MArcH quiz finals

1. Researched and conducted by
Balasubramanyam P
Raman Umamaheshwaran

2.  2 dry rounds of 12 q’s each interrupted by a
written round of 6 q’s.
 Pounce and infinite bounce.
 +10/-10 on pounce, except where specified.

3. Round I

4. •Connect a series that includes the
following titles with the two paintings
on the right. One word connect.
Balloon Dog
Boy with Pony
Bracelet
Bread with Egg
Building Blocks
Cake
Cracked Egg
Donkey
Hanging Heart
Party Hat
Pink Bow
Plate Set
Play-Doh

7.  The man on the left was a prominent British
sailor. In 1797,he was part ofThe Nore mutiny,
which along with the Spithead mutiny was one
the most potentially disastrous mutinies by
sailors of the Royal Navy against the admiralty,
as England was still at war with France at that
time.For his role in the mutiny, he was hanged.
 Most of us have heard his name, although in a
totally different context , as he shares his
name with another “sailor”. In fact the “sailor”
in question was more of a stowaway, one of
the most unique in recent times.
 Name this person, who also shares his name
with a minor marvel character.

10. •This is an item from a 1930
catalogue by the Paidar
Company Chicago-Ltd, a
company that served as a
pioneer and the leading supplier
to a certain industry for a good
deal of time.
•What industry did Paidar cater
to?

13.  The next image is from a classic film-noir starring Robert Mitchum.
 The advertisement for a brand of liquor is posted on the wall behind
Mitchum, probably one of the earliest examples of product
placement in film.This brand was started inVenezuela at around the
time of the release of this film and has grown on to become one of
the biggest companies in South America, as well as the biggest
exporter to Central American and Caribbean nations.
 Identify the movie, hailed as “the quintessal film-noir”
 Identify the brand of liquor, which employs a pun in its name.

17.  This building, the second of its kind and located in the
city’s famous Loop area was completed in 1875 following
an event 4 years earlier which led to this building being
advertised as the “The World’s First and Only _________
hotel.”
 Famous visitors included presidential hopefuls James
Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses S. Grant,William
Jennings Bryan, andWilliam McKinley; writers Mark
Twain, L. Frank Baum, and OscarWilde.
 Name the building.
 What event?

20.  The following image contains a painting by X.The painting depicts a
chieftain of irregular soldiers of the Ottoman army, mostly of
Albanian origin, particularly known for their lack of discipline.
 Although we have heard of these soldiers, it is mostly through
temperamental ravings of somebody.
 Give me the name of the painting
 Also, who is X, a leading proponent of Academicism?

24.  The size of 70 cm diameter was marked on the original
plan that the ______ had drawn for the central object. In
July 1983, the searchlight fell on the firm of Schott in
Mainz, and somewhat later on Zeiss in Oberkochen, both
in Germany.These firms proposed the type of crystal -
optically perfect glass - with the name of Bohr Kron 7. On
the 8th of June 1984, Zeiss presented the study, and gave
the estimate: approx. 230,000 German Marks. the only
one of its kind, is the biggest optically perfect glass globe
ever made in the world which arrived at the International
airport atTirusulam in April 1991.
 What am I talking about?

28.  Who is this person?
 He is talking about “a bad experience he once had on a U-Boat” in
this clip from Beerfest.The “bad experience” is also made fun of
later in the film during a drinking competition.
 What is this “bad experience” he is referencing here?

31.  This is what Stuart L.Tyson writing in the Scientific Monthly had to
say about a wrong usage popularised by a 1902 adoption.
 “As god of the high-road and the market-place ______ was
perhaps above all else the patron of commerce and the fat purse:
as a corollary, he was the special protector of the travelling
salesman. As spokesman for the gods, he not only brought peace
on earth (occasionally even the peace of death), but his silver-
tongued eloquence could always make the worse appear the
better cause.”
 Give the wrong usage and the widely accepted correct one.

