Inter-college quiz at Army Institute of Technology-Finals

ARMY INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
INTER-COLLEGE QUIZ
FINALS

QM-
SAAHIL SINGH
SAMRIDH KAPUR

INSTRUCTIONS
• The finals contain 5 rounds- written, infinite
rebounds(clockwise), written, infinite
rebounds(counter clockwise) and a written
connect.
• Further details to be provided as we cruise
along.
• Part Points on the discretion of the QM.

ROUND 1
THE MATT HARDING ROUND

DIRECTIONS
• Matt Harding is an American traveler
and Internet celebrity known for his viral
videos that show him dancing in front of
landmarks and street scenes in various
international locations.
• 7 images of Matt dancing in various locations.
• Name the locations. No points for country.
• Differential Scoring for each slide.
• Score details in next slide.

SCORING PATTERN
• If right answer given by only 1 team: +30
• If right answer given by 2-3 teams: +20
• If right answer given by 4-5 teams: +10
• If right answer given by all teams: +5

DIRECTIONS
• 15 questions to be asked in clockwise order.
• +10 for a correct answer.
• 2 pounces allowed per round.
• +10 for a correct answer on a pounce and -10
for a wrong answer on a pounce.

1)What does this graph represent?

ANSWER
Roger Federer’s position
in ATP Rankings

2)
• 46664 is a series of AIDS charity concerts
played in honour of __X__ , who was
imprisoned at Robben Island.
• Shortly before Joe Strummer's death, he
and Bono co-wrote the song "46664" for
__X__, as part of the campaign against AIDS in
Africa.
• Name __X__ and also give the significance of
“46664”.

ANSWER
Nelson Mandela
In the year 1964, he
was the 466th prisoner
to arrive. Hence he
name.
Prisoner 46664
continues to be used, as
a reverential title for
him

3)
• The __X__ Awards are American film awards, presented
annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in
New York City, New York.
• New York City was first nicknamed __X__ by Washington
Irving, in an issue of Salmagundi.
• The awards are a part of the Independent Feature Project
(IFP),and were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing
and honoring films made primarily in the Northeastern region
of the United States, but by 2004, the scope was broadened
to include films belonging to the international scene.

4)__X__ and __Y__
• Bardolatry is the worship, often considered excessive, of __X__.
• The term, derived from __X__'s sobriquet ,was coined by __Y__ ,
who professed to dislike __X__ as a thinker and philosopher
because he did not engage with social problems, as his own plays
did.
• The essential characteristic of bardolatry is that __X__ is presented
as not only the greatest writer who ever lived, but also as the
supreme intellect, the greatest psychologist, and the most faithful
portrayer of the human condition and experience.
• __Y__'s skeptical views arose in response to such ideas. He wished
to demythologise __X__ , and emphasised that he was capable of
both brilliance and banality, a point made humorously in his late
puppet play “Shakes versus Shav”, in which he compares __X__'s
work to his own.

ANSWER
• __X__:
William
Shakespeare
• __Y__:
GB Shaw

5) Who published this ad campaign
and what was the ocassion??

ANSWER
Apple on IBM introducing Personal Computers

6) Which 2 word term is this?
• The term __X__ was coined by the American writer O. Henry
to describe the fictional "Republic of Anchuria" in the book
Cabbages and Kings (1904), a collection of thematically
related short stories inspired by his experiences in Honduras.
• __X__ is a political science term for a politically unstable
country whose economy is largely dependent on the export of
a single limited-resource product, such as fruits or minerals.
• The history of the first __X__ begins with the introduction of
the ____ to the USA in 1870, by Lorenzo D. Baker, captain of
the ship, The Telegraph. He initially bought __ in Jamaica and
sold them in Boston at a 1,000 percent profit.

