2014 KQA Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz Finals

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Six “matching” answers needed 1
Watch the video clip and
• Name the three actors
• Name their three most famous villainous roles from the world of
superhero movies
+5 for each correct answer, no negatives

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• Sir Ben Kingsley – The Mandarin from Iron Man 3
• Mark Strong – Thaal Sinestro from Green Lantern
• Tom Hiddleston – Loki from Avengers/Thor
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1
This band is seen in this video ad for ESPN, looking for a
replacement after sportsperson X announced his
retirement earlier this year.
Which sportsperson, and what is this band’s connection to
the sportsperson?

Mariano Rivera
Metallica’s Enter Sandman was played every
time he came in to pitch for the NY Yankees

2
There is only one father-son duo who have won this
Filmfare award category, since it was started in 1995. The
son won it in 2014, while the father won it as part of a
group in 2002. The award is the only one among the
Filmfare awards named after a person, who ironically won
the Filmfare award only thrice, despite being nominated
numerous times.
What is the award called?
Who are the father-son duo?

RD Burman Award for Best New Musical Talent
Siddharth Mahadevan – Shankar Mahadevan

3
The lady on the left is the true holder of a record,
mistakenly attributed to the South African on the right.
Next on this list after the South African, is a West Indian,
who is the subject of an oft-repeated quiz question for a
solitary effort. What list and who is next on the list?

Oldest Test cricketer alive
Eileen Ash and not Lindsay Tuckett
Andy Ganteaume

4
A – makes a reference to the story of the Gospel of
John where Jesus raised someone from the dead
B – makes reference to the fact that there have been
numerous impersonators of this icon
C – makes reference to the fact that they are freed
from the dead and seem to have re-appeared
Solve for A,B and C, and in which field of science, will
you come across these terms?

Lazarus, Elvis, Zombie
Taxons in Paleontology

5
This is a marble tomb in the English cemetery of Florence.
The person buried, part of a famous literary couple died
here in 1861, having eloped to Italy in 1846. The tomb was
designed by Sir Frederic Leighton, the English painter and
sculptor who had studied at Florence's Accademia di Belle
Arti. Emily Dickinson wrote about it, having treasured a
postcard photograph of it.
Whose tomb is this, a person who was tipped to succeed
William Wordsworth as poet laureate in 1850?

5

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Wife of Robert Browning

6
The official translation of this work was completed by Wilhelm
Geiger in 1912. The first English translation from Geiger’s native
German was done by Mrs. Mabel Haynes Bode. Overall, the
work has over 200,000 words of text in about 960 printed
pages. It is divided into three parts X, Y and Y Part 2.
Not a religious text as such, the work covers a period of 2300
years from 543 BC to 1815 AD and when an Englishman, George
Turnour first tried to translate it, he had great difficulty owing to
the script in which it was written.
Name the work (X), its companion volume (Y) and the script.

Mahavamsa
Culavamsa
Pali

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Two protagonists of this 502-year-old art work have made a
noticeable career of their own. For the first time in 1803, they
were copied out of the painting. Soon, they were painted on
porcelain and used as decorative motifs for jewellery.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, they found their
ways as emblems into scrapbooks, were hung as stitching
pictures on the wall, decorated bed sheets or pyjama bags.
Later, usage for a variety of “heavenly joys” of earthen goods
followed – such as coffee, chocolate, stamps or hygiene
products.
What are we talking about?

The angels/cherubim in Raphael’s
Sistine Madonna

8
Their official name is the Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St. John of X of Y and of Z. They were initially called
the Knights Hospitaller (or Hospitallers) to describe their
original mission. But they were also called the Knights of St
John because of the Order’s patron saint, and also of X,
because of their presence in this religious place.
After conquering the island of Y in 1310, they became the
Knights of Y. In 1530, the Emperor Charles V ceded the
island of Z to the Knights. Since then, the Order’s members
are commonly referred to as the Knights of Z.
Solve for X, Y and Z – order important.

X – Jerusalem
Y – Rhodes
Z –Malta

9
This is the 13-episode satirical TV show made in 1967-68
by Paradine Productions, titled At Last the 1948 Show.
In Oct 2014, two “lost” episodes of the show were
recovered from the private collection of Sir David Frost,
who was the executive producer of the show.
“The lovely” Aimi MacDonald is featured in the show as
an announcer, uttering a catchphrase that became
associated with a subsequent show, and served as the
title of a 1971 spinoff film, by the same cast.
Which catchphrase, and what does the title At Last the
1948 Show mean?

9

And Now for Something Completely Different
The title was a joke on how long it took TV
show commissioners to actually make a
decision

10
This is the poster for the
upcoming 42nd edition of
a comics festival held in
France every year in Jan.
Why has the poster got
comics fans all excited?

