Post on 21-Apr-2017
Rules & Format
All the answers are somehow related with numbers.
30 questions 10 points each Infinite Bounce/Pounce. (+10/-5) Clockwise :- 15 questions Anti-Clockwise :- 15 questions
Q1.Identify both the films released in 1988.
An extract from Celluloid sultans of Kerala by Sreedhar Pillai.
The highly cinema-conscious Malayalee film-goer who has till now not been swayed by the charm and power of film actors have now started forming film clubs - there are over 100 Mammootty and Mohan Lal film clubs in the state - and queuing up for any movie which has the magical names. Last month in Trichur on the opening day of X had at least 15 fans were injured in a stampede. In Perinthalmanna about 70 kilometres from Calicut, Nafeesat Beevi, 48, saw Y a dozen times just to hear his soul-stirring dialogues.
And the answer is…
Q2.Identify the term. The origins of the term began with the
Trinity test in Jornada del Muerto desert near Socorro, New Mexico, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The Strategic Bombing Survey of the atomic attacks, released in June 1946, used the term liberally, defining it as: "For convenience, the term will be used to designate the point which is directly beneath the point of detonation.”
And the answer is…
Ground zero.
Q3. Krishna Bharat is an Indian research
scientist formerly at Google Inc, where he led a team developing Google's news product. He is the creator of Google News, a service that automatically indexes over 25,000 news websites in more than 25 languages to provide a summary of the News resources.
What event motivated him to came up with the idea of Google News?
And the answer is…
9/11 Attacks.
Q4.We all see that in a daily basis.
In 2008, a study carried out by the telecommunications arm of the Royal Mail found that it became a slang synonym for "clueless" in the United Kingdom.
Slang lexicographer Jonathon Green said that it was used as a slang term had been driven by the "influence of technology" and young people, but at the time, such usage was relatively confined to London and other urban areas.
And the answer is…
404.
Q5.Identify the song and the film.
In the opening chapter of Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, Gibreel sings the first lines of the song while falling to the ground, but in English rather than Hindi.
The first lines from the song are heard early in the 1991 film Mississippi Masala, at a significantly tense moment during the expulsion of Indians in Uganda in 1972.
This song gained international fame, particularly in the Soviet Union.
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Q6. Identify this with the help of the man pictured.
The is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules. often result from rules, regulations, or procedures that an individual is subject to but has no control over because to fight the rule is to accept it. Another example is a situation in which someone is in need of something that can only be had by not being in need of it. (A bank will never issue someone a loan if they need the money.)
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Q7.Identify the NBA team.
Founded in 1946 and originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA, and one of only eight (out of 23) to survive the league's first decade.
The team have had a rich history, with many of the greatest players in NBA history having played for the organization, including Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, and Billy Cunningham.
And the answer is…
Q8. What’s the theme of this movie?
Nine Hours to Rama is 1963 CinemaScope DeLuxe Color British film, directed by Mark Robson, and based on a 1962 book of the same name by Stanley Wolpert. The film was written by Nelson Gidding and was filmed in England and parts of India. It stars Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, Jose Ferrer, and Robert Morley.
And the answer is…
Q9. Chris Columbus is an American
filmmaker known for directing movies such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Mrs. Doubtfire , Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
His production company’s name is a play on Columbus' more famous namesake, Christopher Columbus.
And the answer is…
Q10.A 4 word phrase. It is a political slogan widely used and
coined by the Occupy movement. It was the name of a Tumblr blog page launched in late August 2011 and is a variation on the phrase X from an August 2011 flyer for the NYC General Assembly. A related statistic, the 1%, refers to the top 1% wealthiest people in society that have a disproportionate share of capital, political influence, and the means of production.
And the answer is…
We are the 99%.
Q11. An iconic representation.
The source that popularized this entity was a 17th-century carving over a door of the famous Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan. The carvings at Toshogu Shrine were carved by Hidari Jingoro, and believed to have incorporated Confucius’s Code of Conduct, using the ________ as a way to depict man’s life cycle. There are a total of eight panels, and the iconic entity comes from panel 2. The philosophy, however, probably originally came to Japan with a Tendai-Buddhist legend, from China in the 8th century (Nara Period).
And the answer is…
Q12. At the 16th-century palace at Fatehpur Sikri in
northern India: The game was played by Akbar in a truly regal
manner. The Court itself, divided into red and white squares, being the board, and an enormous stone raised on four feet, representing the central point. It was here that Akbar and his courtiers played this game; sixteen young slaves from the harem wearing the players' colours, represented the pieces, and moved to the squares according to the throw of the dice. It is said that the Emperor took such a fancy to playing the game on this grand scale that he had a court for the game constructed in all his palaces.
And the answer is…
Pachisi.
Q13.Two iconic terms. X is a term for Western society and culture in
the 1920s. It was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, particularly in major cities such as New York City, Montreal, Chicago, Detroit, Paris, Berlin, London and Los Angeles.
