My 4th 'informal' Quiz, conducted at the Coimbatore Quiz Circle (CQC).

1. The Kthnxbai Quiz
QM: Sticky

2. Me
• Aditya Sriram Sankaran
• Moved to Coimbatore when I was 3.
• Student at Carmel Garden, Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan and Amrita School of Engineering.
• Reasonably active member of the CQC.
• This will be my last quiz at the CQC for a
while, at least.

3. Le Quiz
• 20 Questions on Modified Infinite Bounce
• 10 for every right answer
• 1 Theme Round
• 1 A-Z Round (if Time Permits)
• My word is final.
• Let‟s have some fun

4. Q. 01
• X is a hymn that was recited by the
sage Agastya to Rama on the battlefield before
fighting with Ravana. This historic hymn starts
at the beginning of the duel between Rama
and Ravana. Agastya teaches Rama, who is
fatigued after the long battle with various
warriors of Lanka, the procedure of
worshiping the ______ for strength to defeat
the enemy.
• Identify X and the ______.

6. A. 01
X - Aditya Hridayam, _____ - Sun God

7. Q. 02
• This is a picture of Roy
Raymond, a Stanford
MBA. Initially, he was a
successful businessman,
but ultimately lost most of
his money and committed
suicide. He was also
referenced in „The Social
Network‟.
• What is his claim to
fame?

9. A. 02
Too bad he sold it early

10. Q. 03
• This is a picture of
General Sherman, an
American soldier who
served as a General in the
Union Army during the
Civil War.
• He has also served under
General Ulysses S. Grant.
• Why is his name
important to quizzers /
trivia geeks?

12. A. 03
The world’s largest tree is called
General Sherman

13. Q. 04
• _______ is a small
wine-making village
and commune in far
south-eastern
Luxembourg.
• It shot into fame in 1985
for a particular reason
and still remains
famous.
• Fill in the blanks

15. A. 04
Schengen, of Schengen Agreement fame

16. Q. 05
• ________________ were first produced in
1978 and have become hugely successful,
with over 3.7 billion produced till date.
• Each ______________ generally has 6 parts,
which allow articulation and turning of the
head, arms, legs and wrists.
• ______________ have been designed for
several franchises and they featured in the
2010 motion picture Toy Story 3.
• Fill in the blanks, please (all same).

18. A. 05
LEGO Minifigures

19. Q. 06
• Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad are two
Spanish Football clubs that employ
something called the „Cantera‟ policy.
• This Cantera policy has come under
criticism, both positive and negative, from
different people.
• Rafa Benitez is known to be a beneficiary of
this Cantera policy.
• What exactly is this Cantera policy?

21. A. 06
These clubs believe in local / home-
grown talent and hence, all players in
these clubs are local players, reared
from the Basque region of Spain.

22. Q. 07
• This is a slow exposure picture of the path
taken by something. What?

24. A. 07
The Roomba

25. Q. 08
• The Battle of _______ in 1880 was one of the
principal battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan
War. Under the leadership of Malalai Anaa,
the Afghan followers of Ayub Khan defeated
the British Army in one of the rare nineteenth-
century victories of an Asian force over a
Western power.
• About 2500 Afghan warriors were killed and
about 1500 wounded, while killing 969 British
and Indian soldiers and wounding 177 more.
• One wounded British officer particularly
famous. Who is this British Officer?

27. A.08
Elementary, My Dear

28. Q. 09
• Recently, Anders Breivik terrorized the country of
Norway, leaving almost a hundred dead people in
his wake.
• That he killed a large number of people, that he
planted a bomb in the heart of the city to divert
the police is sad and gruesome.
• Norway has been usually known to be a peace-
loving country, but, there have been a few crimes
in the past.
• What were the most famous (debatable) crimes /
violations in Norway before Breivik?
• Clue: They happened in „94 and ‟04.

30. A. 09
The theft of Edvard Munch’s paintings
• On February 12, 1994, the same day as the opening of
the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, four men
broke into the National Gallery and stole its version
of Scream, leaving a note reading "Thanks for the poor
security".
• Another version of The Scream was stolen in 2004. On
August 22, during daylight hours, masked
gunmen entered the Munch Museum in Oslo and stole
two paintings: Scream and Munch's Madonna. A
bystander photographed the robbers as they escaped
with the artwork to their car.

