Quiz of the month - March 2012 Finals

The Half Devil Quiz -Finals-

By: Aditya Rajan

Guha Arunkumar

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Rules

• Infinite Pounce

• One theme round,18 questions clockwise, Theme round, 18 questions anti-clockwise, 1 MVC and 1 LVC

• Direct +10/-0, Pass +10/-0, Pounce +10/-10

• No using hacks

• Quizmaster(s) decision final.

Theme round 1

• This theme round is based on Scientists

• Given on the next slide is a picture consisting of 8 names blanked out.

• ID Each for ten points

Half Devil Quiz First bounce

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We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, We shall fight on the seas and oceans, We shall fight with GROWING confidence and GROWING strength in the air. We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills, We shall never surrender. How has this speech by W. Churchill been Immortalised in the history of entertainment?

• It is the first track in Live after Death by Iron Maiden.

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• The Latin adverb X added immediately after a quoted word or phrase (or a longer piece of text), indicates that the quoted words have been transcribed exactly as spelled or presented in the original source, complete with any erroneous spelling or other presentation. The usual purpose is to inform the reader that any errors or apparent errors in the transcribed material do not arise from transcription errors, and the errors have been repeated intentionally, i.e. that they are reproduced exactly as set-down by the original writer or printer. X is generally placed inside square brackets, or in parentheses (round brackets), and traditionally in italic, as is customary when printing a foreign word. X may also be used as a form of ridicule or as a humorous comment, drawing attention to the original writer's spelling-mistakes and emphasizing his erroneous logic.

• Id X

• The answer is “ (sic) “

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• This mysterious Television character is known to have a taste in music which is commented upon each time he appears and is known to include power ballads, one-hit wonders, easy listening, country and western, Morse code, progressive rock, whale songs, baroque, advertising jingles, foreign language tapes, romantic novels, salesman techniques, the hits of Elton John, the speeches of Margaret Thatcher, self-help tapes, pipe band music, Chas & Dave, vuvuzelas, and the Bee Gees in German.

• Id the character.

• The Stig

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• Billy joel : Mary J Blige

• Cyndi Lauper : Celine Dion

• Stevie Wonder : Nicole Scherzinger

• Diana Ross : Barbra Streisand

• Put funda brooos.

• The artists on the left sang specific lines of the old ‘ we are the world ‘ and the artists on the right sang the same lines in the new one for Haiti.

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• “X" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. This is an acoustic song about one of Bowie's greatest inspirations, the American pop artist X. The song starts with some studio chat where Bowie explains to producer Ken Scott, who has just been heard to mispronounce X's name when introducing the take, the right way to say it. Scott solemnly reintroduces the take with the correct pronunciation, then Bowie suddenly begins to play, amidst laughter. Bowie later played the song to X, who reportedly disliked it as he thought the lyrics made fun of his physical appearance.

• I.D X.

• Andy Warhol

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• This painting was recently featured in the finale of a popular tv show. ID the painting and the TV Show.

• This painting is St George and the dragon by Raphael.

• It is the painting that is supposedly stolen by Neil Caffrey and is returned in the season 3 finale of White collar.

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• X (novel), 1948 epistolary novel by Thornton Wilder that describes, in a series of documents, the events leading up to the death of Julius Caesar

• X(band), American rock band that had a major hit with the song "Vehicle" in 1970

• “X", instrumental first track on Iron Maiden's 1981 album, Killers

• “X", third track on post hardcore band Silverstein's 2005 album, Discovering the Waterfront

• “X", episode 21 of the 4th season of the television series, Warrior Princess ID X

• Ides of march

• Connect and state how we better know these places

• These are the regions on which – Kanto in firered and leaf green Hoenn in Emerald Unova in black and white are based on

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• Connect with funda

• The connect is Asus

• Peg ‘asus’ – name inspiration

• Pillars and values of the AsusDNA

• Stealth bomber and Shadow submarine on which asus G73 and 72 models are designed.

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• According to cannonical gospels it is said that Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan. X marks the beginning of this 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting.

• X derives its name from the practice of placing ____ on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

• What is this term X

• Ash Wednesday

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• Tijs Michiel Verwest was born in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands on January 17, 1969. He had an interest in music since the age of twelve. In April 2006, X was named the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS. The foundation consists on a better way of living with safe sex in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd. Other honours include being named Officer of the "Order of Orange-Nassau" by the Dutch Royalty, and being voted by the Dutch people as their 40th greatest citizen of all time. In 2007, he was awarded with the national Dutch prize of the Golden Harp.

• How do we better know him?

• Tiesto

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• Like previous models, The X name was chosen for its symbolic connection to the world of fighting bulls, sharing a name with the legendary X, a trophy-winning bull in the world of Spanish bullfighting. Bred by the sons of Don Celestino Cuadri Vides, the bull that bore the number 32 took part in a notably spirited, bloody and violent battle with a torero in the town of Zaragoza, Spain that earned him the “Trofeo de la Peña La Madroñera" in 1993.[

• ID this car da.

