Finals: The June Open

30 questions in two rounds of Infinite Bounce
One written round
Infinite Pounce with +10/-10
T H E J U N E O P E N

There has been confusion in the United States while referring to
these two ethnic groups. The word ‘American’ was used before
one and after the other to differentiate but that didn’t help much.
One group prefers being called simply _______ and the media
has mostly taken to referring to them by that name, the other
group is now called ‘Asian ______’. The colloquial (and politically
incorrect) way of differentiating is a simple three word reversible
phrase with gestures toward the head. Id the common word
causing the confusion and the colloquialism.
1

INDIAN
DOT NOT FEATHER/FEATHER NOT DOT

The director, who received much acclaim for the film
adaptation of this 1993 book, plans to make a sequel in
2016 loosely based on the novel’s sequel. The sequel
starts ten years after the ’93 book left off and the reason
the director cited for waiting so long is because he
wanted all the original actors to have naturally aged
rather than cosmetically. What sequel, which will feature
Begbie, Renton, Sick Boy, Nikki and Spud, which will
share the same name as the novel as of now?
2

PORNO
SEQUEL TO TRAINSPOTTING

T. S. Eliot’s ‘Hollow Men’ is recited in part by this
antagonist in the film just before his death. The novella
on which the film is based also describes this character
as ‘hollow to the core’. The poem in some printed
versions pays tribute to the novella and the character by
the line “Mistah _____ - he dead” which is a quotation
from the book. Which character?
3

MISTAH ‘KURTZ’ – HE DEAD
COLONEL KURTZ

Following are the lyrics from “Pride (In The Name of Love)” by
U2
Early morning, April 4th
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride.
What are these lines referencing? What change in the lyrics did
Bono have to make later on while performing in concerts due to a
slight inaccuracy in the original lyrics?
4

ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR
‘EARLY MORNING’ CHANGED TO ‘EARLY
EVENING’

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art
Direction : Variety or Music Program was instituted in
1980. Since then, the majority of the awardees have been
art directors for the Academy Award ceremony or the
Grammies along with a few musicals. In 1997 (for an
event in the previous year) and 2002, the winners were
awarded for something that was eligible for nomination
due the location. What were they awarded the Emmy
for?
5

THE OPENING CEREMONIES FOR THE
1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA AND
THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SALT
LAKE CITY

On the final day of the shooting of The Lord of The
Rings : The Return of The King, the crew did
something to honour Viggo Mortensen and Bernard
Hill. This had been done in honour of Peter Jackson
before but this was specially for Mortensen and Hill
because of their roles in the film. What did the crew do
and what reason did the crew give for this honour?
6

THEY PERFORMED THE HAKA IN
HONOUR OF TWO KINGS

The first one in this list is 'Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai' in
1953 and the last one is 'Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai' in
1993. Didi and Rafi have the most number of songs as
singers and Laxmikant-Pyarelal as music directors. The
list was formed based on feedback from record store
owners and shrota-sanghs (listeners' clubs) and requests
on the radio. What list is this?
7

BINACA GEETMALA SONG OF THE
YEAR

Linguists do not define a language as endangered
depending upon the number of speakers. For example a
language spoken by 10000 people can be considered
endangered but a language being spoken by a
community of 500 may not be. What is the major factor
that decides the status?
8

WHETHER THE CHILDREN OF
THE COMMUNITY ARE SPEAKING
THAT LANGUAGE

Maurizio Anzeri is an Italian artist living in London
whose intriguing art has been making a name for him.
Calling his art ‘photo-sculpture’ he says he tries to bring
a 3-D element to the otherwise two dimensional work.
He is called a ‘garnish artist’ by the Saatchi gallery
because the foundation is already there and he only
garnishes. What exactly does Anzeri do?
9

EMBROIDERS ON PHOTOGRAPHS

Hmannan Yazawin is the official chronicle of the
Konbaung dynasty of Burma. The English translation
of this title lends the name to a 2000 novel which
follows the dynasty’s fortunes from the early 20th
century to recent times. The novel won the regional
award for the Commonwealth Writer’s prize in 2001 but
it was later withdrawn as the author had not given the
publisher his consent to enter it in the competition.
Which book?
10

THE GLASS PALACE
BY AMITAV GHOSH

1. Observing a lyrebird mimicking various noises
2. A close encounter with mountain gorillas in Rwanda
3. Watching a blue whale surface alongside the boat
4. Description of the demise of Easter Island's Rapa Nui civilization
5. Chimpanzees using tools to crack nuts.
These are the top 5 of a very specific list. What public opinion poll is
this?
11