31. Q. 10
?
• What am I talking about?

33. A. 10
• Man (left) : Theodore Sturgeon
• ? : Kilgore Trout
• Fish (left) : Sturgeon
• Fish (right): Trout
• Kurt Vonnegut‟s protagonist „Kilgore Trout‟
was inspired by Sci-fi author Theodore
Sturgeon. However, Vonnegut interchanged
the word Sturgeon with Trout, a play on the
fish-y name of Kilgore Trout.

35. CLOSED THEME ROUND
• „N‟ Questions.
• Exhaustive list
• 5 Points for each right answer
• Points for Theme (5xNo. of teams not
answering).
• 2 Guesses on the theme.
• No negatives.
*Citation Needed

36. T. 01
• ________ has a long-standing relationship
with The Coca-Cola Company. They helped
underwrite the initial public offering of The
Coca-Cola Company in 1919. As a result,
____________ received some of Coke's
publicly traded stock, and _____________
retains 48.3 million shares (3.58%) of Coke as
of 2006. This stake is today worth
approximately $2 billion and pays $59 million
a year in dividends.
• Fill in the blanks, please.

37. T. 02
• She is described as having straggly, waist-
length dirty blond hair and a “permanently
surprised look”
• Her mother died when she was 9.
• She was a sports commentator in school.
• She lives in a Rook-shaped house.
• She has been later described as having married
a „naturalist‟.
• Who is SHE?

38. T. 03
• __________ is a series of award-
winning science fiction novels that chronicles
the settlement and terraforming of a
planet through the intensely personal and
detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of
characters spanning almost two centuries.
Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the
story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and
scientific advances made on the planet.
• What colorful series does the blank represent?

39. T. 04
• The T-1000 is a fictional nanomorph mimetic
poly-alloy (liquid metal).
• The T-1000 is portrayed primarily by Robert
Patrick; however, being a shape-shifter, the T-
1000 is played by other actors in some scenes of
the film.
• The T-1000 is presented as a technological leap
over the "800 Series".
• Described by Allmovie as “one of the most
memorable roles in one of the most memorable
films of the decade”.
• What do we call the T-1000?

40. T. 05
INSERT „DROPS OF JUPITER‟ by TRAIN

41. T. 06
• The ______________ is an 18 3/4 inch diameter,
partially gilded, sterling silver salver made in 1864
by Messrs Elkington and Co. Ltd of Birmingham, and is a
copy of an electrotype by Caspar Enderlein from a pewter
original in the Louvre.
• The theme of decoration is mythological. The central boss
depicts the figure of Sophrosyne, seated on a chest with a
lamp in her right hand and a jug in her left, with various
attributes such as a sickle, fork and caduceus around her.
The four reserves on the boss of the dish each contain a
classical god, together with elements. The reserves around
the rim show Minerva presiding over the seven liberal arts
The rim of the salver has an ovolo moulding. The remainder
of the surface is decorated with gilt renaissance strapwork
and foliate motifs in relief against a rigid silver ground.
• Fill in the blanks

42. T. 07
• Identify the painting

44. Answers to the Theme Round
• SunTrust Bank
• Luna Lovegood
• Mars Trilogy
• Mercury Man
• Drops of Jupiter
• Venus Rose Water Dish
• Saturn Devouring His Son

45. Theme Answer
• Days of the week (7 planets of Classical
Astronomy)
– Sun-Sunday
– Luna(Moon)-Monday
– Mars-Tuesday
– Mercury-Wednesday
– Jupiter-Thursday
– Venus-Friday
– Saturn-Saturday

46. Q. 11
• Roald Amundsen was the first man to reach the
South Pole.
• Ernest Shackleton led a 1914 expedition to
cross Antarctica.
• George Mallory made an ill-fated attempt to
scale Mount Everest.
• What connects these there explorers to the
latin word „prorsum‟ meaning forwards?

