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SKELETON OF THE QUIZ• 20 question prelims• 4 star questions used to resolve ties• If tie persists, sudden death will be used• Top 6 teams on stage

RULES• No googling• We forgive spelling mistakes• Cause, QM is ‘Samy’

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'I am beginning a new journey, on Instagram, to walk with you along the path of mercy and the tenderness of God.‘

Q: Whose tweet after joining Instagram on 19th March, 2016?

2Q: Which late sportsperson does this Tag Heuer Carrera commemorate?

3Q: Which Actor’s surname means ‘harrower of the dark’ in German?

4The 'Economist Intelligence Unit' (EIU), an independent business within 'The Economist Group‘, recently published the 'Top 10 global risks', listing the 'events' that would have the worst impacts on global economy and political security. The EIU ranking uses a scale of one to 25.

Q: What is blanked out, rated a 12? Picture on next slide.

5*Shown in the picture is a Knowledge Boy who travels in such scooters around London as a part of a stringent training for one of the toughest exams conducted in that field. It takes the average person between 2 and 4 years to pass the exam, a lot however depends on how much time and effort they are willing to dedicate in learning it. Many students print off pages from the Blue Book and using a moped they go over and over a _____ at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next one.

Q: What are they preparing for?

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Q: Fill in the blank.

7Bangalla is located in East Africa, around Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. The capital of Bangalla is Mawitaan; other cities include Bengalitown, Sanloi, Spyglass and Mucar.The country's first president was Lamanda Luaga, a doctor elected to office after having fought an epidemic in the jungle. However, General Bababu seized control of the country and, after announcing that Luaga was dead, searched for Luaga to kill him and exhibit his head as proof. And the rest is very famous.

Q: Who is the most famous resident of Bangalla?

8La Bougie du Sapeur, a French newspaper was founded by Jacques Debuisson and Christian Bailly in 1980. It sells for € 4.70. Subscriptions for the newspaper were available at € 100 per century but this plan was discontinued as they found it difficult to identify their subscribers. 2004 saw the first edition of La Bougie du Sapeur – Dimanche, a special series. The next issue in this special edition will come out in 2032.

Q: When is it published, making it the least frequent periodical?

9The earliest known reference to this tradition in literature is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, written in 458 BC. When the title character returns from Troy, he is greeted by his vengeful wife Clytemnestra."Now my beloved, step down from your chariot, and let not your foot, my lord, touch the Earth. Servants, let there be spread before the house he never expected to see, where Justice leads him in, a crimson path."

Q: Which tradition is being spoken about in here?

10*The picture on the next slide shows the interior design of the world's largest themed mall located in Dubai. The mall is inspired by the travels of a very famous medieval traveller and it consists of six courts, consisting of Egypt, India, Andalusia, China, Persia and Tunisia, each of whose designs are inspired by the countries visited by the explorer during his numerous trips around the world.

Q: Identify this traveller.

Picture on next slide

11Shown in the picture is a plant after which a famous literary character is named. This plant is usually found in water and the root of this plant is edible and the character eats it in one of the books. The plant is also called Arrowhead, as its leaves look like one.Her surname is taken from the lead female in the book, 'Far from the Madding Crowd' by Thomas Hardy.Pic 1 is the picture of the plant. Pic 2 is an illustration from the book by Thomas Hardy.

Q: What is the name of the character? Pictures on next slide.

12Q: How are the West Indies tour of England in 1984 and the England tour of West Indies 1985-86 famously called due to the fact that both the series were won by West Indies (5-0)?

13This is the poster of an upcoming comedy/gangster film, War Dogs.

Q: The poster of this film is inspired from which film?

14Q: A revamp of the popular Children’s book, ‘Where’s Wally?’ Fill in the blank.

15*This special stride of Basilisk reptiles is divided into three phases: the slap, the stroke, and the recovery. During the slap the foot moves primarily vertically downward. During the stroke it moves primarily backward. And during the recovery the foot moves up and out of the water, returning to the start position of the next step.

Q: These reptile get a special name due to this particular type of movement . What is the name ?

16Brahman Naman, a comedy movie directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee, was premiered in Sundance Film Festival 2016, Utah. Set in 1980s Bangalore, the plot revolves around a group of 3 quizzing friends, their attempt to win a national quizzing championship and their sexual encounters.

Q: Who plays the antagonist, a cricket-playing guy who is rich, good-looking, not as smart as the three quizzers, but he is popular and gets all the girls ?

17Pandit Nehru's first cabinet of fifteen ministers included six non-congressmen which included S.P. Mukherjee, Sardar Baldev Singh, John Mathai and C.H. Bhabha.

Q: Who were the other two?

18A group of students at Perdana University’s Graduate School of Medicine started research a three years back to find the reason behind a phenomenon. One of the project supervisors says, "repetitive overloading of the mind with a single repeated thought (through meditation and fasting) allows an altered state of mind where the pain threshold is elevated.” Elevated immune response, constriction of blood vessels, the holy ash acting as an antiseptic and the method of piercing were the reasons listed by the researchers.

Q: What am I talking about?

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Q: Who is the subject of this upcoming movie ?

20*

Q: Seal of which city ?

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Answer discussion

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'I am beginning a new journey, on Instagram, to walk with you along the path of mercy and the tenderness of God.‘

Q: Whose tweet after joining Instagram on 19th March, 2016?

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Ans. 1Pope Francis

2Q: Which late sportsperson does this Tag Heuer Carrera commemorate?