One of the few comic strips by
Bill Waterson since 1995

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Following on from the previous question, the
Angouleme Festival offers several prestigious
awards under the title of “The Official Awards of the
International Comics Festival”. From 1974-1989,
these awards were called the Alfred Awards.
From 1989-2003, what name did the awards have,
honouring an unfinished masterpiece?

Alph-Art Awards

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• The Malayalam film Makaramanju
• The Kalidasa epic Vikramōrvaśīyam
• A famous Raja Ravi Varma painting showing a
parting
All these works deal with the love story of a famous
king, who started the Aila dynasty, and an Apsara
whom he fell in love with at Indira’s court, who
parted from him due to a curse by sage Bharata.
Name the couple.

Urvashi-Pururavas

13
These are the first few lines of a poem that has been used
in numerous Hollywood films, and is back in the news
because it was featured in the Interstellar. The poem has
five stanzas of three lines, followed by a quatrain. Such
19-line poems get their name from the Italian word
referring to a rustic song or dance, since the initial subjects
of such poems were pastoral.
Who is the poet? What is such a poem called?

Dylan Thomas
Vilanelle

14
Deriving its name from Lord Vishnu, this town’s history can
be traced back to 664 AD when King Raghunath I founded
the Malla dynasty. Located in the Bankura district, this town
is a famous tourist attraction for a unique style of temple
architecture. The town is also famous for a GI-indicated
sari, the initial production of which flourished in this town,
though it is now made in Murshidabad.
Name the town and the sari.

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Bishnupur
Baluchari saris

15
The original was designed by Charles Deane in 1823, who filed a
patent for “An apparatus to be worn by persons entering rooms
or other places filled with smoke or other vapour, for the
purpose of extinguishing fire or extricating persons or property
therein”.
They however soon realised that their design was unwieldy for
fire fighters. At the same time, their interest in another field
spurred them to contact an engineer, Augustus Siebe, who came
up with an object to their specification, and replaced a rigid
chamber used till then.
What, now essential object for people undertaking a particular
activity, came about thus?

Diving Helmet

16
In 1862, he enlisted into the
American Civil War and created
this poster to recruit friends,
neighbours and associates. He
finally reached the rank of
Colonel. After the war, he
invested in a cotton plantation,
only to go bankrupt. He went
on to establish a drug store in
Illinois, which became the basis
for a global business that
continues today. Name him.

Eli Lilly

17
It is thought that this gentleman pioneered the use of a
logo or personal monogram, at least in his country. Way
before any recognised corporate logo from the country like
Adidas, Puma, Mercedes, he affixed a monogram with his
initials to deter production of copies and fakes. Although
there were no copyright laws at the time, he went to court
on two occasions to defend his sole use of his monogram.
Who?

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Albrecht Durer

18
This is prominently hoisted in every house in an Indian state on
their New Year Day festival, which partly bears this name. It is
seen as a symbol of victory associated with the conquests of a
great local hero.
Another legend is that Brahma’s flag (Brahmadhvaj) is hoisted in
every house as a symbolic representation of Rama’s victory and
happiness on returning to Ayodhya after slaying Ravana. Since a
symbol of victory is always held high, so is the flag.
It is also symbol of victory of Shalivahana over Sakas, which
people hoisted when he returned to Paithan.
What object that lends its name to which festival?

Gudhi; Gudi Padwa

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This person’s mother and father were both extraordinary. The
mother published the classic manifesto of sexual equality, A
Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
The father, William Godwin, established his pre-eminence in
radical British political thought with his Enquiry Concerning
Political Justice (1793) and won a permanent place in literary
history with his novel Caleb Williams (1794), often considered
the first English detective novel.
The first work of this person in 1808, at the age of 11 was called
Mounseer Nongtongpaw; or, the Discoveries of John Bull in a
Trip to Paris. Identify the person, whose most famous work came
about through a Geneva idyll.

Mary Shelley

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The UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Ischigualasto-
Talampaya Natural Parks are located in the northern part of
central Argentina comprised of two adjoining protected
areas. It harbours the sedimentary Ischigualasto-Villa Union
Triassic Basin, consisting of continental sediments
deposited during the entire Triassic Period. One of the most
popular tourist locations is an area inside the Ischigualasto
park that is known by a name that it gets due to its
appearance.
What name?

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Valley of the Moon

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“Sparring partners Trevor Berbick, Oliver McCall, and Greg
Page were all said to be easily handling X in training. They
all thought X would lose.
The management/promotional team didn't call off the fight
because everyone thought that Y was so horrible, that even
a sub-par X would still stop him. They did not expect a Y
who would be in great shape. Even that said, Y still almost
got stopped by a dead man.”
LA Times quote about which fight?

