. “But there are some
pretty littleproblems among them. Here’s the
record of the Tarleton murders, and the case of Vamberry, the wine merchant, and the adventure of the old Russian woman, and the singular affair of the
aluminium crutch, as well as a full account of Ricoletti of the club-foot, and
his _____ wife.”
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Abominable
Using techniques typically used to solve crimes, retired medical artist Richard Neave recently created a
portrait of a person whose original physical description is not found in
any written records.Whose portrait did he create?
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Jesus Christ
Just a few years back, Aditya Pratik Singh went to attend the wedding
reception of one of his relatives in a remote village in Haryana. Amidst all
the fun and frolic in that Punjabi-wedding, he saw an old lady was
feeling very irritated and vehemently requesting the village musicwala to play a particular Hayanvi folk song.
What came out of this funny incident?
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Though men’s list is pretty longer, women’s list has only two names -
Canada-born Nicola Payne and New Zealand-born Rowan Milburn.
What is the eligibility criteria to get into this list?
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Played cricket for two different countries
On the penultimate day of the Kurukshetra War, after Arjuna killed Karna, Kunti requested the Pandavas to perform the rites for Karna. When they protested, she revealed the true identity of Karna. They were shocked
to find that they had committed fratricide. Yudhishtira, furious with
his mother, then cursed all the women of this universe.
This story is said to be the reason behind what common
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Women would never be able to keep a secret
Said to have been invented in the 1860s by British potter Harvey Adams,
this new item spread all over the European continent and soon, every
famous potter-house was making them. Some of the well-known
manufactories were Meissen, Royal Crown Derby, Imari, Royal Bayreuth
and Limoges. Which common health-related hazards did these items help to prevent during
that era?(vis – next slide)
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These were Moustache Cups Often, moustache wax was applied to the
moustache to keep it nice and stiff, with every hair in place. When steaming hot cups of tea or coffee
were carried up to the mouth for sipping, the steam melted the wax and sent it right into the
cup and caused stomach-ache.
In May, 2015, accepting an invitation by a Turkish band to sing a ‘last song
for peace’ at a dinner hosted by Turkey near the Mediterranean city of Antalya, foreign ministers from
NATO’s member states linked arms on a stage and sang a karaoke rendition of a song which won three Grammy Awards, one American Music Award, and a People’s Choice Award among
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For the Audience
Which animal is being de-skinned by Laxmana, as depicted in this
mythological painting?
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Blackbuck
In the world of sports, what lasted 14 seconds (on Feb 28), 34 seconds (on
Aug 1) and 59 seconds (on Nov 14) in 2015?
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Ronda Roussey’s fights
Akbar Shah II was the penultimate Mughal
Emperor of India. After he was ill treated by the EIC, he had sent
someone to the British Parliament to argue on
his behalf. In the process, he did
something for which he is mostly
remembered. What’s his most
important contribution?
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Conferred the title ‘Raja’ to Rammohan Roy
These are some of the paintings depicting Mughal period by a painter who had not met any Mughals in his
entire life. Identify him.
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Rembrandt
This multi-faceted French started his career as a silk weaver, then worked as an armyman in the French Army and
later in the British East India Company and also rose to the rank of Major
General. He was the chief architect of a major north Indian city. Later in his life
he became a successful indigo merchant and a self taught surgeon.
Despite all these, he is mostly remembered as the founder of a noted
chain of institutions which is also found in Kolkata.
Who was he? Also, identify the institution.
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Claude Martin & La Martinier Schools
Prakash Vir Shastri, an Arya
Samaj leader and a noted
parliamentarian, was actually the first Indian to do
something unusual in the world stage but the credit is
wrongly attributed to another UPwala.What’s his claim to
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First Indian to speak in Hindi at the UNO
As stated by the lyricist, the inspiration behind the lovely lyrics is his wife, a pretty successful lady in
her own right.Identify the lyricist.
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Founded in 1668, it is the 3rd oldest of its type to be still in operation. It’s motto
literally means - Herefore strength
and safety. What did it decide to
do as part of the celebration of its
300th anniversary?