34.  The following is the reason X gave for not filming a sequel toY,
despite seeming to promise one:
 To name his epic farce, he made a play on the name of a historical
tome by Sir Walter Raleigh,who,while in prison began to write his
work, completely from memory. However, he was beheaded and
never got to finish his epic, and X named his movieY in reference to
that incompleteness.
 But the director also had a personal reason for the title — he was
tired of people asking him what his next movie would be.This way,
they would assume a sequel was up next, and leave him be.
 Which director, X?
 And which film,Y?

37.  A kodimaram literally means "flag pole." In Hindu temples, this is
placed between the Rajagopuram and the Sanctum sanctorum
and represents the Jeevadhara. It is made of wood, cladded with
brass and with or without gold coating and its different parts are
believed to be the residing place of several Devatas.
 They are usually erected in temples after several stages of work.
The lowering of the kodimaram into the pit is done accompanied
by a ceremony that includes the placement of a talismanic
object(s) arranged in order in the pit so that it touches the centre of
the pit and the centre of the kodimaram.
 What object(s), seen with several Hindus because of
its believed piezoelectric and astrological properties?

40.  The audio is of a song named “UncommonValor” telling the story of
a United States soldier in theVietnam War.The song opens with Richard
Nixon’s resignation speech followed by a line from the opening of a very
famous US civil defense/propaganda film(image in next slide) featuring
“Bert the turtle” which was shown in schools from 1950 to 1991.The film’s
title,repeating the US govt’s policy, advised children to ____ ___ _____
(indicative of length) in case of a bomb attack.
 The song also makes a reference by name to operation_________ which
was the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign
conducted against NorthVietnam for 3 years, during theVietnam War.
 The singer refers to it stating that “And now I’m forced to sit and
wonder/Why I was a part of operation ________”
 ID Artist/group whose name Obi-Wan would be proud of
 Which civil defense film?
 Which military operation?

45.  6 visuals
 Identify the building/monument from the
inside/peripheral/aerial views
 10 points per question
 Bonus of 20 on all

53.  6 visuals
 Identify the building/monument from the
inside/peripheral/aerial views
 10 points per question
 Bonus of 20 on all

66. Round II

67.  These toys were originally created in 1959 by Danish fisherman
and woodcutterThomas Dam who could not afford a Christmas
gift for his young daughter Lila and carved it from his
imagination. In the early-mid 1990s, several attempts were made
to market the concept to young boys with action figures of the
Stone Protectors franchise,Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles and the
Mighty Max line which had a series known as Dread Heads which
achieved marginal success?
 Set to receive their own Dreamworks feature film in 2016, what
two word rhyming name do these toys possess?
 Image in next slide.

71.  He was born in and did his schooling in Kerala, but had to flee to
Japan by 1925 as he was persecuted by the British for being involved
with protests against the colonial rule. He entered politics as a
follower of Subhas Chandra Bose, becoming his personal
valet. During the SecondWorldWar, he joined the Indian
Independence league in Japan.
 A movie depicting his life was announced in 2008 starring two
actors legendary in their respective industries with AR Rahman
doing the music, and has been in development hell for the past 7
years, with release nowhere in sight
 Who is this person?
 Who are the two actors supposed to star in this film?

74.  Banksy’s first exhibition in LA was a wild success, attended
by the hottest celebrities around. One of his pieces at this
exhibition was titled “___ ________ __ ___ ____.” It included
an actual ________ that was entirely spray-painted—with
non-toxic paint—to have the same pattern as the
surrounding wallpaper and the ________ was supposed to
symbolise the poverty in the world as an obvious truth that is
either being ignored or going unaddressed.When the actual
exhibit went ahead, most animal rights activists strongly
objected to such flippant treatment.
 FITB.

77.  In 2001:A Space Odessey, the song “Daisy Bell” was famously sung
by HAL-9000 during its gradual deactivation.
 In TheTheory of Everything, Eddie Redmayne portrays Stephen
Hawking as typing and later recording the lyrics and chorus of this
song , specifically “Daisy, daisy, give me your answer, do”
 What achievement were these two films referencing through the
use of the same song?