Mike Tyson vs James Buster Douglas

Video List It
Instruments 3
Identify the six instruments,
the piece, and
the composer
+5 for each correct instrument
+5 for the piece
No negatives

1 2 3
4 5 6

1 2 3
Clarinet Bassoon Oboe
MAURICE RAVEL • BOLERO
4
5
6
Piccolo
Trombone
Horn

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1
Several car brands such as Aston Martin, Volvo, Saab and
Mercedes source their leather from Scottish cows. It has to
do with the way these cows are pastured (it may be true of
cows from other places too).
According to the design head at Aston Martin, what singular
feature of Scottish farms is claimed to be the reason behind
the quality conscious choice?

There are no barbed wire fences on the
farms, and so there are minimal nicks and
cuts on the animal hides.

2
Gabriele d'Annunzio designed the Beretta logo to symbolise
the will to get things done. The logo was dubbed “Dare In
Brocca” or “hit the target.” The three arrows are three guns
on a ship. What intimidatory actions, related to maritime
does the logo represent?

The three shots fired by a battleship that
engages a potential enemy.
The arrow on the left represents the first warning shot,
fired at the ship's stern; the arrow on the right represents
the second warning shot, fired at the ship's bow. The
central arrow is the last round fired, when the ship doesn't
yield: this one is aimed at the ship itself.

3
When Queen Elizabeth I of England died unmarried and
childless, the English crown passed to the next available
heir, her cousin James VI, King of Scotland. In 1604 he
decreed that he would in future be known by the title of
King of Great Britain, and in 1606 he gave orders for a flag
to be created for his regency, which bore the combined
crosses of St George and of St Andrew.
Question is, why is the resultant Union Jack called so?

Jack being a shortening of Jacobus, the
Latin version of James

4
Leisure time, rising incomes and new roads led large
numbers of Americans to the beach. These contraptions
made an appearance in America in the late 1800s. What
were they used for?

For women to swim hidden from prying
eyes.
It was frowned upon for both sexes to be in the water at
the same time. Ocean swimming was chaste. Women
entered the ocean in horse-drawn ‘bathing machines,’
small, roofless cabins on wheels complete with windows
and drapes, where they could enjoy the waters of the sea
free from prying male eyes.

5
Around 1975, this guy threatened to file a lawsuit, alleging
that another band’s name would confuse the audience. In
order to avoid legal action, the other group changed the
spelling of their name. They (the band) later had a hit,
which is about a guy who is heart-broken when his
neighbour of 24 years moves away.
Name both—the guy who wanted to sue, and the band.

Smokey Robinson
Smokie

6
Irish families have used the prefixes Mac’ and O’ since the
early 10th century. It lost favour in medieval times. In a
revival of Irish culture in the 1890s many families
rediscovered their Mac and O's. What do the Mac/Mc and
O’ stand for?

Mac means ‘son of’
O’ means ‘grandson of’
In ancient Ireland it was usual for a person to be known
only by one name, but when the population grew there
was a need for a further means of identification.
Connor/O'Connor
Cormack/MacCormack
Dermot/MacDermot
Leary/O'Leary

7
In hospital dramas like House MD, when a patient crashes,
we see docs asking for medicines to quickly revive a patient
and for a crash cart, and yelling ‘stat!’
What does ‘stat’—often used in medical contexts such as in
hospital emergency rooms—mean?

‘Stat’ is an abbreviation of the Latin
statim, meaning “immediately”

8
“Going on a _____ hunt” is a phrase suggesting a fool’s
errand, or an impossible task. It is also a term in ice hockey
to when a player scores from a long distance.
This bird’s camouflage helps them remain undetected by
hunters in marshland. And if it flies, hunters have difficulty
estimating a correct aiming lead for the bird’s erratic flight
pattern.
The difficulty involved in hunting the bird has manifested in
what other word referring to person with a particular skill?

Sniper, for a sharpshooter
From the bird, Snipe

9
She was a legendary leader of a group of girls, a story based
on a 4th- or 5th-century inscription in a Cologne church.
In a 9th-century sermon the number of maidens increased
to several thousand, reportedly martyred under the Roman
emperor Maximian. In Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda
Aurea she is a British princess who went to Rome.
Who is she and what did Christopher Columbus name in her
honour?

St. Ursula and her 11,000 virgins
Virgin Islands is named after her
Original name: Islas Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes

10
Highclere castle is with the Carnarvon family since 1679.
Managing affairs, overseeing the grounds and gardens and
exhibitions at present, is Lady Carnarvon, whose husband is
a great-grandson of the Lord Carnarvon who funded the
King Tut digs.
Why has Highclere castle been in the news since 2010, with
an increased number of tour footfalls?