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Constituted the Nobel Prize for Economics
This former Man U and Barca player, who played alongside Eric Cantona
during his hey days, is now the Sports Director of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Apart from
appearing for his own country, he played a few matches for Catalonia
also. But despite all his moderate records,
why he is keenly followed by the media worldwide?
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Jordi Cryuff, son of Johan Cryuff
Filmmaker Anant Mahadevan said about a particular sequence of The
Xpose, “We have a similar scene where producers of a particular movie
release an actress’ last recording which was originally dubbed by a
dubbing artiste. The resultant ‘sympathy wave’ for that leading lady
made their film a hit.” This particular sequence was actually
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‘Pakeezah’, which flopped initially got an impetus after the release of a tape which was supposedly the ‘last recorded message’ of Meena
Kumari. But in reality, it was dubbed by Padma Khanna.
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Round3
Loose Connection• Not part of any selective
group.• One try after each clue.• Marks for the Connection-
Answer given in every slide
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+35/-15
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Seven Days
Round4
Impersonation• 5 questions. • Each question carries 5
marks.• Full house ensure 5 bonus.
For the Audience
Which Oscar winner is being mimicked by Matt Damon?
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Matthew McConaughey
Who is Sonu Nigam impersonating?
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Which actor, named the third greatest male screen legend of the Golden Age
Hollywood by the AFI, is being mimicked by Spacey?
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Which former great is being mimicked?
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Who is impersonating Bob Dylan?
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Absolutely hilarious one…..Djoker at his best….who is he mimicking?
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Who is Sonu Nigam impersonating?
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Kumar Sanu
Which actor, named the third greatest male screen legend of the Golden Age
Hollywood by the AFI, is being mimicked by Spacey?
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Jimmy Stewart
Which former great is being mimicked?
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Michael Holding
Who is impersonating Bob Dylan?
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Jimmy Fallon
Absolutely hilarious one…..Djoker at his best….who is he mimicking?
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Serena Williams
Round5
Mixed Bag II• 18 questions. • Infinite Bounce + Pounce.• Flat scoring of 10 points.• Half points, if any, is totally
QM’s discretion.
For the Audience
Manmohan Desai wanted to ‘recreate a golden page from India’s thrilling past’ with Rajesh Khanna and Hema
Malini. But all his efforts proved futile and the film was unfortunately
shelved. Why that particular jinxed project
came into news recently?
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Bajirao Mastani
For the Audience
In paleontology, a ____ taxon is a taxon that disappears for one or
more periods from the fossil record, only to appear again later. The term
refers to the biblical story in which Jesus Christ performed a
miraculous job.The term again came back to public
memory because of an emotional reason.
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Lazarus
Syrian rebels in the town of Kafranbel had such a realistic grasp of the
workings of publicity that they hold up a giant banner in 2015 addressed to X, offering to rename their city in ‘her’
honour if they could be free.Who is X?
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Caitlyn Jenner
As per folklore, King Trishanku became suspended between heaven and earth
because of ego hassles between Viswamitra and Indra. But, Vishwamitra
knowing that Trishanku would eventually fall to earth unless held up
by physical means, propped him up with a long pole. The pole eventually turned into the stem of a tree and Trishanku’s head became its fruit. The fibre around the fruit is his beard. After peeling the fruit, one can see his eyes peering at
him. This is supposedly the origin of which
tree?
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Coconut
Stephen Harper, the pianist and lead vocalist of the band The Van Cats once said that he coined the name after the address of his one-time residence 24
Sussex Drive. What is so special about this naming?
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Stephen Harper was the former PM of Canada.
The no. 24 in French is Vingto Quarte which sounds similar to Van Cats.
The US Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva, Michael Punke allegedly came up with the idea to
write his most popular novel while on an airplane, after reading a couple of lines in a history book about real-life braveheart. The book took a total of
four years to complete and he actually caught pneumonia at least four times during the painstaking research work.
Which book did he write?(It came into news in the recent times)
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The Revenant
Just a few weeks ago, scores of whale death were reported in Tuticorin due to beaching (stranded out of the water).