7) __X__??
• Since 1989, __X__ has a dress code policy and has turned away
several people who it believes are not dressed appropriately. These
include a soldier in uniform, a scout troop, a woman with a
Mohican hair cut, a 15 stone (95 kg) woman and FC Shakhtar
Donetsk's first team for wearing tracksuits

• __X__ was sharply criticised in 2004 by the Hindu community for
marketing a line of feminine underwear, which featured the images
of South-Asian goddesses. The line was eventually withdrawn and
formal apologies were made.

• __X__ has been criticised as "deeply sexist" for making female
employees wear six kinds of makeup at all times without requiring
this of male employees.

ANSWER
Franco Nero making an
apperance in Django
Unchained. He played
the titular role in the
1966 flick.

9) Name the city??
• It is the portmanteau of words Gate and Bengal,
in Maithili, and means "Gateway of Bengal".
• Some scholars say that X means broken gates. It is
assumed that the gates of the Qila (at Qilaghat
probably) were broken (by cannons or elephants)
in 1326 AD when Tughlak forces attacked the last
independent North Indian Hindu king.
• During Akbar's reign in the sixteenth century, he
planted 100,000 mango trees in _______, at a
place now known as Lakhi Bagh.

10)What are these, a list of??
• GN
• LD
• HO
• DF
• PH
• FT
• DP
• CK
• SS
(list continues the next slide)

• HP
• RE
• GNRS
• OS
• PQ
• RAC
• RS
• YU
• LB

ANSWER
Quotas In Indian Railways

11)Some of the many controversies,
__X__ was involved in….
• After achieving the number one in singles, an Argentine reporter ask him what it
felt like to be at the same status as Guillermo Vilas; he answered "Vilas was No. 2
and I'm No. 1.
• In a confusing incident, he ran over his physical trainer, Manuel Astorga, with his
jeep, leaving him gravely injured at the foot. Astorga was later fired as trainer.
• After a magazine published some photos of him dancing seductively with a woman
at a Paris disco, his girlfriend broke up with him. During a Davis Cup press
conference, __X__ read a letter, asking her for forgiveness. He ended the press
conference in tears.
• In 2003, while training for a Davis Cup tie with Ecuador, he allegedly urinated on
some men in a La Serena bar's bathroom and was later expelled from his hotel
after being accused of swimming nude. As a consequence, the team missed a
flight to Ecuador the following day. He later apologized for the incidents.
• He reportedly told Monica Seles to move her "fat ass" while on a lunch queue, but
he has denied this.
• He tried to moon some reporters who were recording him while partying outside
his apartment in Reñaca.

12) __X__??
• While the exact origins of the phrase are unknown, it is
commonly believed to have been coined by Americans
during World War II. Large numbers of American troops
were stationed overseas for many months or years, and as
time passed many of their wives or girlfriends decided to
begin a relationship with a new man rather than wait for
the original one to return.
• As letters to servicemen from wives or girlfriends back
home would typically contain affectionate language (such
as "My dearest" or simply "Darling"), a serviceman
receiving a note beginning with a curt "____X____" would
instantly be aware of the letter's purpose.
• Eventually they came to be known as "___X___" letters.
What is the phrase

13) Whose filmography as an actor??
Also give __X__
Year Title Role

1974 Ishq Ishq Ishq
1975 Jaan Hazir Hai
1978 Toote Khilone
1979 Jeena Yahan
1980 Khanjar Ramesh
1984 Bindiya Chamkegi Raj A. Kumar
1988 Falak (The Sky) Inspector – Jimmy
1989 Gawaahi
1990 Drishti Nikhil
1991 Nazar Antique Dealer/Money Lender
1992 Saatwan Aasman Dev
2013 __X__ R.A.W Agent

