Anti Clockwise Round

Rules

• Infinite Pounce and bounce

• +10/-5 on pounce

• +10/0 on bounce

• If no team is able to answer, question passes to audience

• Audience can try and crack the questions on pounce

Q1)LIGHTS OUT was a headline project of the cultural programme 14-18 NOW on 4 August 2014. Everyone in the UK was invited to turn off their lights between 10pm and 11pm on 4 August 2014 – leaving only a single light or candle for a symbolic act of reflection and hope.

The project was inspired by a Sir Edward Grey quote,“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime”

what did the campaign aim to do?

As a part of the campaign, a single light beam that penetrated the dark London sky was launched, and artist Paul Cummins installed 888,246 ceramic poppies filling the dry moat of the Tower of London. (IMAGE ON NEXT SLIDE)

Commemorate 100 years since Britain officially entered WW1

Q2)

Nils Bohlin, the Swedish engineer and inventor was born on July 17, 1920 in Härnösand, Sweden and is credited with the invention of one of the greatest innovations in safety, X.

He was working on the project with Swedish aerospace company Saab, when he was asked to join its sister company Y(headquatered in Gothenburg, Sweden) to work on the same project, and was appointed Chief Safety Engineer.

Y began to introduce X in all their products in 1959, and in the interests of safety Ymade the design for X available to other car manufacturers for free.

The legacy of Bohlin remains with Y, as it is still consistently voted the safest product in its category.

What is X and who/what is Y?

X- three point seatbelt

Y-Volvo

Q3)

Ken Lawrence is a nerdcore hip hop artist who purports to be theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking rapping under the name MC Hawking. A large majority of his raps are synthesized by the text-to-speech program WillowTalk.

His lyrics display insight into many aspects of current scientific thought including Newton's laws of motion ("All My Shootings Be Drivebys"), Einstein's theory of relativity ("E=MC Hawking"), the Big Bang ("The Big Bizang"), Thermodynamics ("Entropy").

What was the name of his only album released for the public, released in 2004?

A Brief History of Rhyme

Q4)

The painting, thought to be a portrait of ____ Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506, although its artist X may have continued working on it as late as 1517.The painting was later purchased by King Francis I in the late 1600’s, and has been on display at his private art collection since 1797

Which painting and who is the artist?

The Mona LisaX-Leonardo Da Vinci

Q5)

• In 2008, Turkey’s 3rd largest town planned to sue Y for using the town’s name without prior permission.

• According to Hussain Kalkan, the mayor of this town – “There is only one X in this world. Y used the name without informing us.”

• The town in Turkey takes its name from a unit of weight in Turkish and is way older than the character of the same name who debuted in the 1930s.

Identify X (Also, this famous character) and Y.

X-Batman

Y-Warner Bros

Q6)

• X originally started out as two separate companies; Ha Dong-hwanMotor Workshop (established in 1954) and Dongbang Motor Co (established in 1962). In mid-1963, the two companies merged into Ha Dong-hwan Motor Co.

• In 1964, Hadonghwan Motor Company started building jeeps for the US Army as well as trucks and buses.

• In 1976, Hadonghwan produced a variety of special purpose vehicles. After changing its name to Dong-A Motor in 1977, it was taken over by X Business Group in 1986 and changed its name to X Motors.

• The company name means ‘double dragons’

• A 70% share of X was acquired by a very famous Indian motor vehicles company, in February 2011

SsangYong, now owned by Mahindra and Mahindra

Q7)

• When this person was appointed as ‘Brand Ambassador’ for a newly created entity in 2014, there were protests from certain parties, who called her ‘daughter-in-law of Pakistan’.

• Which person?

• What was she made the Brand Ambassador of?

Sania MirzaState of Telangana

Q8)

• Led by Navneet Gautam, this team won the inaugural edition of the Pro Kabaddi League.

• The dominant colour reflects that most associated with their city. The logo is very reflective of the name of the team.

• ID the team.

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Q9)

• In a 11000 page chargesheet filed against him by the police, he was booked under various acts including the Railway Act, because he had entered a station premises without a valid train or platform ticket. Who?

Kasab

Q10)

• A _____ is an event in which a specific individual, a guest of honor, is subjected to good-natured jokes at their expense intended to amuse the event's wider audience. Such events are intended to honor a specific individual in a unique way.

• In addition to jokes, such events may also involve genuine praise and tributes. The implication is that the guest is able to take the jokes in good humor and not as serious criticism or insult.

• In 1949 with Maurice Chevalier as the guest of honor, The New York Friars Club held their first _____.

• The concept has been tried in multiple countries such as India and the United Kingdom, but has come under much controversy lately.

• FITB

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