AQC Session-XSpEnt Quiz

QM: Aniruddha Mitra

Kunal Doshi

The YouTube links for video questions

can be found in the presentation

transcript. The title of the video may

contain answers.

Prelims:

20 questions in the prelims.

Starred questions to be used to resolve ties.

1.

In the last test match at Adelaide, Virat Kohli

achieved the feat of scoring a century in both

innings ( as did David Warner). He was one of the

youngest players to achieve this at 26 years and

38 days. However, who is the youngest player to

achieve this feat ?

Ans. Phil Hughes

2.

X is a 2014 American thriller film directed by Joe

Johnston and starring Max Minghella, as

a paralegal who witnesses an unknown man

murder a lawyer at his nearly empty workplace.

X is also a very commonly used internet slang or

shorthand which is found all over the internet.

Ans. Not Safe For Work

3.

Dave Toschi was an inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, where he served from 1952 to 1983. He is best known for his role as the chief investigator on the ______ case, the details of which led to the making of a 2007 film.

He has been the inspiration for characters in two movies : played by Mark Ruffalo (2007) & Steve McQueen (1968).

Name both movies.

Ans. Zodiac & Bullitt

*4.

Sergio Garcia is a Spanish golfer playing on the PGA tour. He is known for his unconventional caddie choices. Last year at the Thailand Open ( which he won ) he had his girlfriend on the bag. This year, on his return to defend his title, his choice was ________.

___________ is famous for his achievements in another sport. He was the World No.1 and was nicknamed the ‘mosquito’ for his speed.

Ans. Juan Carlos Ferrero

5. FITB (blanks not indicative of size)

You are about to enter another dimension. A

dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.

A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next

stop, _______ ________ ________.

6. Name the two people on whom this

ESPN 30 for 30 documentary is based.

Pablo Escobar and Andres Escobar

*7. The building in the picture below is

located in Cleveland, Ohio. Name it.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

8.

KIPP was the name of Dr. Mann’s companion robot

in the movie Interstellar. The name KIPP was most

likely derived from which person, an integral part

of the movie ?

Ans. Kip Thorne

9.

In a 1981 game, New Zealand vs Australia, NZ was

chasing Australia’s total of 235. NZ required 6 runs

off the last ball, leaving the new batsman Brian

McKechnie with one ball to score a six. Greg

Chappell, the captain of the Australian side ordered

the bowler, Trevor Chappell to do something to

prevent a six. What did Trevor Chappell do which

resulted in NZ’s loss?

He bowled an under-arm delivery.

*10. ID the inventor.

Car Periscope: A periscope to view traffic ahead of you.

A coffee table book about coffee tables.

A restaurant which only serves PB&J sandwiches

A cologne that smells of the beach, an idea eventually stolen by Calvin Klein.

A necktie dispenser to replace dirty ones

and many others

Kramer from Seinfeld

11.

Margaret Herrick, a librarian in Beverly Hills is

generally credited with giving the name X to the Y

after stating that the Y looked just like her Uncle X.

Although many other people have come forward and

said that the name X was their invention, Herrick

was the first person to have given Y the name X.

X and Y.

X – Oscar

Y – Academy Award

12.

Carol Ann Susi was an American actress who

appeared in bit parts and recurring roles in TV

shows and films. She died of cancer in November,

2014. What was her most memorable role?

Voice of Mrs. Wolowitz on The Big Bang

Theory

13. The following list contains the names of very

iconic commercials. How are they connected to the

world of sports?

Cindy Crawford drinks a Pepsi

Apple 1984 commercial

Christopher Reeve Walks by Nuveen Investments

e-trade baby commercial

Bud Light 2013 commercial

Monster.com ‘When I Grow Up’

Jordan vs Bird McDonalds commercial

Many others

All premiered during Superbowl

14.

Craig Fass, Brian Turtle, and Mike Ginelli were

watching Footloose during a heavy snowstorm.