ANSWER
Shekhar Kapur
The movie is
Vishwaroopam

14) __X__ and __Y__(no part points)??
• __X__ was born in Punjab moved to Hyderabad, while __Y__ belonged to Bansda
(Vansada), Gujarat.
• Apart from working at Prithvi theaters, __X__ used to frequently visit the office of
a Gujrati director Chandravadan Bhatt who had promised him that he would give
him a break as a Music Director as and when he produced a film. It was outside
the office of Mr Bhatt that __X__ saw “ek dubla patla sunder 'ladka‘” also sitting a
number of times. Although they never spoke to each other, one fine day, __X__
took the initiative of starting the conversation and then discovered that his name
was __Y__ and he too used to visit the same producer in search of some work
related to music and that he was a Harmonium player.
• __X__ assured __Y__ of the job of a Harmonium player at Prithvi theaters (without
asking Prithviraj Kapoor). Of course, later, Kapoor honoured __X__'s selection and
gladly accepted __Y__ as a Harmonium player at Prithvi.
• Soon, the two of them developed very close friendship to the extent that the
people started refererring to them as `Ram-Lakshman' ki jodi and by several
similar-meaning nick names .They also used to play significant roles in various
plays including the famous play "Pathan".

ANSWER
Places where American Presidents have been
assassinated
From top left going clockwise-
• Ford’s Theatre- Abraham Lincoln
• Baltimore and Potomac Railroad- James .A.
Garfield
• Temple of Music- William Mckinely
• Dealey Plaza- John .F. Kennedy

1)
• On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, went on a
shooting party in the North Slob, by the River
Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland.
• He became involved in an argument over which was the
fastest game bird in Europe-- the golden plover or
the grouse(the former being correct).
• That evening at Castlebridge House, he realized that it
was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or
not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird.
• Beaver knew that there must be numerous other
questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland, but
there was way to settle arguments.
• What did this result in?

ANSWER
Guinness Book of World Records

2) Which award, are the teams of
these countries winners of?
1970 Peru
1978 Argentina
1982 Brazil
1986 Brazil
1990 England
1994 Brazil
1998 England , France
2002 Belgium
2006 Brazil , Spain
2010 Spain

ANSWER
FIFA WC Fair Play Award

3)

• Brahma - Brahmastra
• Vishnu - Narayanastra
• Shiva - __X__

DIRECTIONS
• A paragraph with eleven missing entities
labelled from __A__ to __K__.
• Find the missing entities
• Total Time to be given = 5 minutes
• +5 for each entity.
• Bonus +5 for all correct answers.

__A__ is an Indian author, best known for her novel
__B__ , published in 1997. __A__’s cousin __C__ is a
media mogul, and the founder of __D__. __C__’s
sister-in-law __E__ is a politician, and is currently a
member of the Rajya Sabha. __A__ starred and
wrote the screenplay of the movie __F__ , which also
starred __G__ and __H__ ,in what was one of his
earliest roles. __G__ is best known for playing the
role of __I__ in 1982 film __J__, for which he was
given a BAFTA nomination. __H__ played a cameo
role in the film __K__ , which dealt with the
assassination of the subject of __J__.

ANSWERS
• __A__: Arundhati Roy
• __B__: The God of small things
• __C__: Prannoy Roy
• __D__: NDTV
• __E__ : Brinda Karat
• __F__ : In which Annie gives those ones
• __G__: Roshan Seth
• __H__: Shah Rukh Khan
• __I__: Jawaharlal Nehru
• __J__: Gandhi
• __K__: Hey Ram

DIRECTIONS
• 15 questions to be asked in counter-clockwise
order.
• +10 for a correct answer.
• 2 pounces allowed per round.
• +10 for a correct answer on a pounce and -10
for a wrong answer on a pounce.