80.  Video from the Dark Knight.
 From where to where does Batman jump?

83.  A _____ in Cantonese , meaning “Top-class” or “big-shot” is a senior
business executive or entrepreneur operating in China or Hong
Kong.
 The term gained more popularity after the publications of two
works of the same name, one a short story byW Somerset
Maugham in 1922 and the other, a novel by James Clavell in 1966.
The latter one particularly popularized the term, as Clavell based it
on real-life _____William Jardine and based the “Noble House” in
his novel on the Jardine Matheson Co. which was one of the biggest
companies in Hong Kong at the time.
 A genus of snakes also has this term for its name, although the
etymology is entirely unrelated to the above.
 Which term?

86.  Designed in 1945 as a weekend retreat, this is one of the most
celebrated homes in American history.There are even Lego
kits available of it.
 Having asked the architect to build her a country getaway, the
owner was horrified to discover she was being asked to live inside
a pristine work of art.The almost transparent simplicity meant the
house’s heating bills were astronomic, not to mention the lack of
privacy thanks to the innumerable number of tourists who flocked
to see the architectural marvel by the superstar architect. At night,
the vast windows and isolated location turned the house into
a giant moth lamp, causing insects and mosquitoes to flood the
open plan rooms.
 Identify the building and the architect.

89.  He was a French diplomat, spy, freemason and soldier who fought in
the SevenYears'War. He had androgynous physical characteristics and
natural abilities as a mimic. He appeared publicly as a man and pursued
masculine occupations for 49 years, although during that time he successfully
infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by posing as a woman
after which for 33 years, from 1777, he dressed as a woman, claiming to
be assigned female at birth.
 An anime was released in 2006 , and although its title as well as protagonists
name was the same as the name of the person in the above paragraph, the
story itself was only very loosely based on him, leaving out most of the
transvestism and instead revolves around a murder mystery involving young
Parisian girls.
 Give the title of this anime/name of the person, both of which are same.
 (image in the next slide)

93.  X is one of three antagonists inY. He is usually depicted as
a monster or a giant. In the poem, X is feared by all butY. He and his
mother are described as descendants of the Biblical Cain.
 In 1936, J.R.R.Tolkien's Y:The Monsters and the Critics discussed X in
detail.This essay was the first work in which this poem was seriously
examined for its literary merits and not just about what historical
information on the origins of the English language could be gleaned
from the text.
 In 1998, a real-time browser-based role-playing video game called
X’s Cave was launched.The game was so well received that
educational websites use it as an Internet learning aid for medieval
literature .
 Name the character described above, X
 And the work of literature,Y

96.  ____ ____ (indicative of length)

Mr Lusk
Sor
I send you half the
Kidne I took from one women
prasarved it for you tother pirce
I fried and ate it was very nise I
may send you the bloody knif that
took it out if you only wate a whil
longer.
signed
Catch me when
you Can
Mishter Lusk
 These are the words from a letter, now lost.Though hundreds of such letters were posted
in 1888, the above, along with a few others are thought by historians to be the few actually
written by a historical figure.The literacy level is much coarser in this one than the others,
but historians have argued that it was a deliberate attempt to mislead the police.
 FITB.

99.  ________ was a legendary Japanese historical figure who lived in the 16th
century, revered for his allegedly unparalleled swordsmanship, inventor of
the style that is today known as Niten-ryū style of swordsmanship,and the
author of The Book of Five Rings, a book on strategy, tactics, and
philosophy that is still studied today. He has been portrayed countless
number of times in comics, anime and film, most famously byToshiro
Mifune.
 This person is the subject of the heavy metal song given here, which
derives its title from an autobiographical and slightly narcissist essay by an
extremely controversial and influential Japanese author who, after a
disastrously failed coup d’etat, committed seppuku, or ritual sucide.
 Which historical figure?
 Which song or eponymous essay?
 Which author?

102.  Romance of theThree Kingdoms is a historical novel by Luo
Guangzhong.
 This book contains an exaggerated account ofThe Battle of
________ between the allied forces of the southern warlords Liu Bei
and Sun Quan and the numerically superior forces of the northern
warlord Cao Cao.It was arguably the largest naval battle in history,
involving roughly 850,000 men.
 A highly dramatized two-part movie of the battle was made in 2008
starringTony Leung ChiuWai andTakeshi Kaneshiro directed by an
influential director, whose personality can be best described as
hardboiled.
 Which historical battle?
 Which famous director?