• Lambo Aventador

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• Voiced by Ellen McLain

• Compared to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and SHODAN from System Shock.

• X is responsible for testing and maintenance in Aperture Science research facility in two of Valve’s famous game.

• What/Who am I referring to.

• Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System GLaDOS from Portal and Portal 2.

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• Sitter

• Plan for what?

• Stonehenge

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• It is actually a Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome and is a genetic condition characterized by the dramatic, rapid appearance of aging beginning in childhood. Affected children typically look normal at birth and in early infancy, but then grow more slowly than other children and do not gain weight at the expected rate (failure to thrive).

• What is a more common ( mocking ) name given to this syndrome?

• Benjamin Button syndrome

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• In 1852 partners Horace S. and Daniel B. W formed a company to produce a lever-action pistol nicknamed the Volcanic pistol.

• Model 1 was produced in 1856, Model 2 5 years after the cold war onset and Model 3 in 1867. Several hundred more models were produced over the span of time.

• Between 1987-2001 the company was owned by Tomkins PLC.

• Their arms are also used by sport shooters and have been featured in numerous Hollywood movies, particularly Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.

• I D

• Smith and Wesson

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• The June of 11th is known as the X day in the state of ____ in the United States. It is a public holiday in the state.

• It honours X the Great who was responsible for the unification of the state. Considered a great statesman for his mastery of diplomacy, X was known as the Napoleon of the Pacific.

• I.D X

• Kamehameha day after Kamehameha the great. Unification of Hawaii.

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• X was formed back in 2006 when Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix joined forces to write original music for ____. In those short 6 years they have been featured in hundreds of movies, including some of the biggest blockbusters of recent time. They have also been known to make it to the top of the iTunes classical section with their debut album and the follow up Invincible and Archangel.

• I.D X.

• Two Steps from Hell

Half Devil Quiz A to Z

Rules

• 10 points per crack

• Bonus 10 points for getting 16-18



• Bonus 30 points for getting 26

The movie A stars B and C . C acts alongside D in a Medical-drama Z. D is also a blues singer and pianist. In the movie A, B is seen whistling a popular tune ‘ F ‘ which also features at the end of the movie E . Protagonist G of the movie E plays opposite H in a popular trilogy I as the villain(s). D acts opposite H and J as Captain James Biggs in the movie Street kings. J is also known to star in the movie the K which is based on an attempt to assassinate the US President shown in 8 different angles and is commonly misunderstood to be a movie of similar type to L’s M who’s M effect is famous.

B stars in two movies N and O which have been remade both in Kollywood and Bollywood as P and Q Respectively. B is also known to have worked with G and R and many others to voice characters who stay in the world of ‘ Emperor-Land ‘ from an animated family musical film S released in 2011. R is known to disobey T’s orders by simply walking into U in a world renowned trilogy by V. This instance is also commonly Meme-d about. The author of the trilogy has confirmed that the structure of U is based on / is similar to the structure of W in Sicily. Also, in a book X written by Y, the ending involves a German professor, his nephew, his god daughter and a guide completing their voyage by being ejected out of W.

Answers

• A- Dead poets society

• B- Robin Williams

• C- Robert Sean Leonard

• D- Hugh Laurie

• Z- House M.D

• E- V For Vendetta

• F- Overture 1812

• G- Hugo Weaving

• H- Keanu Reeves

• I- Matrix trilogy

• J- Forest Whittaker

• K- Vantage point

• L- Akira Kurosawa

• M- Rashomon

• N,O- Patch Adams, Mrs Doubtfire

• P,Q- Munnabhai/Vasoolraja, Chachi 420/ Avvai Shanmugi

• R- Elijah Wood

• S- Happy Feet 2

• T- Boromir

• U- Mordor

• V- J.R.R Tolkien

• W- Stromboli(volcano)

• X- Journey to the centre of the earth

• Y- Jules Verne

Half Devil Quiz Second bounce

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• 15 layers of clothing

• 7 layers of skin

• Approximately 15 inches of tissue

• A necktie knot

• 4 inches of rib

• a radius bone

I D The two other missing components of this list.

• Governor Connelley

• JFK

• Single Bullet Theory

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• A travels across USA searching for Hollywood. While encountering many Hollywoods that aren’t the one he’s looking for, he meets B. B is a street musician who happens to be playing Bouree by Bach. Trying to convince B to teach him, A sings along with this instrumental eventually convincing B to teach him the secrets of rock. How do we better know this Duo?