16)
• This form of dance was supposed to be started by
a person named Al B in 1981 who was a resident
of __X__ and became mainstream in 2001.
• He said it comes from the Ancient Egyptians and
describes it as what the mummies used to do.
Because they were all wrapped up they couldn’t
really move, all they could do was shake.
• This video became viral in early 2013.Name the
dance

17) __XY__??
• __XY__ is a phenomenon was named after __X__, whose attempt in 2003
to suppress photographs of her residence inadvertently generated further
publicity. Similar attempts have been made, for example, in cease-and-
desist letters, to suppress numbers, files and websites. Instead of being
suppressed, the information receives extensive publicity and media
extensions such as videos and spoof songs, often being
widely mirrored across the Internet or distributed on file-sharing
networks.
• Mike Masnick of Techdirt coined the term after __X__ unsuccessfully sued
photographer Kenneth Adelman and Pictopia.com for violation of privacy.
• The US$50 million lawsuit endeavored to remove an aerial photograph of
__X__’s mansion from the publicly available collection of
12,000 California coastline photographs.
• Before __X__ filed her lawsuit, "Image 3850" had been downloaded from
Adelman's website only six times; two of those downloads were by __X__
attorneys. As a result of the case, public knowledge of the picture
increased substantially; more than 420,000 people visited the site over the
following month.

18) __X__??
• Fearing problems with Gandhari's pregnancy which had continued for over a year,
Dhritrashtra married Sauvali, a woman from Vaishya Varna, from whom he bore a
son, __X__.
• __X__ was born younger to Duryodhana, but elder to Dushasana, other Kauravas
and Dussala. Thus, contrary to popular perception, Dhritrashtra had 101 sons.
• __X__ is celebrated as a moral warrior who choose the path or righteousness, in
spite of being born in circumstances that predisposed him to evil. As Mahabharata
was a righteous war, the warriors were given the freedom by both sides to switch
to the side they believed was morally correct.
• __X__ played a major role in the Mahabharatha as a informant among the
Kauravas. He assisted the Pandavas by providing critical information about
Kauravas' preparation and planning. He also saved the life of Bhima by informing
the Pandavas about Duryodhana's cunning schemes, which included poisoning
water.
• After the war, when the Pandavas headed for heavenly abode at the start of
the Kali Yuga, Yudhisthira granted the kingship of Indraprastha to __X__.

19)__X__ and __Y__??
• After the release and success of _____, __X__ planned yet
another motion picture called Love and God, his first
directorial venture to be made completely in colour, and
began production.
• The film was to star __Y__ in the male lead and Nimmi in
the female lead.
• However, in 1964, when lead actor __Y__ died, shooting
came to a halt. Sanjeev Kumar replaced him in the male
lead and production was later resumed.
• During the production of the film, __X__ died in 1971, at
the age of 48 and the film was abandoned. In 1986, __X__’s
widow revived the film and it was released in an
incomplete form.

ANSWER
__X__ - K. Asif
__Y__ - Guru Dutt

20) Connect these photos to an Indian
state.

ANSWER
State symbols of Maharashtra

• Yellow Footed Green Pigeon- State Bird
• Indian Giant Squirrel- State Animal
• Mango Tree- State Tree

21) __X__??
• The __X__ was a political party active in the early 19th century in the
United States. Four presidents of the United States were members of this
party.
• Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the
early 1830s to the mid-1850s,the party was formed in opposition to the
policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party.
• In particular, the __X__ supported the supremacy of Congress over the
presidency and favored a program of modernization and economic
protectionism.
• This name was chosen to echo the patriots of 1776, who fought for
independence, and because “__X__" was then a widely recognized label of
choice for people who identified as opposing tyranny.
• The Party counted among its members such national political luminaries
as Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrison, and their preeminent
leader, Henry Clay of Kentucky. In addition to Harrison, it also nominated
war hero generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Abraham Lincoln was
the chief __X__ leader in frontier Illinois.