When the film was followed by The Air Up There,

they began to speculate on how many movies

______ had been in and the number of people he

had worked with.

This event led to the invention of what ?

Ans. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

15.

What completes the trilogy ?

1.Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance(2002)

2. _______________________

3.Sympathy for Lady Vengeance(2005)

Ans. Oldboy

16.

Following is a cartoon from The Oatmeal titled “

What would ________ do “. It shows how the

character functions in the TV series.

Ans. Don Draper

*17.

Who is this film based on ?

Ans.Jackie Robinson

*18.

X was a American film and stage actor and

director. He directed movies like Who’s Afraid Of

Virginia Wolff?, The Graduate , Charlie Wilson’s

War , etc. He is one of the few people to have

won the EGOT (Emmy,Grammy,Oscar,Tony). He

was in the news recently as he passed away on

November 19th.

Ans. Mike Nichols

19.

There are only 3 players in the history of test

matches who have achieved the rare feat of 10

wickets as well as a century in the same match.

Ian Botham and Imran Khan are two of them. Who

is the most recent entrant to this list , one of the

most prolific players for his country ?

Ans. Shakib Al Hasan

*20.

X was a charter airline that was a subsidiary of

the Austrian Airlines. It ceased to exist on 6 April

2013 and was replaced by Austria MyHoliday.

Y is an Austrian airline and a subsidiary of Air

Berlin. It is headquartered in Office Park

I at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat.

Who was the owner (with a sporting connect) of

these airlines ? Give me X & Y also.

Ans. Niki Lauda

X : Lauda Air

Y : Niki

Mains

6 Rounds

2 Infinite Pounces of 12 each.

2 List-its (1-Sports, 1-Ent)

2 Theme Rounds (1-Sports, 1-Ent)

Sports List-It+3 for each

Bonus : +5 for getting 8-11

+10 for getting 12-17

+20 for getting 18 and above

There have been 20 editions of the FIFA World Cup

so far. Each has had a player has top scorer who

has won the Golden Boot. Name all the Golden

Boot winners.

Answers

1930- Guillermo Stabile

1934- Oldrich Nejedly

1938- Leonidas

1950- Ademir

1954 – Sandor Kocsis

1958 – Just Fontaine

1962 – Florian Albert , Vava, Garrincha, Valentin Ivanov,Drazan Jerkovic, Leonel Sanchez

1966- Eusebio

1970 – Gerd Muller

1974 – Grzegorz Lato

1978 – Mario Kempes

1982- Paolo Rossi

1986 – Gary Lineker

1990 – Salavatore Schillachi

1994- Oleg Salenko, Hristo Stoichkov

1998 – Davor Suker

2002 – Ronaldo

2006 – Miroslav Klose

2010 – Thomas Mueller

2014 – James Rodriguez

Infinite Pounce-1Clockwise

1.

In The Simpsons, the character of god is a long-bearded man in a white robe with his face hidden. The face of god has been shown a couple of times momentarily. The character of god is distinct from all other characters on the show. This started as a mistake made by the creators, but they adopted it for all later appearances of god. What unique distinction does he hold?

Answer

God has ten fingers unlike the rest of the characters

who have eight.

2.

It started with Do Dooni Chaar (1968) and films like

Angoor, Ek Duuje ke Liye, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

and many others can be considered a part of the

list.

What connects these films and give the latest

entrant of this list.

Hindi adaptations of Shakespeare’s works and the

latest entrant being Haider.

3.

In the film Dev D., Dev gets a lawyer after he is

incriminated for a case of manslaughter. The name

of his lawyer is Bimal Barua. What is significant

about this name in the movie?

The name is a tribute to Bimal Roy and PC

Barua, who have directed earlier adaptations

of Devdas

4.

William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 after taking control of The San Francisco Examinerfrom his father. He also acquired the New York Journal. He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world.

Which famous character did he inspire?

Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane

5.

