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 2012 seems to be the year of movie franchise
revivals. Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor
who was lauded for his titular role in the
series „Sherlock‟, is going to appear in the
prequel to a famous movie franchise as the
main antagonist. Which character is he going
to voice?

 LittleCumbrae is the smaller of the two Cumbrae
islands in Scotland. Thanks to a rocky terrain, it is
sparsely inhabited and has seen a few changes in
ownership. In 2009, the Poddars, a Scottish-Indian
couple bought it with a view to using it as an
international base to promote something. There
were some rumours that the island would be
renamed to "Peace Island".

 Thanks to their affiliation with an
organization, local media reports (a la India TV)
often incorrectly say Little Cumbrae is owned by
someone. Who?

 The New York Times has launched a new India-
centric blog, whose logo is shown. The name of this
blog is one that has been invoked before in relation
to India and writing, and comes from a product
once deeply associated with the country. Also
seems like a wordplay on the popular media phrase
signifying the collective word for Indian businesses

 This flag was adopted by a country as its national ensign
in 1951 when it became an independent kingdom under
King Idris. He was overthrown in 1969 in a coup, so this
flag was replaced, and was followed by two other
designs. In 1977, the country's flag was simplified to the
point that anyone could easily paint it. Finally, after
another regime change in 2011, the 1951 flag was
restored. Which country's flag history are we discussing
here?

 The 1954 World Cup in Switzerland was the
first that featured this regularly and it has
found a place in every World Cup since.
Though the most famous incident regarding
this happened between Pele and Bobby
Moore in the 1970 Mexican World Cup, the
first recorded incidence was in 1931 in a
match between France and England, which
ended with a 5-2 win for the French. What?

 Kalyanam Iyengar is credited with founding of a famous
empire in the manufacturing sector. Their
product, being world famous, comes in 2 sizes- small
and large.
 The daily output is nearly 1.25 lakhs in terms of
numbers, but the demand is a lot more than this.
 Initially it was a family business, given down from one
generation to the next. But soon their monopolistic
ways made the government to step in and abolish the
empire. Now, production is wholly state-owned.
 The product is based purely on agro-based raw
materials, which made it easier to achieve Geographical
Indication.

 At the Championships at Wimbledon last
year, Venus Williams played the veteran
Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date-Krumm
in the second round. The match was won by
Williams and turned out to be a minor
classic; the tense encounter ended 6-7, 6-3,
8-6 for the American.
In some sections of the media, the match
was, rather uncharitably, dubbed the
"Zimmer frame special".
 What is a Zimmer frame and why was it
applied to this match?

A few months before the recent
Commonwealth Games, the Commonwealth
Games Council for England polled a sample
of the English public, giving them three
choices. As a result of the vote, they chose
something in place of what they used earlier.
This now matches the choice of the English
men's Test cricket team and the English
women's Lacrosse team.
What change?

 Gabe Carimi, a jewish American rules football
player, was picked up in the 2011 NFL Draft to the
Chicago franchise. He was immediately nicknamed
the X, in reference to a famous Quentin Tarantino
movie. What?

 The song tells the story of a pimp-like "afro-
gipsy, rastafari" character named Diego who walks into a
crowded nightclub at midnight, and the DJ, as he sees
Diego walk in, plays the "twelve-o'clock anthem", "the
song he desires most", which happens to be the 1979
rap hit "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang.

 Its first verse: "I say the hip hop, the
hippie...", pronounced phonetically in Spanish, the way
it would sound to someone who does not understand
English, becomes the song's chorus.
 Although technically meaningless and sometimes
referred to as gibberish, the chorus is a more-or-less
phonetic pronunciation of the first verse almost in its
entirety.
 Which Chartbuster?

 In 1974, he was granted honorary citizenship of
every country that is a member of the United
Nations. However, recently, he announced his
desire to give up the citizenship of the country
he belongs to. This is after he attended protests
in a country which is politically very opposed to
his own.
 Who?

X is India's first spiritual social network online and a
community for Indian philosophical networking.
 The site says that it is „designed to encourage
direct interaction between seekers and spiritual
Gurus hailing from various faiths across the world.
 The purpose of the site is to enable healthy
conversations among the spiritually inclined.‟
 The purpose of these conversations is not to find
“like-minded people” or “Acceptance” but the
freedom to share thoughts.
 X?