Y is a term that refers to the decade of the 1920s in Europe, during which most of the continent experienced an economic and cultural boom. The era began with the end of World War I and ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
And the answer is…
X-Roaring Twenties Y- The Golden/Happy Twenties
Q14. Whom were they trying to ban?
Italian fashion labels Prada, Versace and Armani have agreed to ban them from their catwalks. As of 2007, the British Fashion Council promoted the creation of a task force to establish guidelines for the fashion industry. They also urged fashion designers to use healthy models. An Italian inquiry reported in September 2007 that up to 40 percent of models could have an eating disorder and made a number of suggestions to promote health,yet ruled out a ban on them.
And the answer is…
Size Zero models.
Q15.Location? Meetings or joint undertakings with
extraterrestrials. The development of exotic energy
weapons for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or other weapons programs.
The development of means of weather control.
The development of time travel and teleportation technology.
These are some of the activities supposed to take place in this location.
And the answer is…
Q16.An infamous car race.
There was much debate over the apportioning of blame. To reach his pit-stop, Mike Hawthorn had to cut in front of Lance Macklin, causing Macklin to swerve into the path of Levegh in his much faster Mercedes. The collision propelled Levegh’s car upwards and into a concrete stairwell, where he was killed, and the wreck exploded in flames. The inquiry held none of the drivers responsible, and blamed the layout of the 30-year old track, which had not been designed for cars of this speed.
And the answer is…
24 Hours of Le Mans.
Q17.What’s the funda behind the title?
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Q18. X and Y please. We met next day as he had arranged,
and inspected the rooms at X, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
An extract from Y’s work from 1887.
And the answer is…
Q19.Have a close look at the logo and identify the chain of hotels.
And the answer is…
Q20.Sport? It is an English sport believed to derive from the
same origins as many racquet sports. In this sport, a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using a gloved or bare hand as though it were a racquet, similarly to hand-pelota.
And the answer is…
Fives.
Q21. This seems to have started around 1730
when it became a recognized concept to the British government officials. Specifically, the British Navy allowed its ships and captains the option to perform it as a way to honor members of the British Royal Family during select anniversaries. About eighty years later, in 1808, it officially became a standard of its kind to honor British Royalty.
What?
And the answer is…
21 Gun Salute.
Q22.Back to basics. The concept was pioneered by Willard
Libby and colleagues to date archaeological, geological and hydrogeological samples. It was discovered on 27 February 1940, by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California.
And the answer is…
Carbon-14
Q23. Identify the 1957 film.
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Q24. Who and what resulted?
His lifelong passion for books began at an early age. As a frequent visitor to his local libraries in the 1920s and 1930s, he recalls being disappointed because they did not stock popular science fiction novels, like those of H. G. Wells', because, at the time, they were not deemed literary enough. Between this and learning about the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. Later, as a teenager, he was horrified by the Nazi book burnings and later Joseph Stalin's campaign of political repression, the "Great Purge", in which writers and poets, among many others, were arrested and often executed.
And the answer is…
Q25.What was she referring to?
According to biographer Charles R. Cross, the growing importance of the media—Internet, television and magazines—and the response to an interview of X's mother were jointly responsible for such theories. An excerpt from a statement that X's mother, Wendy Fradenburg O'Connor, made in the Aberdeen, Washington newspaper The Daily World—"Now he's gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club."
And the answer is…
Q26. Use the picture as a clue.
The soundtrack for the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No features "Kingston Calypso", a calypso version of the song with new lyrics, in reference to three villainous characters in the film.
The song is also used as a derogatory phrase for poor referees. Bands also play the song to mock referees in similar cases.
And the answer is…
Three Blind Mice.
Q27.Identify the movie.
And the answer is…
Q28.The character? During the Batman Sunday comic strips that
ran from 1943–1946, his origin story is somewhat altered. He is introduced as an actor named Harvey Apollo, who is testifying at the trial of criminal Lucky Sheldon, and he is killed at the end of the story arc. His origin is again altered in the Batman daily strips published from 1989 to 1991. In this version, he is scarred by a vial of acid thrown by an unnamed bystander, which was intended for the Joker.
And the answer is…
Two-Face.
Q29.The motif? The motif appears to have its ultimate origin in
the Ancient Near East and it re-appears in the High Middle Ages, from the 10th or 11th century, and was notably used in the Byzantine Empire, but 11th or 12th century representations are also known from Islamic Spain, France and Bulgaria, and from the 13th century onward it becomes more widespread, and is used in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, Mamluk Egypt in the Islamic sphere, and in the Holy Roman Empire, Serbia and Russia in the Christian sphere.
And the answer is…
Double headed eagle.
Q30.An apt q to end the set.
Akeldama is an area in Jerusalem that is composed of rich clay and was formerly used by potters. For this reason the field was known as the Potter's Field. The clay had a strong red colour, which may be the origin of the modern name meaning "field of blood" in Aramaic. According to Christian tradition, what was used to buy this area?
And the answer is…
Thirty pieces of silver.