X was an Olympic sport from 1984 to 1992. Many

considered the sport a stupid move on the part of

the Olympic Committee. Tracie Ruiz-Conforto was

the inaugural champion winning a gold in the 1984

Olympics and a silver in the 1988 Olympics. The

name of the sport itself is somewhat of an

oxymoron, though many pedants defended it.

Name the sport.

Solo Synchronised Swimming

6. Connect(exhaustive).

Ans. These are the only X-rated movies

to have been nominated for an Oscar.

7.

NGC 4151 is an intermediate spiral Seyfert

galaxy located 19 megaparsecs from Earth in the

constellation Canes Venatici.

However, NGC 4151 has been called ______ by

many astronomers due to its resemblance to a

certain entity.

(Picture on next slide)

Ans. The Eye of Sauron

8.

X is a retired Croatian footballer and head of their

current football federation. His claim to fame was

scoring goals and taking Croatia to third place in

the 1998 World Cup. This feat led him to be

dubbed as __________ in reference to the

legendary superhero.

Give me X and the nickname.

Ans. Davor Suker, Sukerman

9.

These are the episode names of a certain TV

series from S06E09 onwards (Pic on next slide)

Before these episodes, a certain naming

convention was followed for all the episodes from

S01E02 to S06E08. The naming connection relates

to a very integral character in the show.

Name the TV show and tell me the naming

convention used.

Ans. The Mentalist, the use of Red in all

the titles.

10.

Yakety Sax is a pop-jazz instrumental music composition

composed by James Rich and Homer Randolph. Its most

famous use was as the theme music of the show X. It was

usually played during comical chase sequences and has been

used by many movies and shows for such scenes.

Name the show X.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

The Benny Hill Show

This copy of the album ‘Double

Fantasy’ was sold for an

alleged price of $150,000 in

1999. It is back on the market

and is currently priced at

$850,000. Explain its

significance.

11.

It is the copy signed by John Lennon for

Mark Chapman before he shot him.

12.

Following are the lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel song, Mrs Robinson :

Where have you gone, _________,Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson.________ has left and gone away,Hey, hey, heyHey, hey, hey

The blank refers to a baseball legend who holds the record for the longest hitting streak (56 games). The song was also played at his funeral by Paul Simon as a tribute.

Ans. Joe DiMaggio

Theme RoundEnt

Rules

8 references to the world of art from The

Simpsons.

All questions only require identification of artist

or artwork.

+5/0 for each correct answer. +10 if all are

correct.

1. ID the artist.

Claude Monet

2. ID the artwork

Venus de Milo

3. ID the artist and the artwork.

Wheat field with crows by Van Gogh

4. ID the artwork

Luncheon on the Grass by Eduoard

Manet

5. ID the artist from his description

Jackson Pollock

6. ID the artist

Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell

7. ID the artist

Henri Matisse

8. ID the artwork

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Infinite Pounce-2Anti-Clockwise

1.

24601 ______ is an asteroid, discovered on 26

October 1971 by Lubos Kohoutek in Hamburg-

Bergedorf. It was named after ______, the main

character in the book X.

The number 24601 obviously has a strong

connection the character in the book.

Ans. Jean Valjean, Les Miserables

2.

Only one person has won both a Nobel Prize and an

Academy Award winning the Nobel Prize in

literature in 1925 and Academy Award for Best

Writing in 1938. The work on which the 1938 film

was based has been adapted many more times and

its adaptations have also won many awards. Name

the person and his/her award-winning work.

George Bernard Shaw and Pygmalion

3. What is this scene from 30 Rock

parodying?

Marlon Brando sending Sacheen Littlefeather

to accept his Academy Award for Godfather.

4.

This person is the only person to have won an

Olympic medal and a Nobel Prize. He won an

Olympic silver medal at the 1920 Summer

Olympics in Antwerp in the 1500 m. He won the

Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 for his campaign for

disarmament.

Name him.

Ans. Philip Noel-Baker

5.

