Inter-House GK Quiz Finals

Rules!
24 Questions
Infinite Bounce and Pounce
Direct (+10/0), Pass (+5/0), Pounce (+10/-5)
You cannot pounce on your own direct question.
Only written answers accepted for Pounce.

1.
The band Y released the song X in 1977 for the John Travolta-starrer 'Saturday
Night Fever'. X went on to be a worldwide hit and was a part of the album that
won Y the Grammy Award in 1979. It also features in the television series
'Sherlock' as Jim Moriarty's favourite song. One of the fields that X has been
used in is medicine. Recording 104 beats per minute, it falls within the range of
chest compressions per minute that the British Heart Foundation recommends
in case of a cardiac arrest (100-120). Interestingly the name of the song X is
intrinsically linked to the medical profession, more precisely, what a patient is
trying to do during treatment. Identify X.

Stayin’ Alive by
the Bee Gees

2.
X was first created by Giovanni Maria Farina in 1709. Some time after its
creation, X began to be used for warding off the spread of bubonic plague,
since many believed that the reason for the spread of the disease was foul
smelling air, and X was believed to have the power to ward off the plague. Due
to this, X began being produced in large numbers for the purpose of controlling
the plague, though X was not intended for doing so, and was a popular lifestyle
product at the time, and is still widely used around the world. What famous
lifestyle product is this?

3.
Under the cover of darkness, on August 7, 1943, Lt. William Liebenow of the US
Navy skippered his boat into hostile waters under Japanese control, to rescue the
crew of another boat, which was sunk by a Japanese destroyer some days ago.
Liebenow embarked on the mission after finding a coconut on the shore which had
a message scribbled on it by the commander of PT 109 who was stranded on an
island, requesting help for him and his crew. The rescue mission was successful
and both men went their separate ways. When the commander of PT 109 acquired
a post of power decades later, he kept the same coconut as a paperweight in his
office. Although Lt. William Liebenow was a highly decorated navy officer, this
rescue mission made him well known, several decades later. Why so?

The commander of
PT-109 was future
US President John
F. Kennedy

4.
Organization X invited Michael Jackson to Mumbai for his first and last
concert in India in November 1996. The controversies started even
before his arrival, with X drawing flak from their supporters for inviting
an icon of Western culture to Mumbai. Members of organisation X
supposedly asked Jackson to pay Rs.4 crore so that they could do their
social work through these funds. As for all the backlash X received, the
chief proclaimed “We must accept him as an artist… His movements
are terrific — you can’t dance that way. You will end up breaking your
bones”. Identify X and the chief.

5.
The Nizari clan lived in the mountains of Persia and Syria, in various forts that
they captured in warfare from the Crusaders or Caliphs(Muslim rulers) in the
region between 1090 to 1275 AD. They are said to have been among the
earliest users of warfare tactics such as surgical striking, psychological
warfare, etc. They were also widely feared for their ability to systematically
eliminate opposing leaders quickly, and were often hired by rulers and religious
organisations for doing the same. Their activities are believed to have given
rise to the term X. The Nizari sect exists today as well and their legacy is
remembered through a modern pop culture franchise. Give X and Y.

X- Assassin
Y - Assassin’s Creed

6.
The Czech playwright Karel Čapek introduced and made popular the frequently
used international word X (which denotes a certain technological innovation) in
1921. While it is frequently thought that he was the originator of the word, he
wrote a short letter in reference to an article in the Oxford English Dictionary
etymology in which he named his brother, painter and writer Josef Čapek, as its
actual inventor. The word being talked of is derived from various Slavic
languages, and it literally translates to "forced labourer" or "servitude" in
English. The word was used to refer to peasants who had to do mandatory
labour for their lords in Europe. What is the term X ?

7.
Former PM of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was ousted from his office in July 2017, after his
name surfaced in the infamous Panama Papers leak.The documents presented by Sharif
in his defence attempted to explain how the Sharif family acquired property worth millions
in upscale London. According to the Sharif family, the document was from 2006. This
very document however, proved to be a major factor in Sharif's downfall, when
investigative authorities concluded that it was a fake, and definitely not from 2006. They
realised this due to a rather unexpected minor technical error in the MS Word document
given to the Pakistani anti-corruption agency. What was this minor error which led to the
Nawaz Sharif's downfall?

The document was
in the font Calibri, a
font that was not
available to the
public until 2007.
The ensuing scandal
was called the
“Fontgate scandal”
as a result.