 X is a 2011 English 3-D UAE-Indian co-production film
produced by BizTV Network, and directed by Sohan Roy.
 The ancient Indian concept of Navarasas, or the nine
human emotions, are represented by an ensemble of
nine major actors from India and Hollywood.

 The movie was shortlisted for Best Movie at the 2012
Academy Awards but failed to get nominated. However,
the Screenplay of the movie was added to the
permanent core collection in Library of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

 Name the movie, famous for being banned in TamilNadu
a day before it‟s release.

 Around 1992 India came to the United States to find
energy investors to help with India's energy shortage
problems. In December 1993, X inked a 20-year power-
purchase contract with the Maharashtra State
Electricity Board, which allowed them to construct a
massive 2,015 megawatt power plant.
 The power project was the first step in a $20 billion
scheme to help rebuild and stabilize India's power grid.
 In 1996, when India's Congress Party was no longer in
power, the Indian government assessed the project as
being excessively expensive and refused to pay for the
plant and stopped construction.
 From 1996 the company tried to revive the project and
spark interest in India's need for the power plant until
2001, without success. X?

 The English script moves from left to
right, the Arabic from right to left, the
Chinese from top to bottom. Who's script
moves from left to right diagonally?

 X,as a little boy, wrote a letter to Robert
Ripley, with a drawing of his dog. He
explained the amazing facts that the beagle
ate shards of glass and other sharp
objects, with no apparent harm to him.
Ripley published the drawing and the story.
The boy, decades later, takes ideas from his
beagle and becomes the creator of Y. X and
Y?

 Professor LM Das, who has perfected a new refined
technology, says he conceived the idea of
using with Delhi's pollution levels in
mind.
 In the early '80s, it was a bold initiative - an idea
ahead of its time. Lay acquaintances thought he
was talking about making a bomb.
 Detractors in the scientific community dismissed his
research as a freak project.
" is like a slightly temperamental child.
You need to tame it. Once controlled, it can be
much more efficient than imagined”.

 Gowalia Tank Maidan is a park in central Mumbai
which had a huge significance in India‟s struggle for
independence from the British.
 The Gowalia Tank was initially used to bathe cows.
Go - Walia comes from the marathi word Gaie (cow)
Wala (owner of the cattle). The Maidan that exists
over there presently was built by filling earth over
the tank.

 Howis the tank more popularly known, or give me
funda of significance. (HINT)

 Duringthe 2002 Lucknow Mahotsav, an
NGO named Mahila Samkhya had organised
a word game. Following this, an appeal was
made to the Indian Government to consider
suitable changes in something, but nothing
happened. Much later, in 2007 the issue
gained significance due to a certain
development. What am I talking about?

 X Capital Management in 2007-08, bought an 80% share
in DaimlerChrysler LLC, which has been their biggest
acquisition so far.

 X Capital chose its name because the founder Steve
Feinberg wanted to invoke the image of the company
guarding his clients' funds.

 But, later it dawned on him that the name makes them
seem like a „gigantic many-headed dog that traps you
on one side of a river and threatens to eat you alive if
you ever try to escape.‟

 We all know Y, which is another pronunciation of
X, although in a different context.

 Charles Schulz
 Peanuts

 Inclusion
of gender-neutral terminology in
govt, especially changing Rashtrapati to
Rashtrapramukh

X – Cerebrus
 Y - Kerebros

 Written Round
 3 Questions
 +5/0 for each

 United Colours of Bennetton

 37 Questions
 Team number + pounce
 +10 for each question – Part points as and
when applicable
 +10/-5 for each pounce
 Pounce time limit is QM‟s discretion
 Half answers will not merit points. Neither
will points be deducted
 This is the penultimate Round

 Two soccer captains celebrating what?

 Puma and Adidas buried their differences in
friendly soccer match with the CEOs
participating. You can see the two logos on
the sleeves. The companies were founded by
two brothers who were at loggerheads since
World War II.

 "Selective about Reality" is the (rather
appropriate, some would say) tag line for Vaishnavi
Communications. Clients include the likes of Ginger
Hotels, Dr. Batra's Positive Health Clinic, The
Chennai Open Tennis Tournament 2011, and TCS.
 So why has the firm been in the news lately?