TOP 5 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
MOMENTS

A young writer used to come and visit Philip Larkin when he was
an assistant librarian at University College Leicester. The writer
got the inspiration for his first novel published in 1954 from
Larkin and the character too was heavily influenced by the poet.
The last name of the lead character, whose first name is included
in the title, was Dixon. It was taken from Larkin’s address 12
Dixon Drive Leicester. Which book, considered as one of the
funniest of the 20th century, and which author who made a stellar
debut with it are we talking about?
12

LUCKY JIM
BY KINGLSEY AMIS

A 4-tailed monkey from Naruto is a hat tip to a very
popular character from an older manga and TV series
with multiple variants as suffixes. This is probably
because the said popular character is unable to control a
form that looks very much like the 4-tailed monkey due
to the lack of a certain appendage. Name the
monkey/character.
13

SON GOKU

Who talking about whom?
“He was my Elvis. I know everything about him. I know what his nickname was when
he was a child. The first time I heard the voice of X was in Harlem, 1990. My
roommate and I stood there, blasting it in his room. We were all awash in the thick
undulating tide of dark punjabi tabla rhythms, spiked with synchronized handclaps
booming from above and below in hard, perfect time.
I heard the clarion call of harmoniums dancing the antique melody around like giant,
singing wooden spiders. Then all of a sudden, the rising of one, then ten voices
hovering over the tonic like a flock of geese ascending into formation across the sky.
Then came the voice of X. Part Buddha, part demon, part mad angel...his voice is
velvet fire, simply incomparable. X’s blending of classical improvisations to the art of
_______, combined with his out and out daredevil style and his sensitivity, outs him in
a category all his own, above all others in his field.”
14

JEFF BUCKLEY ABOUT NUSRAT
FATEH ALI KHAN

In 2001 this player had bursitis of the elbow which would have
required surgery as a long term solution. However, he didn’t want
to sit out the rest of the season so his coach cut a piece of tube
bandage called compression stockinette and asked him to use it as
a temporary solution. The player scored 51 points that night,
averaged 35 points for the rest of the season, led his team single-
handedly to the Finals and ended up with the MVP award. Not
surprisingly, he continued the practice for the rest of his career
and many others adopted it. What practice and which player?
15

ALLAN IVERSON
HE WEARS THE SLEEVE IN EVERY GAME

The manager of this band, Andrew Loog Oldham, made
two significant changes in the names of the band and
one of the members. For the band he replaced the
apostrophe at the end with a ‘g’ completing the word
properly. For the band member, he asked him to take off
the ‘s’ at the end of the surname so that the name would
fit in better with his rockstar persona.
Identify the band and the member.
16

CHANGED ‘THE ROLLIN’ STONES’ TO ‘THE
ROLLING STONES’
TURNED KEITH RICHARDS IN KEITH RICHARD

While shooting for this film in a village near the Sahyadri ranges,
the cast and crew of the film were surprised at the co-operation
they received from the villagers. As a token of gratitude, the lead
actor (who also wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue) offered
the villagers scientific experiment kits and a couple of computers
for the school on behalf of the crew. In a extremely ironic turn
of events, the villagers denied this gift saying it was not much use
to them and argued instead that the film crew build for them a
______ since that’s what their film was about. Which film is this?
17

DEOOL
THE VILLAGERS ASKED THEM TO BUILD
A TEMPLE

The song ‘Ali in the Jungle’ by The Hours references many
inspirational people like Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Helen
Keller etc with lines like ‘Ali in the Jungle’ ‘Nelson in jail’. There
is one line that goes ‘Like _____ in the dock’ which refers to a
footballer who was an alcoholic and was arrested for DUI and
consequently spent 4 months in jail in 1990. His alcohol related
problems continued for a few years till he sought treatment in
1996 and overcame them. He then went on to captain his side to
two doubles (League and FA cup) in ’97-98 and ’01-02 seasons.
Who?
18

TONY ADAMS THE ARSENAL
CAPTAIN

The two singers singing the same song from a popular musical. ID both.
19

VASANTRAO DESHPANDE
RAHUL DESHPANDE

There is a character in Dedh Ishqiya called Nawab Noor Mohammad
______. The last part of his name is in recognition of the fact that his
mother hails from _____. Jaan Mohammad (Vijay Raaz) kidnaps him
and forces him to write shayari. In an exchange between the two, Jaan
Mohammad asks the Nawab what quality does the Nawab have which
makes him a Nawab and that is found lacking in Jaan Mohammad. The
Nawab replies ‘DNA’ which Jaan Mohammad spoonerizes as ‘NDA’
after a few lines. All these are not-so-subtle digs at someone very much
in the spotlight till last month with the most direct being ‘Humari maa
_____ji ke saath ek school mein padhti thi’.
Identify the character and the person being referenced.
20

NOOR MOHAMMAD ITALVI
RAHUL GANDHI

The name if taken by its English meaning is “the
development of secondary malignant growths at a
distance from a primary site of cancer” which is apt
both figuratively and literally. The names of the
characters have not been altered much. Walter Blanco
and Jose Rosas are the lead characters. Cielo Blanco is
played by Sandra Reyes. Give me the name and the
funda.
21

