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Round 1
The Rules :
Each question is worth 20 points. The first
question goes to team 1, the next to team 2.
And so on.
Questions can be passed. For a passed
question, the value of the question decrease
to 10 points.
1.
During WW2, men in the combat arm of the
SS had something tattooed on the underside
of the left arm, usually near the armpit. There
were only 4 variations of this tattoo.
What was tattooed on them ?
Their Blood Groups.
The SS (Schutzstaffel ) translated to Protection
Squadron was a major paramilitatry
organization under Hitler and the Nazis.
Earlier the tattoo was under Fraktur Gothic
lettering, but was later changed to Latin.
2.
The word is derived from the Latin word
bursa. The oldest known of these was found
with Ötzi the Iceman who lived around 3,300
BCE. Another early example is on Egyptian
hieroglyphs, which show pouches worn
around the waist. The next appearance is in
14th century Europe. What are we talking
about?
Purses
3.
God made man, Samuel Colt made them equal.
What did Samuel Colt do that lead to such a
phrase, which has become a legend?
He invented the revolver.
4. Identify the two greats.
Marlon Brando and Charlie Chaplin
5.
In printing, a X was a printing plate cast from
movable type. When letters were set one at a
time, it made sense to cast a phrase used
repeatedly as a single slug of metal. X came to
mean such a ready-made phrase. The French
word X comes from the sound made when the
matrix is dropped into molten metal to make a
printing plate.
What is X?
X is cliché 
6. Connect
All different types of hackers
Black Hat
Grey Hat
White Hat
7.
“ We wanted an animal that is beautiful, is
endangered and is loved by all people due to
its appealing qualities. We also wanted an
animal that had an impact in black and white
to save money on printing costs. “
Who said this about what? 
WWF’s comments on choosing Panda
as their logo 
8.
The phrase _______ generally refers to a married
middle-class woman who lives in the suburbs and
has school age children. She is sometimes
portrayed in the media as busy or overburdened
and driving a minivan. She is also portrayed as
putting the interests of her family, and most
importantly her children, ahead of her own. She
basically spends a significant amount of her time
transporting her school-age children to
their sporting events or other activities.
SOCCER MOM !!!
9.
• X and Y have a lot in common. Apart from having a
similar etymology, they both are hailed to be the next
big things for knowledge, freedom and the world in
general. Both it’s founders have been on the list of
TIME’s most influential people. Both are non-profit
organisations and have always been in the want of
money, one for the lack of donations and the other for
irregular funding. Both are regularly ”cited” as working
together in tandem.
• Still X’s page on Y says something that actually implies
“Don’t even think about it”
• Id X and Y.
What I Know Is
X : Wikipedia
Y : Wikileaks
10. What does this represent?
A knight’s tour
It represents all the moves a knight can make
from every square on the chess board.
11.Whose faces have been blanked
out? And what is this group known as?
Mick Jagger and AR Rahman
The new supergroup the world is talking about,
SUPERHEAVY 
12. Connect 
Marketing dekho 
Waisa bhi hota hai Part 2 was released, but
there was neever any part one.
Similarly, Oracle version 2 was released, and
there was never any version 1.
13. Connect
MOVIES MADE FROM VIDEO GAMES 
14. What is being shown here?
Lord Krishna displaying his Vishwarup to
Arjuna at Kurukshetra.
15.Advertisement for what company?
VASELINE
Due to the VVS Laxman Hot Spot controversy,
and the spat that followed between Ravi
Shastri and Nasser Hussain/ Michael Vaughan
and Saurav Ganguly.
16.
When this young singer died at the age of 23, the event was
known as ‘The Day the Music Died’. He was an
American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll.
Although his success lasted only a year and a half before
his death in an airplane crash, he is described by critic
Bruce Eder as “the single most influential creative force in
early rock and roll.“ His works and innovations inspired and
influenced contemporary and later musicians, notably The
Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton,
and exerted a profound influence on popular music. He
was among the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 1986.[3] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him
#13 among "The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time". Who?
Buddy Holly
17. Identify
He is a mechanical engineer
from IIT Kharagpur. Aftet
leaving his job in TATA Steel ,
he joined the IRS. Frustrated
with corruption, and vowing to
make a change, he left his job,
and started an initiative called
Parivartan. Who is he?
Arvind Kejriwal
An active member of the IAC movement, he
along with others makes up the second-in line
after Anna Hazare.
18.
Connect these places :
1. Miami
2. Bermuda
3. San Juan, Puerto Rico
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
EXPERIMENTAL ROUND
Okay, so this round will have each question open to all teams.
The scoring will go like this.
If only one team out of the 6 gets it correct, that team gets 25
points.
If two teams get it correct, both teams get 20 points each.
If three teams, 17 points
If four teams, 14 points
If five teams, 10 points
If all teams get it correct, 7 points
And please don’t shout out the answers. It ll be your loss.