Apart from natural causes like El Nino, there have been some other factors like
- pollution, SONAR activities etc also associated with beaching.
As reported by the Indian Express, which major subcontinental crisis caused last such mass beaching of whales on the shores of Tuticorin?
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1971 Indo-Pak War
This organisation, the second largest after the United Nations in terms of international representation, employ
these celebrities as the brand ambassadors to highlight different
causes. Who is the first and till date the only
Indian to get that honour?
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SRK
An iconic photograph taken from the Cricinfo archive……what is being, reportedly,
said by the ‘deshbhakt’
spectator to the amused batsman
Brijesh Patel?
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Requested Patel to tell Sunil Gavaskar to score a little quickly
during his landmark innings of 36*
After learning classical vocal music for 15 years, he got mesmerised by a radio recital of Pandit Bholanath and decided to change his track. As per the legend goes, to pursue his new dream, he shoplifted from a local
musical-instrument shop and started his practice.
Identify this maestro who was once a disciple of Annapurna Devi.
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Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
For the Audience
Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (vis) was one of the most popular comedians of the silent film era. He made nearly 200
comedy films, both silent and ‘talkies’, between 1914 and 1947. He is best
known for his ‘Glasses Character’ (often named ‘Harold’ in the silent films), a
resourceful, success-seeking go-getter who was perfectly in tune with 1920s
era America. He, however, is remembered for what
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Reportedly, the physical appearance of Clark Kent is based on him
Because of all the hype and hoopla, the project was kept under wraps. Relatives of Doubleday employees
were hired as couriers to deliver of the portions of the book from the
company’s head office in Manhattan to the printing plant in Fairfield,
Pennsylvania. It was given the codename ‘Neil Armstrong’ for
obvious connection.Which project was this?
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Moonwalk – autobiography of Michael Jackson
19 years older than the oldest political party of India, it started its operation
on 2 Jan, 1866. The numbers 1 Up/2 Dn bore signs of its early
service. It’s most famous hour came when Netaji used it during his Great
Escape from his house arrest in Kolkata in 1941.
Also featured in a short story by Satyajit Ray, what am I talking about?
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Kalka Mail
In 2015, Anand and Punita Baid of Bengaluru, along with their kids Yash (12) and Dhriti (8), went on an epic trip exploring through 11 countries
over 111 days in a FIAT Linea. What did this Indian family-of-four
christen themselves?
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LIFE (Little Indian Family of Explorers)
This title-track and also the title of this recent family drama is said to be
a tribute to which well-known song?
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The 100th Amendment to the Indian Constitution came into force since the
1st of August 2015.Because of this amendment, more
than 30,000 people will legally get the right to celebrate the Independence
Day on 15th of August.What the amendment is all about?
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Land distribution between India & Bangladesh
Apparently the characterizations, namely - ‘sharp’, ‘principal’ and ‘diffuse’ were devised first by the
British chemists George Liveing and Sir James Dewar in the 1870s.
‘Fundamental’ was added later, due to the work of Arno Bergmann around
1907.What are these?
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spdf Orbitals
When Saint Patrick went to Ireland to convert the Druidic peoples to
Christianity, he was challenged by a local chief to the Christian idea of the
Trinity, three gods in one person. In that hour of crisis, how did Saint
Patrick convince him?
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He plucked a Shamrock from the ground and pointed to its three
leaves growing from one stem. The rest is history…….
Tom Cruise’s Top Gun was one of the first films that made heroes out of
fighter pilots. In the film, Tom Cruise and his squadron squared off
successfully against the Soviet MiG 28 aircrafts.
What was the most glaring mistake in the military action?
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MiG fighter planes were always denoted by odd numbers 15, 17, 19,
21, 23, 27, 29 and 31
On a trip to the hills, Rabindranath Tagore noted that a lady from his
touring entourage was purchasing a miniature elephant statue made of black wood. When the poet queried, she replied that his husband had a
habit of collecting these. Gently Tagore looked at the dark
complexioned and rather healthy looking lady and quipped, “Well now I
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P.C. Mahalanobis & Nirmalkumari Devi
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