METASTASIS
SPANISH VERSION OF BREAKING BAD

First (1955-58)
X
Y
Red Garland — piano
Paul Chambers — bass
Philly Joe Jones — drums
Second (1964-69)
X
Wayne Shorter
Herbie Hancock — piano
Ron Carter — bass
Tony Williams — drums
22

X – MILES DAVIS
Y – JOHN COLTRANE
FIRST & SECOND GREAT QUINTET

This play called ‘Ek Mulaqat’ is a musical that will be
performed in London before it comes to Mumbai.. It
stars Shekhar Suman and Deepti Naval who will play
writers who were lovers in real life but their relationship
had an unhappy ending. It begins with Naval sitting on
the terrace of her house when she sees Shekhar Suman
standing in front of her. However, she receives a phone
call from Mumbai, where Suman’s character works as a
lyricist and is unsure which is her real lover. Which two
writers are Suman and Naval playing?
23

SAHIR LUDHIANVI AND AMRITA PRITAM

Francesca de Polenta and Paolo Malatesta were used as
characters by Dante in Inferno. Dante meets them in the
book in the second circle of Hell where Francesca tells
them that they were caught in an embrace while reading
a book about Lancelot and Guinevere by her husband
and were killed. How was the moment before they were
caught physically manifested in the 19th century?
24

THE KISS BY RODIN

Darjah Bakti is a royal honour limited to 10 people awarded
only to citizens of this country which was introduced in
1975. It is a medal to be worn around the neck with the
inscription ‘Bakti Untuk Negara’ which means ‘serve the
nation’. It has been awarded to only two people till date.
Both of them are superstars of their sport and have held the
#1 ranking for a considerable amount of time. The female
sportsperson was given this award in 2008 and the male
sportsperson in 2009 despite the disappointment he faced in
2008. Identify both.
25

NICOL DAVID AND LEE CHONG WEI

This is whose version of ‘Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna’ where would you hear it?
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-kaatil me hai
Waqt aane pe bataa denge tujhe e aasmaan
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil me hai
Oh re Bismil kaash aate aaj tum Hindustaan
Dekhte ki mulk saara kya tashan, kya thrill mein hai
Aaj ka launda yeh kehta hum to bismil thak gaye
Apni aazaadi to bhaiya laundiya ke til mein hai.
Aaj ke jalson me Bismil ek gunga gaa raha.
Aur behron ka wo rela naachta mehfil mein hai
Haath ki khadi banaane ka zamaana lag gaya
Aaj to chaddi bhi silti englison ki mill mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai…
….kya batayen kya hamare dil me hai
26

PIYUSH MISHRA’S VERSION SUNG
IN ‘GULAAL’

In 1995, Andre Agassi had lost the Wimbledon semi-
final to Boris Becker; a loss which he described as ‘the
most devastating of my life’. So Agassi was looking for
revenge when they met again in the US Open semis the
same year. Becker did something in that match to
unsettle Agassi which Agassi admits worked perfectly
and caused him great mental anguish. He won the match
in four sets but it left him too drained to put up any sort
of fight against Sampras in the final. What did Becker
do?
27

BLEW KISSES AT BROOKE SHIELDS

It is a standard Bedfordshire model bought from J.L.Mott Iron
Works in New York. It caused a great deal of controversy when
first submitted for the exhibition of Society of Independent
Artists in 1917, partly due to the nature of the artwork and partly
due to the fact that the artist had not made the work himself.
Voted in many polls as the most influential artwork of the 20th
century because it put forth the theory that just the interpretation
of an object is also art even if isn’t physically crafted by the artist.
Any trace of the original has been long lost (except in a
photograph) but a replica remains and is exhibited even now.
What?
28

THE FOUNTAIN BY MARCEL DUCHAMP

In Assassin’s Creed IV : Black Flag, Blackbeard features
as a major character. The game is played through the
Welsh pirate Edward Kenway. The chapter of the game
where Blackbeard dies has been given the name of one
of the most famous poems by Kenway’s compatriot,
which aptly concerns death. What is the name of the
chapter/poem?
29

DO NOT GO GENTLE/DYING OF THE LIGHT

“No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate
than a shiver ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary
thing that was happening to me. An exquisite pleasure had invaded my senses,
something isolated, detached, with no suggestion of its origin. And at once
the vicissitudes of life had become indifferent to me, its disasters innocuous,
its brevity illusory—this new sensation having the effect, which love has, of
filling me with a precious essence; or rather this essence was not in me,
it was me.”
This is the description of ‘The __________ moment’ by the author in his
work which spawned pages upon pages. FITB and name the work.
30

MY MADELEINE MOMENT
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME BY MARCEL PROUST

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