Ans. 2Ayrton Senna

3Q: Which Actor’s surname means ‘harrower of the dark’ in German?

Ans. 3Arnold Schwarzenegger

4The 'Economist Intelligence Unit' (EIU), an independent business within 'The Economist Group‘, recently published the 'Top 10 global risks', listing the 'events' that would have the worst impacts on global economy and political security. The EIU ranking uses a scale of one to 25.

Q: What is blanked out, rated a 12? Picture on next slide.

Ans. 4Donald Trump winning U.S. Presidential election

5*Shown in the picture is a Knowledge Boy who travels in such scooters around London as a part of a stringent training for one of the toughest exams conducted in that field. It takes the average person between 2 and 4 years to pass the exam, a lot however depends on how much time and effort they are willing to dedicate in learning it. Many students print off pages from the Blue Book and using a moped they go over and over a _____ at a time until they have mastered it before moving on to the next one.

Q: What are they preparing for?

Ans. 5* London taxicab driver’s The Knowledge test

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Q: Fill in the blank.

Ans. 6Maria Sharapova; Athletes tested positive for meldonium

7Bangalla is located in East Africa, around Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. The capital of Bangalla is Mawitaan; other cities include Bengalitown, Sanloi, Spyglass and Mucar.The country's first president was Lamanda Luaga, a doctor elected to office after having fought an epidemic in the jungle. However, General Bababu seized control of the country and, after announcing that Luaga was dead, searched for Luaga to kill him and exhibit his head as proof. And the rest is very famous.

Q: Who is the most famous resident of Bangalla?

Ans. 7Phantom

8La Bougie du Sapeur, a French newspaper was founded by Jacques Debuisson and Christian Bailly in 1980. It sells for € 4.70. Subscriptions for the newspaper were available at € 100 per century but this plan was discontinued as they found it difficult to identify their subscribers. 2004 saw the first edition of La Bougie du Sapeur – Dimanche, a special series. The next issue in this special edition will come out in 2032.

Q: When is it published, making it the least frequent periodical?

Ans. 8Leap Day

9The earliest known reference to this tradition in literature is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, written in 458 BC. When the title character returns from Troy, he is greeted by his vengeful wife Clytemnestra."Now my beloved, step down from your chariot, and let not your foot, my lord, touch the Earth. Servants, let there be spread before the house he never expected to see, where Justice leads him in, a crimson path."

Q: Which tradition is being spoken about in here?

Ans. 9Red Carpet

10*The picture on the next slide shows the interior design of the world's largest themed mall located in Dubai. The mall is inspired by the travels of a very famous medieval traveller and it consists of six courts, consisting of Egypt, India, Andalusia, China, Persia and Tunisia, each of whose designs are inspired by the countries visited by the explorer during his numerous trips around the world.

Q: Identify this traveller.

Picture on next slide

Ans. 10*Ibn Battuta

11Shown in the picture is a plant after which a famous literary character is named. This plant is usually found in water and the root of this plant is edible and the character eats it in one of the books. The plant is also called Arrowhead, as its leaves look like one.Her surname is taken from the lead female in the book, 'Far from the Madding Crowd' by Thomas Hardy.Pic 1 is the picture of the plant. Pic 2 is an illustration from the book by Thomas Hardy.

Q: What is the name of the character? Picture next slide.

Ans. 11Katniss Everdeen

12Q: How are the West Indies tour of England in 1984 and the England tour of West Indies 1985-86 famously called due to the fact that both the series were won by West Indies (5-0)?

Ans. 12Blackwash

13This is the poster of an upcoming comedy/gangster film, War Dogs.

Q: The poster of this film is inspired from which film?

Ans. 13Scarface

14Q: A revamp of the popular Children’s book, ‘Where’s Wally?’ Fill in the blank.

Ans. 14 Andy Warhol

15*This special stride of Basilisk reptiles is divided into three phases: the slap, the stroke, and the recovery. During the slap the foot moves primarily vertically downward. During the stroke it moves primarily backward. And during the recovery the foot moves up and out of the water, returning to the start position of the next step.

Q: These reptile get a special name due to this particular type of movement . What is the name ?

Ans. 15*Jesus Lizards; Their ability to walk on water

16Brahman Naman, a comedy movie directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee, was premiered in Sundance Film Festival 2016, Utah. Set in 1980s Bangalore, the plot revolves around a group of 3 quizzing friends, their attempt to win a national quizzing championship and their sexual encounters.

Q: Who plays the antagonist, a cricket-playing guy who is rich, good-looking, not as smart as the three quizzers, but he is popular and gets all the girls ?

Ans.16Siddharth Mallya

17Pandit Nehru's first cabinet of fifteen ministers included six non-congressmen which included S.P. Mukherjee, Sardar Baldev Singh, John Mathai and C.H. Bhabha.

Q: Who were the other two?

Ans. 17Dr. B. R. AmbedkarR. K. Shanmukham Chetty

18A group of students at Perdana University’s Graduate School of Medicine started research a three years back to find the reason behind a phenomenon. One of the project supervisors says, "repetitive overloading of the mind with a single repeated thought (through meditation and fasting) allows an altered state of mind where the pain threshold is elevated.” Elevated immune response, constriction of blood vessels, the holy ash acting as an antiseptic and the method of piercing were the reasons listed by the researchers.

Q: What am I talking about?

Ans.18Kavadi Attam

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Q: Who is the subject of this upcoming movie ?

Ans. 19Vincent van Gogh

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Q: Seal of which city ?

Ans. 20*Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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