X is an American record producer and songwriter. He was the first to use the technique of Wall of Sound in music concerts. He has produced more than twenty five Top 40, writing many of them. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in the non-performer category. Lately, X has become infamous for being convicted with the second-degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2009, for which he is currently serving sentence.

Name the person.

Phil Spector

6.

The Night That Changed America is a television program and tribute to the group X. It aired on CBS on February 9, 2014. The program was a commemoration of the legacy of X and marked the 50th anniversary of the group’s first USA performance on the Y show. The program was taped in the same hall, aired on the same date and time as 50 years earlier.

X and Y.

The Beatles’ performance on The Ed

Sullivan Show.

7. Give the title of this 1988 movie which

might remind you of the opposite of a famous

1973 music album.

Plot: Traveling in search of a

cure for a rare skin disease

which prevents him from

exposing himself to any kind of

light, especially sunlight, a man

finds freedom and love along the

way.

Answer

Dark Side of the Sun

8.

_______, nicknamed the Czech locomotive, is the

only person to have won the 5000,10000 and the

marathon gold in the same Olympics. He is one of

the first recipients of the Pierre de Coubertin

medal.

Ans. Emil Zatopek

9.

This is a basic summary of the Jeffrey Archer short story “The Century” :

An unnamed Oxonian has an ambition to succeed as a cricketer for Oxford

and follow his famous cricketer father's footsteps. He wishes to make a

name for himself in the Oxford vs Cambridge cricket match.However he

fails to do so for three years.

He struggles with the ball and with the bat getting out cheaply for a duck

in the first innings. In his second innings- set a total of 214 to get- he

struggles and nearly gets out- but after hooking a boundary- begins to

score runs briskly. At his score on 99, he is stranded in the middle of the

crease and the ball is with the opposition captain Robin Oakley who

instead of running the captain out and thereby putting Cambridge in a

winning position chooses to allow the captain to go back to the crease.

The Captain hits a boundary, scores his hundred and deliberately gets out

hit wicket to honour the opposition.

Which real life Indian cricketer did Jeffrey Archer base this on ?

Ans. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

10.

Shown on the next slide is the main protagonist of the

God Of War series, Kratos. According to David Jaffe, the

game’s creator Kratos was based on a character played

by the actor ________ in the movie ________. Some

specific scenes of the movie have also been tailored to

be used in the game. So which actor is Kratos based on

and which movie is the character from ?

(Image on next slide)

Ans. Edward Norton, American History X

11.

X Y is a retired male professional Tennis player from

Tahiti. He is the only male player to have appeared in

Grand Slams in four different decades from 1989 to

2014. He holds the unenviable record of most losses

in singles play (444) even though he has won more.

X Z is a retired professional footballer who played for

Arsenal, Bolton and Birmingham City. He retired at

the age of 24 due to something that occurred during

an FA Cup match in 2012.

Ans. Fabrice Santoro & Fabrice Muamba

12.

The following audio is from a 1994 British

Television commercial. The audio was later

sampled in two songs. Give me both the songs and

the band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du_iG7Veupc

Ans. Keep Talking & Talkin’ Hawkin’ –

Pink Floyd

Ent List-it

List-it

Only 8 actors/actresses have won both the Academy

Award and the Golden Raspberry Award.

+5 for each. Maximizer of +10

Answer

Halle Berry

Ben Affleck

Faye Dunaway

Kevin Costner

Laurence Olivier

Liza Minelli

Sandra Bullock

Roberto Bernigni

Theme RoundSports

Following are 5 records made in various track and

field events. They may not be world records or

olympic records now but all of them are very

famous in their individual sports

So name the event and the person who made that

record.

1.

8.90m (1968) – current OR

Bob Beamon , Long Jump

2.

6.14m (1994) – previous WR

Sergei Bubka, Pole Vault

3.

7291 pts (1988) – WR & OR

Jackie Joyner Kersee, Heptathlon

4.

23.12m (1990) - WR

Randy Barnes , Shot Put

5.

12.91 (2004) - OR

Liu Xiang, 110m Hurdles