22) __X__??
• __X__ is a small, yellow, leech-like, and probably the oddest
thing in the Hitchhiker universe. It feeds on brain wave
energy, absorbing all unconscious frequencies and then
excreting telepathically, a matrix formed from the conscious
frequencies and nerve signals picked up from the speech
centers of the brain, the practical upshot of which is that if
you stick one in your ear, you can instantly understand
anything said to you in any form of language.
• It is a universal translator that neatly crosses the language
divide between any species. The book points out that the
__X__ could not possibly have developed naturally, and
therefore it both proves and disproves the existence of God.
• Yahoo’s web based translational application has been named
after __X__.

23) __X__??
• __X__ was created by Stan Lee, Marie Severin and Herb
Trimpe and debuted in a storyline called "The Sands of
Death" in Strange Tales, giving Doctor Strange a limited
time to prove Earth is worth saving, due to its potential for
evil.
• Established as apparently the supreme power in the Marvel
Universe, the character made several sporadic appearances
over the years, including What If, Rom and Secret Wars II.
__X__ revealed clues as to its true purpose and nature
in Silver Surfer vol. 3, #31 (Dec. 1989).
• __X__ possesses virtually unlimited power and absolute
control over the Marvel Multiverse, and is only weaker than
the ”The One-Above-All”.

24) __X__??
• “Dare to Dream” is a 2005
sports documentary about __X__ and follows
their 18-year journey from obscurity in the late
'80s to its second Olympic gold match in 2004.
• It was created by the Peabody Award-winning
creative team at HBO Sports and featured
interviews from players belonging to the team.
• Name the team, which is being covered in this
documentary.

ANSWER
The U.S. Women’s Football team

ANSWER
Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlin

26) Who is the subject of this
conversation?
MRS.ARMSTRONG: I sense great vulnerability. A man-child
crying out for love, an innocent orphan in the post-modern
world.
MR. ARMSTRONG: I see a parasite. A sexually-depraved
miscreant, who is seeking to gratify only his most basic and
immediate urges.
MRS.ARMSTRONG: He is struggled, he is man-struggled. He
lifts my spirit!
MR. ARMSTRONG: He is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I
can't look away.
MRS.ARMSTRONG: He transcends time and space.
MR. ARMSTRONG: He sickens me.
MRS.ARMSTRONG: I love it.
MR. ARMSTRONG: Me too.

27) ___X__?
• __X__ was a finalist in the Weekend Post Faces of the Future
competition in 2004 and in The Herald Miss Port Elizabeth contest
in 2005.
• She was ranked 40 on FHM South Africa's 100 Sexiest Women list in
2011 and 45 in 2012.
• She was a celebrity face of the Spirit Day anti-bullying campaign in
2012.
• She once worked as the live roaming presenter for FashionTV in
South Africa.
• She starred in television advertisements for a variety of products,
including Toyota Land Cruiser, Clover "The One", Redds and Aldor
Pin Pop.
• She featured as a celebrity contestant on the BBC Lifestyle show
Baking Made Easy in 2012.

ANSWER
Reeva Steenkamp– the
deceased girl-friend of
Oscar Pistorius

28)The School??
• The school songs were deliberately chosen to
include both Urdu poetry and Hindu bhajans as a
way of emphasizing __X__'s secular ethos;
similarly, the school prayers include a mix of
Anglican hymns and Indian poetry.
• Although Jana Gana Mana is India's National
anthem , it is traditionally referred to as "Song
No. 1" at __X__ since it was adopted as the
School Song in 1935, fifteen years before it was
adopted as India's national anthem.

29) Name the cricketer
• __X__ had limited opportunities to show his talent, as the 1990s
was the golden era for Karnataka cricket, due to the presence
of Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Anil Kumble and Sunil Joshi.
• Despite making his debut in the 1994-95 season, __X__ could not
get a permanent slot in the Karnataka team. Coming from a humble
background, he was helped by kind team-mates and well-wishers.
A.V.Jayaprakash waived the tuition fees and gifted him with a bat,
Srinath would get him a pair of shoes from abroad, Kumble would
gift him clothes and, while in the MRF Pace Academy, Prasad would
translate in Kannada for him.
• It was in the Irani Trophy in 1996-97 where he picked up 11 wickets,
including V. V. S. Laxman and Navjot Singh Sidhu, that he stormed
into national reckoning. After this performance he was selected for
the Indian cricket team's tour of South Africa.