8.
Until 1975, the United Nations included X in their Least Developed Countries’
list. X’s government has been awarded by the UN for achieving 100 percent
organic food production and recently opened its airspace for the first time after
its first airport was inaugurated in 2018.
The reason for their exclusion onwards of 1975 was not economic
development, as you might think, but something else connected to India.
Identify X and the reason it was removed from the Least Developed Countries
List in 1975.

Sikkim, because it
acceded to India,
which was not a
LDC at the time

9.
“Good, clean and fair” is the motto of the global grassroots organization ____
____, founded in Rome in 1986. The founding took place when a McDonald’s
opened up next to the Spanish Steps, an 18th century, 135-step stairway in
Rome. Currently the movement spans over 150 countries, with around 100,000
members worldwide, quite ironic when alongside fast food and consumerism, it
opposes globalization. At its heart is the aim to promote local foods and
traditional gastronomy and food production. ____ ____ makes its objectives
very clear with its name. Its logo might also provide a hint (image on next slide)

10.
Rage Against the Machine is a rap-metal band from America known for its incendiary and anti-
establishment music. It found itself among the company of Metallica, Britney Spears and even
the composer of the Sesame Street Theme, Bob Singleton as artists whose music was used
for an inarguably inhumane purpose in X. Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine
expressed his disgust, "I suggest they level X, but they keep one small ____ and they put Bush
in there ... and they blast some Rage Against the Machine." Bob Singleton commented, "It is
absolutely ludicrous! A song that was designed to make little children feel safe and loved was
somehow going to threaten the mental state of adults and drive them to the emotional breaking
point?" To protest against the use of their music Rage Against the Machine appeared in
concerts in a particular get up. Where is the music being used? What is the purpose? (Image
on Next Slide)

The music is used
to torture the
prisoners held in
the American
offshore prison at
Guantanamo Bay.

11.
Photographer Charlie Cole passed away on September 13 of this year, and he is
remembered best for an iconic photograph that won Cole international acclaim and
the 1990 World Press Photo Award and brought attention to the authoritarian rule of
this particular country. Taking the photo from the balcony of his hotel using a
telephoto lens, he then hid the film roll in the bathroom to prevent it being found by
the authorities who came to search him. He said of the photograph, "I expected the
man would be run over or shot, and I felt it was my responsibility to record what was
happening. But the man was eventually pulled away from the scene by two men."
Which photograph?

12.
Historian Kaushik Roy said X was only witnessed in Hindu-Muslim wars, and not during the
Hindu-Hindu between Rajput kingdoms. Historian John Hawley however disagreed, saying that
X began when Greek conquerors began invading areas in the North-West of the subcontinent.
Veena Talwar Oldenburg provides a third perspective; “internal warfare among the Rajput
kingdoms almost certainly supplied the first occasions for X, well before the Muslim invasions
with which the practice is popularly associated….the geopolitics of the northwest, This history
predates the coming of the Muslims by more than a millennium. Commemorative stones
unearthed and dated in Rajasthan and Vijayanagara mark the deaths of both sexes. Their
dates, which can be reliably determined, match perfectly the times and zones of war.”

The practice of
Jauhar or self-
immolation
usually by
women in times
of war.

13.
Legendary metal band Metallica set a Guinness World Record in 2013 with a
certain show they played in the location/region X. The same record was
unsuccessfully attempted by the rock band Fall Out Boy in 2008 but on a single
day, while Metallica achieved it over the year. Keeping the environmental concerns
of X in mind, the concert did not employ any traditional amplification and played
inside a protective dome to an audience of 120. Amplifiers were enclosed in
isolation cabinets, with the sound transmitted to the audience via headphones,
much like the "silent discos" sometimes found at music festivals. Identify X and the
extraordinary achievement of Metallica

X- Antarctica, First band
to play in all seven
continents.

14.
Identify the product from the following Twitter exchange. (Image on Next Slide)

15.
The South American fruit family Annona is known for its fleshy and milky
interiors that go well with dairy products but do not go well with cooking. While
these fruits have no Sanskrit name, they were described by the British records
in 1835, meaning that they were most likely introduced by the Portuguese
around 1590. These ungainly fruits, Annona squamosa and Annona reticulata
received names after popular characters, being referred by these names as
early as 1672. The naming turned out to be an excellent ‘marketing’ ploy and
helped popularize the fruit. Give the Hindi name of the two fruits.