Location for the top hit
Downton Abbey

11
The man on the right was born Merwan Sheriar Irani in
Pune to Zoroastrian parents. The man on the left has been
variously called a visionary musician, and a creative-consciousness
expander. He notably composed music for
the radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
What 1968 musical christening did they influence?

Baba O’Riley
Named after Meher Baba and Terry Riley

12
In fencing, the development of a satisfactory
electrical system for sabre took longer than for the
epée and the foil due to various technical
difficulties.
There were two significant reasons. One was the
target—the targets for all three are different.
What was the other major reason?

Scoring on the sabre is different
Both, edge cuts and tip touches count
As opposed to the foil and épée in which the point alone is
used, in the sabre, the cut with the edge has to be taken
into account.

13
One name for the place is from the first European to
discover it in 1503, a Spanish sea captain Juan de
________. The other name is after an Admiral of the
Virginia Company, who was at the helm of the Sea Venture
in 1609 and deliberately drove the ship onto the reefs in
order to prevent its foundering. This allowed all people
aboard to be landed safely ashore. The wreck is shown on
the coat of arms of the place.
What are the two names?

Bermuda
After captain Juan de Bermudez
Somers Isles
named after Admiral Somers

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In 1917 he served as a volunteer ambulance driver in World
War I. Five months after his assignment, however, he and a
friend were interned in a prison camp by the French
authorities on suspicion of espionage (an experience
recounted in his novel, The Enormous Room) for his
outspoken anti-war convictions.
Who is this person, whose is known for his linguistic
experiments like new compound words?
What style change related to him began under a mistaken
assumption?

E E Cummings, whose name is often styled
“e.e. cummings”
in the mistaken belief that the poet legally changed his
name to lowercase letters only. He himself capitalized his
name in his signature and in the title pages of original
editions of his books.

15
There are two rules that govern race walking, both judged
by the naked eye. The second rule requires that the
supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact
with the ground and remain straightened until the body
passes directly over it.
What is the first rule, confirmation of which might require
the services of people like Edward Muybridge?

One foot has to be on the ground at all
times
Back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front
foot has touched.

16
X: Comes from a Dutch combination of “thunder” and
“pipe”. The first part is thought to describe the stunningly
loud report of the large bore, short barrelled gun.
Y: A set of mounted set of soldiers who used to carry
weapons that were a smaller version of X, in handgun form;
The gun gets its name from the fact that early ones were
decorated with carvings of a mythical creature.
What are X and Y?

X

X — Blunderbuss
Y — Dragoon

17
This man is playing an instrument called a helicon. When
seeing these used by the US Marine Band, an American
bandmaster and composer altered it to design another
instrument which is named after him.
Who is this man whose major works include Semper Fidelis,
the Official March of the United States Marine Corps?
What design element did he alter and why?

John Philip Sousa designed the Sousaphone.
He made the bell face the front, so that the
sound would be carried over the band’s heads.

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“I wasn't reffing a football match, I was acting as an umpire
in military manoeuvres,” he was to remark in later years. He
was no stranger to conflict, having served in the Second
World War as a lieutenant-colonel in Asia.
But the nature of the game in Santiago merely confirmed
everybody's worst fears. Armed police had to enter the
field of play on three separate occasions to help the referee
to restore order. He sent off two Italian players, and had to
break up a number of scuffles and fights on the pitch.
Who was the referee?

Ken Aston
Who was the influence for the introduction
of Red and Yellow Cards

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It is defined as Cheap and showy; something that is
counterfeit or of inferior quality. It gets its name from a the
dialectal alteration of the name of an English town where
counterfeit coins were produced in the 17th century.
A use occurs in Dickens's Pickwick Papers, when Mr Jingle
describes counterfeit coins as ‘_________ buttons.’
What’s the good word?

Brummagem
after Birmingham

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Jules Dumont D’Urville is a French naval officer who has left
his mark, giving his name to a few plants and also a
D’Urville island.
In 1819, Dumont d'Urville sailed on board the Chevrette,
under the command of Captain Gauttier-Duparc, to carry
out a hydrographic survey. His negotiation skills in events
that followed earned him the title of Chevalier and a
promotion to lieutenant. France got something
magnificent.
What did D’Urville do?

Brought the Venus de Milo to France

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The two areas of endeavour that this expression is most
often associated with are unusual and unrelated – German
opera and American sport.
The musical connection is with the familiar operatic role of
Brunnhilde in Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the last
of the four-opera Ring Cycle. All the early printed
references to the phrase come from US sports. Alternately
credited to Yogi Berra, and broadcasters Dan Cook and
Ralph Carpenter, identify this phrase, appropriate to this
question.

It ain’t over till the fat lady sings!

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