Paper pe likho.
1.
This 28th of June was dedicated to an idea in Mathematics.
This is the second year that this day is being celebrated as
___day. This day is directly pitted against another
“celebration” that takes place on the 14th of March.
In fact the people behind this idea use the slogan “Down with
__” and were spurred into action by an article titled “__ is
wrong”.
What am I referring to here?
Math !
14th March is 3:14 . The value of pi..
Similarly 28th June is 6 : 28 . This value is known
as tau and tau= 2 * pi. Many mathematicians
and scientists argue that tau should be the
basic constant and not pi as 2 * pi is more
useful in practical applications.
2. Connect
Both these major companies are named after
the daughters of their owners.
3.
The X was an informal literary discussion group
associated with the University of Oxford, England, for
nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late
1949. They were literary enthusiasts who praised the
value of narrative in fiction, and encouraged the
writing of fantasy. The more regular members of the X,
many of them academics at the University, included J.
R. R. "Tollers" Tolkien, C. S. "Jack" Lewis, Owen
Barfield, Charles Williams, Christopher Tolkien (J. R. R.
Tolkien's son), Warren "Warnie" Lewis (C. S. Lewis's
elder brother), Roger Lancelyn Green, Adam Fox, Hugo
Dyson, R. A. "Humphrey" Havard, J. A. W. Bennett, Lord
David Cecil, and Nevill Coghill. X = ?
INKLINGS
This literary group read aloud compositions,
and said there were no rules, agendas, officers
or elections. It was an informal group to
discuss literature.
4.
Hitler’s videos on various issues like this have
gone viral, and understandably so. What I
want to know is, what is the name of the
movie it originally appeared in?
Der Untergang
This movie in German/Austrian depicts the final
10 days of Hitler’s life. The film was also
nominated for an Oscar for The Best Foreign
Film.
Round 2 : Second Chances
This is the HINT round. You have a question in
the first slide. Worth 20 points. If you are not
sure you can crack it, or you have absolutely
no clue, try the hint on the next slide. You
then get 10 points if you give the right answer.
1. Identify
HINT
He is Mark Duggan
The second picture is that of the London Riots.
And Mark Duggan’s shooting by the police
sparked it all.
2.
The word X is Italian for "small bread rolls“. The
food, like Pizza has now spread all over the
world. A ciabatta loaf is cut horizontally and
filled with salami, ham, cheese, mortadella, or
other food, and sometimes served warm but
never toasted) after having been pressed by a
warming grill. What is X?
HINT
A Panini
3. Don’t think birds .
The bird was intended to be an eagle but is
now officially recognized as a cormorant
although the bird shows the short head and
curved beak more readily associated with a
bird of prey.
What’s the bird?
HINT
The Liver Bird on The crest of the club Liverpool
FC .
4. Identify them
HINT
They were also known as
- Currer Bell
- Ellis Bell
- Action Bell
The Bronte Sisters
Charlotte, Emile and Anne.
They wrote under the pen names earlier, but
after Jane Eyre, they dropped the anonymity .
5.
___________is an noncompetitive eclectic martial
art system developed in Israel that
involves striking techniques, wrestling and grappling,
mostly known for its extremely efficient and
brutal counter-attacks, and is taught to regular
and special forces in Israel. It was derived from streetfighting skills developed by Imi Lichtenfeld, who made
use of his training as a boxer and wrestler, as a means
of defending the Jewish quarter against fascist groups
in Bratislava. The philosophy emphasizes threat
neutralization, simultaneous defensive and offensive
maneuvers, and aggression. What?
HINT :
Krav Maga
It appears in many movies and sitcoms too !!
6.
Born as Vijayalakshmi into a poor family in ELuru(
in Andhra), she left school after the fourth
standard to become a film star. Moving to
Madras, she soon found a sponsor who renamed
her to avoid confusion with the thenreigning
'cabaret dancer' of the same name. After
garnering much notice and acclain with her first
major role is the Tamil movie Vandi Chakkaram, in
1979, she added a prefix to her name after her
character's name in the movie. She died in 1996,
in what many believe to be a suicide caused be
her financial troubles. Identify.
HINT :
SILK SMITHA
Vidya Balan is going to be portraying the late
actor in the upcoming movie ‘ A Dirty Picture’
GRAND CONNECT
You can answer at any slide. And the points
are mentioned at each slide. And you have to
connect.
1. 60/-40
40/-20
20/-10
10
Answer :
They have all hosted different versions of Who
wants to Be a Millionaire in India 
2. 60/-40
40/-20
20/-10
10
Answer :
All these great people have international
airports named after them in India
3. 60/-40
40/-20
20/-10
10
Space shuttles used by NASA in their 30 year
long Space Shuttle Program.
4. 60/-40
40/-20
20/-10
10
:P
These are all types of shorts !