 Illustration in mythological woman Orpha.
 Orpha means to turn back. Orpha given name
to Oprah. Friends call her Oprah. Like her
namesake, she turned back her name to
make Harpo productions.
 Left Pic is Harpo marx, comedian and
Groucho‟s elder brother.

ID this prominent Indian Freemason.

The humor in both strips is based on Pascal's
wager - a reasoning developed by Blaise
Pascal (on the right) to convince
agnostics/atheists of the logic of believing in
God.

 Audio
 Identify poem and voice.

 Federer reciting „If‟ by Rudyard Kipling

 The band is a project started by two
musicians, who began writing music together when
studying as undergraduates at Smith College and
Mount Holyoke College in the United
States, although have stated that „music was always
a part of their life at home.‟

 CurrentlyUS attorney for theSouthern District of
New York, X is engaged in a no of high-profile
corruption cases including the one of insider trading
against Rajat Gupta, former McKinsey head. This
Firozpur-born lawyer has appeared on the cover of
TIME magazine with the title “This Man Is Busting
Wall Street”.

 Ashtray of Air India First Class
given to lucky travellers. "The
ashtray is approximately 4" x 3"
across and 2 1/2" tall. It is mostly
unglazed porcelain with a glazed
serpent around the lip of the
ashtray.
 "The ashtray is composed of a
shell-shaped centre with a serpent
twined around its perimeter. "The
reflection of an elephant´s head
looks like a swan and the reflection
of a swan appears to be an
elephant. This forms the bottom
support of the tray.”
 Designer?

 Promotion for which movie‟s premiere?

 India‟s first Test match victory against Australia, Indian
team was being lead by „Ramchand Gulabrai
Sipahimalani" famous as G S Ramchand. He was also the
team manager of Indian team participated in ever first
ODI World Cup in 1975.

 Following words of famous Australian Cricket Captain
Mark Taylor, are truly expressing greatness of this player
of unmatched caliber "Sir, my name is Mark Taylor. I
am here to receive an award on behalf of my team.
Can I request to shake hands with the man who led
India to their first win over us?”

 If you search for him on GettyImages, this photo is
the one that you can see most often. Why is it so
significant for him, and for Indian cricket in general?

 First ever cricket brand endorsement

 Identify
this famous
Kenyan economist.

 Diana Henriques is an American financial
journalist and author working in New York City.
Since 1989, she has been a reporter on the staff of
The New York Times.
 Her bestselling book The Wizard of Lies grew out of
her work as the lead reporter in newspaper's
coverage of a scandal that erupted on Dec. 11,
2008, with the arrest of X, the founder of a
respected Wall Street brokerage firm who confessed
in March 2009 to operating a multibillion-dollar
Ponzi scheme.
 HBO is making a movie about X in which actor
Robert De Niro is set to star, which is based on the
book by Diana.

 Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! is a 1972
children's book bybook by author X. The gist of the
book is that Marvin K. Mooney -- ostensibly a young
child whose bedtime has come -- is asked to Go in
many ways.
 Two years later, when X was challenged by political
columnist Art Buchwald for never having written a
political book, he took a copy of the book and crossed
out "Marvin K. Mooney" and wrote in "Richard M.
Nixon."

 Buchwald was so delighted that with X's consent he
printed the text as his column for July 30, 1974. Nixon
resigned ten days later on August 9th.

 (Pic of book cover on next slide)

 Edward de Bono‟s 6 thinking Hats

 In February 1967, An electrical engineer working at Electric
and Musical Industries (EMI) called Godfrey Hounsfield was on
a weekend ramble in the English countryside, where he
conceived a wondrous but ambitious idea, an idea so
ambitious it would require considerable financial investment
to get it off the ground.

 EMI was involved with X which released Y around the same
time. With Y helping EMI doubling their profits in a
year, Hounsfield's idea could be probed and it came to
fruition in the form of the invention of the CT scan, and got
Hounsfield the Nobel Prize for Medicine in the year 1979.

 During his Nobel acceptance speech, Hounsfield credited the
role of X and EMI's profits from the sales of Y as the biggest
factor in his achievement.

 X &Y?

 Beatles and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club
Band

 Thisis the image of thefacebook.com, the old
domain of facebook. The title bar had the photo of
a guy who was rumoured to be X, to the extent that
even early Facebook insiders thought that it was X.
It was later revealed out to be Y, the American
Rhythm and Blues musician, best known as the lead
vocalist for the J. Geils Band.