48. A. 11
Burberry
• Official out-fitters for Roald Amundsen and
Ernest Shackleton.
• George Mallory was known to be wearing a
Burberry Gabardine jacket during his attempt
at Mount Everest.
• Prorsum is the latin word for forwards
incorporated onto the Burberry Equestrian
Knight Logo

49. Q. 12
• An anecdote about a movie at Cannes:
• The French critics were lobbing complex philosophical
questions at the team behind the movie in French, and
then the English-language translators were wading in,
and everyone was getting nicely confused.
• Someone finally condescended to ask a question of the
little girl down at the end of the table - the one, you
might assume, who'd been brought along to France as a
treat, along with all the ice cream she could eat. The
translator grabbed for the microphone, but
____________ waved him off and answered the
question herself, in perfect French. There was an
astonished round of applause: At last, an American who
spoke French! And less than 5 feet tall!
• What movie and who was this little girl?

51. A. 12
Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver

52. Q. 13
• Connect the two pics to a place.
(Man on the right in the 2nd pic)

54. A. 13
Bayonne
• Chuck Wepner, the inspiration for Rocky
Balboa was nicknamed the „Bayonne Bleeder‟.
• The image is the working of the Bayonet
mount for bulbs, etc.

55. Q. 14
• In December 2009, a state of emergency was
declared in the country of Poland as an artifact
of great national importance was stolen.
• This was dubbed a meticulously planned
robbery as the robbers did not get caught on
the security cameras.
• A 5000 Zloty reward was announced for
anyone who could reveal the culprits or lead to
them in any way.
• Why this fuss? What was stolen?

57. A. 14
The ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ Sign from Auschwitz

58. Q. 15
• Foolishly impractical
in the pursuit of
ideals; especially
marked by rash, lofty,
romantic ideas or
extravagantly
chivalrous action.
• Merriam-Webster
definition of what?
Connect with image.

60. A. 15
Don Quixote
• Word – Quixotic
• Painting – Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by
Picasso

61. Q. 16
• Who, in „Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar‟?

63. A. 16
Imran Khan
• Imran Khan played the role of a younger
Aamir Khan in two movies – Qayamat Se
Qayamat Tak and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.

64. Q. 17
• Where can you
see this statue?
• Who are the 3
men?
• What is the
statue called?
• For bonus
points, who do
they face?

66. A. 17
Old Trafford
• George Best, Dennis Law and Bobby Charlton
• The United Trinity
• Outside the „Theatre of Dreams‟
• On Sir Matt Busby Way, facing Sir Matt Busby

67. Q. 18
• This phrase was / is generally used by ladies to
excuse themselves so as to use the restrooms.
• The phrase originates from the fact that Ladies
restrooms used to be called “______ rooms”.
As ladies didn‟t want to reveal the true nature
of their visit to the restroom, they used this
phrase.
• Urban Dictionary definition: Running to the
bathroom for a quick snort of cocaine.
• What is this phrase?

69. A. 18
To Powder One’s Nose
• Ladies restrooms used to be called "powder
rooms" and they had chairs and mirrors so a
woman could check out her make-up. Face
powder was commonly used rather than liquid
make-up.

70. Q. 19
• Connect the following quote to the blank:
• "It's not actually anything, it's a bit of concrete
poetry. Those were sounds that I made, the voice
and the hand slapping were all human generated -
no musical instruments.“
• The ____s were a group of Late Iron
Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is
now eastern and northern Scotland. They are
recorded from before the Roman conquest of
Britain until the 10th century, when they merged
with the Gaels. They lived to the north of the
Forth and Clyde rivers, and spoke the
extinct ____ish language.

72. A. 19
Several Species of Small Furry
Animals Gathered Together in a
Cave and Grooving with a Pict
• The quote by Roger Waters describes the song.
• The blank = Pict.

73. Q. 20
• Because people couldn‟t be bothered to say
God Be With You (first known use circa. 1580)
all the time, there came _______.
• Because people couldn‟t be bothered to say
_______ all the time, there came X.
• Identify both X and the Blank please.

75. A. 20
Good-Bye & Bye

76. Thank you
• It has been a pleasure to have been
part of the CQC for the past 3-4
years.
• Keep being awesome!
• Keep pwn-ing quizzes.
• Keep having fun, as always.