30) __X__?
• After leaving college __X__ formed a band called “Kaffir” which struggled
to get professional performances. The band played in a few college fests
but with time the other members of the band decided to move over to the
corporate world.
• __X__ , was committed to music and was clear that he wanted to be a
professional musician. He composed jingles for a while, some of them
were for Yamaha RX-T motorbikes, and Times FM.
• He struggled for many years to get his debut album published. Initially he
worked with Sony Music, but Sony backed out. He then approached Minty
Tejpal, brother of Tehelka's editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who liked his
music and offered him a contract. Soon after Tehelka ran into financial
problems and eventually cancelled the contract. Magnasound also offered
him a contract, but the company became bankrupt before the album
could materialize.
• He was finally signed on by Phat Phish Records, on which he released his
debut album in 2004

1) Whose words ?

“I wish the whole world could see
what I see. Sometimes you have to go
up really high to understand how
small you really are."

2)
• Possible origin of this word is from
the Sanskrit words Baya (Expense )
and Onka (Calculation). This word
still survives in Bangla.
• Origins can also be seen from Middle
French, Old Italian and Old High
German
• Which word?

3) __X__
Other kids' games are all such a bore!
They've gotta have rules and they gotta keep
score!
__X__ is better by far!
It's never the same! It's always bizarre!
You don't need a team or a referee!
You know that it's great, 'cause it's named
after me!

DIRECTIONS
• 6 questions- Each being an entity of a connect.
• Write the answer on the sheet
• Points for theme given on each slide.
• After all 6 questions have been shown, sheets
are to be exchanged and corrected.
• +5 to be given for each correct answer.

1) __X__?? +30/-20

• __X__ is the second largest and one of the oldest cities
in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River, the city dates
back to the 7th century.
• __X__ has traditionally been one of the leading centres
of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one
of Poland's most important economic hubs. It was the
capital of Poland from 1038 to 1569.
• After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany at the
start of World War II, __X__ was turned into the capital
of Germany's General Government.
• __X__ is classified as a global city by GaWC, with the
ranking of High sufficiency

2)Name the co-author +25/-15

4)__X__?? +15/-5

• __X__ was first published in six low-priced paperback volumes, with
the first being published on March 28th 1996 and the last on August
29th 1996.
• The novel was republished as a single paperback volume on May 5,
1997.
• The 6 novels published were as follows:

 The Two Dead Girls
 The Mouse on the Mile
 Coffey's Hands
 The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
 Night Journey
 Coffey on the Mile

5) __X__ ?? +10/-5

• The company traces its roots to the Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
company (later changed to Sulzbeger & Son's) based in New York
City that operated meat packing plants in New
York, Chicago and Kansas City.
• Sulzberger founded the Ashland Manufacturing Company in 1913 to
use animal by-products from its slaughterhouses. It started out
making tennis racket strings, violin strings, and surgical sutures but
soon expanded into baseball shoes and tennis racquets.
• In 1915, Thomas.E.____ , former president of meatpacker Morris &
Company, was appointed President and renamed the company
“Thomas E. ___ Company”.
• The company acquired the Hetzinger Knitting Mills to produce
athletic uniforms and a caddie bag company which produced golf
balls but soon expanded into footballs and basketballs.

ANSWER
Presidents mentioned in Forrest Gump

FILMS STARRING TOM HANKS
• The Terminal
• Apollo 13
• Big
• The Green Mile
• Cast Away
• Forrest Gump

Special thanks to
All the quiz club members who have contributed

ASHISH KUMAR
ARJUN SOOD
ANSHUJ SHARMA
PUSHPENDER SINGH
ROHAN BAPAT

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