X – Al Pacino
 Y – Peter Wolf

 Richard Hoggartin his "The Uses of Literacy", a 1957
book discussing British popular culture. The term
appears in Chapter 8, "The Newer Mass Art: Sex in Shiny
Packets," under the sub-title: "Sex and Violence Novels".
Hoggart provides a list of "imitations" of the
"terse, periodic titles" of these novels, including
"Sweetie, Take It Hot"; "The Lady Takes a Dive"; "Aim
Low, Angel"; "Sweetheart, Curves Can Kill"; and
"______________________".

 This was also the title of a song in the 1967 Beatles
movie „Magic Mystery Tour‟, though not performed by
the Beatles.
 This is the story of the origin of which band‟s name?

 In the world of DC comics, there was once a
wizard who went by the name of X. He is
supposed to have got his powers from 6
powerful elder
Gods, Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achille
s and Mercury.
 He had been using his powers for many
centuries to fight the forces of evil, but he
had became old and frail. He therefore
passed along part of his power to young Billy
Batson, who shouts his name to transform
into Captain Marvel. Sometimes Captain
Marvel is also erroneously referred to as
X, since that is his trademark word.

 Thisis Waldi. This is the first ever official Olympic
mascot, used for the 1972 Munich Olympics. Waldi
was created by German designer Otl Aicher, based
on a real long-haired Dachshund named Cherie von
Birkenhof, which Aicher used as a model. The 1972
games were designed to be an optimistic "Rainbow
Games" and it was, on Aicher‟s part, a conscious
and specific colour choice. Funda?

 To dissociate from colours of Nazi party

 Leander Paes and the Munich Massacre.

 Leander's parents (his father, Vece Paes was a former
Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian
team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, and his mother
Jennifer Paes is a former basketball player from India
participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, part of the
official games squad

 The games were closed for 4 days because of this
incident and his parents having nothing to do ,well
conceived him. Leander was born on June 17, 1973 and
the Games were held between August 26 to September
11, 1972.

 Thefirst visual shows a military tactic used
mainly by soldiers hailing from the kingdom
shown in green in the second visual.

 Archers,mounted on light horse, would
feign retreat; then, at a full gallop, turn
their bodies back to shoot at the pursuing
enemy. The maneuvre required
good equestrian skills, since the stirrup had
not been invented at the time .

A corruption of this tactic is now a common
phrase in the English language, though the
historical links are questioned.

 Parthian shot and Parting shot

 The lady in the picture is the daughter
of Lord Curzon. In her childhood, her
family's Indian servants used to call
her ________, the nickname stuck
with her for the rest of her life.

 Notoriously, she became the mistress
of her sister's husband, who was also
the leader of the British Fascists,
Oswald Mosley. Thanks to her
involvement with that lot, her
nickname was sometimes amended to
X Y in the press, a pun on the title of
a popular nursery rhyme. Identify X Y!

 For added points, what is her link to
British sport?

X is Baba, after her father being referred to
as ‘Baba Sahib’

 XYis Baba Blackshirt , a pun on Baba Black
Sheep. The lady is Alexandra Curzon. She had
an extended affair with her sister's husband
Oswald Mosley, leader of the British fascists.

 TheF1 connect is Oswald Mosley's son is Max
Mosley, ex-FIA President. Philandering
Galore!

 Who‟s Oprah standing next to?

 This new film is based on a well-
known series in a different medium.
That series began in 1987 while its
author was at Stanford University.
Unusually, the film will not be mass-
released in theatres but will be
screened in select campuses
internationally.

 The only Indian institute to have the
movie screened was IITB in autumn
2011.

 The lead actor is Raj Katti, who, like
most of the cast, is a student from
the California Institute of Technology.
Though not quite Clint Eastwood, he
will also be playing a man with no
name.

 This is an image from a match in last year‟s Copa
America football tournament. You see the
referee holding something. This is a recent
innovation that has been used in South American
football for the last couple of years and was
introduced to such an international tournament
for the first time.
 It was invented by the Argentinean player-
turned-businessman Pablo Silva who has a
company called "9.15 Fair Play Limit" that
produces it. Some reports claim that since its
introduction, the number of goals in matches has
gone up.
What does the referee usually use it for? (Pic
next slide)

 This is a recent innovation that has been used
in South American football for the last couple
of years and was introduced to such an
international tournament for the first time.
 It was invented by the Argentinean player-
turned-businessman Pablo Silva who has a
company called "9.15 Fair Play Limit" that
produces it. Some reports claim that since its
introduction, the number of goals in matches
has gone up.