16.
American tourist Paul Cole was in London in 1969 waiting for his wife on the street. "I told
her 'I’ve seen enough museums. I’ll just stay out here and see what’s going on outside."
He said to The Mirror years later. It was at that moment that he was struck by the sight of
four men striding across the road, especially by the fact that one of them wasn't wearing
any shoes. He said "I just happened to look up, and I saw those guys walking across the
street like a line of ducks. A bunch of kooks, I called them, because they were rather
radical-looking at that time.You didn’t walk around in London barefoot." In fact Paul Cole
had photobombed an iconic photograph, an album cover of the final album of one of the
greatest rock bands of all time. Give both the artist and the album

The Beatles -
“Abbey Road”

17.
The X scandal was a major political scandal that revealed the abuse of power by
American President _______ _____ and his other top officials in the covering up of
an attempted burglary at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters
at the X office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972. Alongside the dire
consequences it had on the American constitutional set up and polity, the X scandal
also started a worldwide trend of journalists using a part of the word X to refer to
any public (mostly political) scandal. Which scandal and what part of the word?

Watergate Scandal
The -gate suffix

18.
X is a character from the 2015 film Kung Fury. An image of this character became popular and
was used in making memes about a person's inflated sense of self-esteem when they solve a
simple technical issue, the most popular one containing a character from the TV series Y,
portrayed by Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek. Also, using the moniker Y, French Hacker
Robert Baptiste first exposed issues with Z on 10th January 2018. However, after his
revelations were labelled “irresponsible” and “far from truth”, he released a one-minute video
on how to bypass Z’s password protection, revealing the lack of security in a system that
potentially endangers 1.33 billion people. Identify X, Y and Z.

X- Hackerman
Y- Mr. Robot
Z- Aadhaar

19.
It is almost unnatural to imagine our photographs without X, however it is only
a recent phenomenon. The beginnings of photography in the 1820s until early
20th century were marked with an absence of X. Historians attribute to two
different reasons. First, the widespread poor ________ health created an
aesthetic issue and therefore ______ were best kept hidden. A second reason
was that since the exposure was so long (the fastest camera in 1839 took 15
minutes to take a photograph) it was recommended to the subject to take a
position that would be comfortable for long periods of time. What are we
talking about? Fill in the blanks.

Smiling in photographs :)
Blanks - dental health/ teeth

20.
While normal stock exchanges would have something like equity or bonds on
offer this stock exchange in Somalia has something unique to offer. By “buying
shares” in the services listed on this exchange, you are able to get a share in
the “revenue” from X’s exploits. A woman in Britain was able to get a $75,000
windfall by funding a RPG-7. What activity does this stock exchange act as a
source of finance for?

21.
While to the layman and in normal language X and Y would are the exact same
thing (although your teachers would appreciate if you wrote the whole word), in
the film industry X and Y have different interpretations. The usage of one in the
place of the other can lead to losses in millions of dollars and has led to
litigation over royalties which goes on for years. While one, in this context,
refers to a collaboration of two or more writers, the other signifies a writer
working with the other artist at different periods during its conception. What are
X and Y.

and /&
& - collaborated, can be
considered the same writer
And - worked at different
times

22.
X was a Brazilian sportsman largely considered in his homeland to be a
demigod. When his body was brought from Imola after a sporting accident it
witnessed the largest gathering of mourners in modern history with over 3
Million flocking the streets of Sao Paulo for a final sight of their champion.
Calling him a “sportsman” is at times debated since countries such as ours
refused to categorize it as a sport when it first came to India in 2011.

23.
Played between Devon and Somerset Wanderers on one side and French
Athletic Club Union on the other side at the 1900 Paris Olympics, this is till now
the only case of the same. While originally supposed to consist of 4 teams,
Belgium and The Netherlands withdrew before the competition started. This
was officially recognized only 12 years later though. In recent years there has
been a movement for this to occur again starting with regional events however
without the support of the biggest and most powerful organization of the sport
(which curiously isn’t the apex international body), it looks a distant possibility.

24
One of the most celebrated children’s fantasy novels of all time, X was written
by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in 1865, although he is better known by his pen-
name Y. X was banned in several schools in America due to references to drug
abuse, psychedelics, hallucinogens and hallucinatory experiences. However it
was banned in the Hunan province in China in 1931 for an entirely different
reason. As the governor of Hunan said, “Animals should not use human
language, and it is disastrous to put animals and human beings on the same
level.” Which book?

Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland by
Lewis Carrol

Tiebreaker
X is a term used in India to denote a group of entities in an often forgotten part
of the country. While recollecting the same we always end up taking into
account another one of these entities which is not actually one of them. In the
United States this term is used to denote a group of colleges which were
effectively the female counterpart of the once all male Ivy League schools.
Identify X

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