• Tenacious D

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• Connect

• Stoner cartoons

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I.D the two things being parodied here

• Tron, Minority Report

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The size of the device is well suited to producing a wearable package which

is small, lightweight, and can be mounted in various positions on the body. An accelerometer, as its name implies, senses acceleration. The device is a fully

integrated circuit on a micro-machined piece of silicon. The micro-machining actually cuts out small moving squares of metal that are suspended over the wafer on polysilicon springs, making it sensitive to movement and tilt. The

variations in the position of the metal are detected by capacitive sensors along the sides. The signals are converted into a pair of analog outputs for both the x and y-axis. It is important to note that the sensor detects

acceleration and not velocity or position. This means that it is not only capable of detecting movement but also acceleration due to gravity.

Θ = Arc sin ( Acceleration Y / 9.81 )

• ID This device and if possible give why it’s famous.

• Hot hand used by Nathan Navarro Pinn Pannelle

• Cover of scary monster and nice sprites

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• Certain text next to

The flying dude has

Been blanked out.

Put funda so as to

What this is.

• Python

• Python 3 had antigravity as a module and importing this module directed you to this xkcd comic

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• The X or the “X Warriors and Horses", is a collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BC and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife, and to make sure that he had people to rule over.

• I.D this site.

• Terra Cota Army

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• Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) , Hillel Slovak (RHCP), John Glascock (Jethro Tull), Gram Parsons, Nick drake (Pink Moon) and Jimmy Sullivan(Avenged sevenfold) are all artists who are known to have ALMOST became part of this group.

• Which group are we referring to and how did they miss out?

• Missed out on the Club 27 give or take 1 year.

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• This is basically a

pie chart denoting

a trend.

What is it.

• Stuff trending on Twitter

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• Fitb

• Venn Diagrams

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• "I'm 42 and I did a 900 today.“

• This was tweeted on July 29th 2011 by X.

• I.D who X is.

• Tony Hawk

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• This google doodle is a tribute to X’s 101st birthday. If you can’t get X atleast put funda to who he was or what he did. Ty.

• Akira Yoshizawa, Grandmaster of origami

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• X is the protagonist of the comic strip Y by Z.

• X and his creator are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Z's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", X is an example of "the great American un-success story" in that he fails in almost everything he does.

• ID X,Y,Z

• X = Charlie Brown

• Y = Peanuts

• Z = Charles Schulz

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• X is a concept album, and its content follows a story throughout. According to the lead of the band, the album is "based on a love story with a happy ending," in which two protagonists living in an oppressive, dystopian, urban environment, meet one another through a gang and fall in love. Lyrically, the album is inspired by "old school American graffiti" and "the White Rose Movement." Martin also said that the album was influenced by HBO TV series The Wire.

• Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay

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• Voice recognition technology from Nuance

• Integrated with services such as OpenTable, Google Maps ,MovieTickets and TaxiMagic

• Conversational interaction with reminders, weather, stocks, messaging, email, calendar, contacts, notes, music, clocks, web browser, Wolfram Alpha, and maps.

• What am I talking about

• Siri

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• Founded in 2003 in by Rick Alden this is a Utah based company who’s products are mainly targeted at the outdoor action sports demographic and general consumer market. Their first product was a portable link presented at the International consumer electronic show.

• The company is known to sponsor few athletes like Terje Hakonsen and Louie Vito, is said to be involved in non profit partnerships such as supporting boarding for breast cancer (B4BC) and finally the company is also known to have engaged in promotions with artists such as Jay z and Snoop Dogg. ID this company.

• Skull Candy

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• On bass guitar, "X bass" usually refers to a percussive playing technique most commonly used in funk, disco, soul, jazz, Latin, pop, and many other genres. The style sounds much more percussive than regular fingering of notes with the plucking hand.The X sound comes from the combination of two elements: striking the string with the side of the bony joint in the middle of the thumb, a harder surface than the pads of the fingers (used in plucked fingering); and intentionally allowing the vibrating string to come into contact with the metal frets In the Y, the bassist will use the index and middle fingers of the plucking hand to snap the higher-pitched strings away from the body of the bass, causing them to bounce off the fretboard; this produces a prominent buzzing tone with a sharp attack and more high-frequency vibrations than present in plucked bass. The bassist can play many notes quickly by rotating the forearm, alternately slapping and popping: during the pop, the hand moves away from the fretboard, "winding up" or getting in position for the next X. The X and Y techniques are commonly used with pull-offs and hammer-ons with the fretting (usually left) hand, to further increase the rate at which notes may be played. Ghost notes, or notes played with the string damped, are also commonly played in X bass to increase the percussive feel of the technique.

• What are X and Y

• X = Slap

• Y = Pop

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• X is a leopard, a common animal found in Y, with green hair wearing a shirt . X's green and gold colors represents Y national sports' teams colors. The first two letters are from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for Y, and the last four letters are a word that means "ten" in various African languages.

• I D X, what it is.

• Zakumi – Mascot of Football World Cup South Africa 2010

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Bow wow

New Order

Rod Stewart

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Answer

• Scooby Doo Villains

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