 When a free kick is awarded, there must be a
gap of at least 10 yards (9.15 m) between the
ball and the defenders. A common defensive
tactic is to creep forward, esp. when the
referee's attention is distracted. This makes it
more difficult for the free-kick taker to attempt
a direct shot on goal (whenever possible).

 This has led to the introduction of an aerosol
spray can that the referee can use to
(temporarily) mark the 10 yard spot, thus
helping to enforce the rule.

 Just like his earlier movies such as
"Days of Heaven" or "The Thin Red
Line", writer-director Terence Malik's
fare does not usually resonate with
mainstream audiences and often
polarises critics and viewers alike.

 His latest film (about such weighty
topics as the creation of the earth)
won the Palme d'Or at the 2011
Cannes International Film Festival. It
is exquisitely shot and has an
interesting cast of performers, but
its narrative and plot are hard to
grasp.

 Which film is this, which prompted a
theatre in Stamford, CI, to put up Bigger pic in next slide
this notice outside their building?

 This is a question about two terms X & Y- you
wouldn't find either of them in a dictionary, at
least, not yet.
 Both X and Y refer to groups of people who
believe in two separate American conspiracy
theories.
 X is the older of the two, having been around
since 2008. It was coined principally in
opposition to one person. The term's associated
controversy flared up once again in the end of
April 2011, but has significantly died down since.
 Partly because of events associated with Y. Y was
coined in early May 2011 (by online media).
 Both X and Y are coined from nouns which are
the exact opposite of each other. Which two
words are these?

 Birthers and Deathers

 (Birtherscame once again into prominence
after the US healthcare bill)

 X are a type of explosives crafted
from one Bomb and 5 Gel. At point
blank range, it can cause a total
of100 damage to mobs and 200 to the
player.
 When thrown, they will stick to the
first solid block they touch (including
a ceiling) and not roll or fall, which
allows them to be more easily
controlled at the cost of shorter
overall reach. They explode after 3
seconds.
 If an X attaches to a block, and the
block is destroyed before the bomb
explodes, the bomb will fall straight
down and stick to whatever block it
lands on.

 LVC
7 slides.
 Inexhaustive list. All go into connect in the
same way.
 +5 for each ID in the list.
 Points for connect shown on each slide.
 Maximum of 43 points up for grabs

 X's famous quotation continues to
be well-remembered in Mexico:
"Entre los individuos, como entre
las naciones, el respeto al
derecho ajeno es la
paz", meaning "Among
individuals, as among
nations, respect for the rights of
others is peace."
 The portion of this motto in bold
is inscribed on the coat of arms of
his state Oaxaca.
 "Law has always been my shield
and my sword" is a phrase often
reproduced as decoration inside
court and tribunals buildings.

 He was killed by gunshots while
walking home from
a cinema with his wife Lisbet in
central Stockholm on February 28
1986.
 The murder is still unsolved and
a number of theories as to who
carried out the murder have
been proposed.
 Christer Pettersson, was
convicted of the murder in 1988
after having been identified as
the killer by Lisbet. However, on
appeal to Svea Court of
Appeal he was acquitted.
Pettersson died in 2004, legally
declared not guilty of the Palme
assassination.

 Venezuelan military and
political leader
 Together with José de San
Martín, he played a key role
inHispanic-Spanish America„s
successful struggle for
independence from the Spanish
Empire,
 Today considered one of the
most influential politicians in
Latin American history

 X is an Arab nationalist political
ideology. It was a major influence on
pan-Arab politics in the 1950s and
1960s, and continues to have
significant resonance throughout
the Arab World to this day.

 It‟s an Arab nationalist and pan-
Arab ideology, combined with a
vaguely defined socialism, often
distinguished from Eastern
bloc or Western socialist thought by
the label 'Arab socialism'. Arab
socialism also developed as a
rejection of communism, which was
seen as incompatible with Arab
traditions.

 Oneof the first questions after coming out of
27 years in jail – “Is Don Bradman still alive?”

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