Also arriving 25 minutes late doesn’t help either.
I am done with my first quiz of the career(that too in Rendezvous) and was lucky that it went fairly well. Sphinx as they call it, is an open general quiz which this year was conducted by Anjulpa, Akshat and of course, yours truly. This should not be the basis for any assumptions on the quizzing skills of the quizmasters as we (Anjulpa and me) managed to scrape through the prelims and had to fight tooth and nail to avoid the last position.
We managed last II.
On the positive side, I now appreciate the efforts put in by the QMs and will defer from ridiculing the questions as long as they aren’t direclty Ctrl+Ced and Ctrl+Ved from quiznet and the likes. I expect the same from you.
This being my first experience, taught me a great deal. I found this highly challenging and it taught me –if not much- at least what all I don’t know in quizzing. I am looking forward to doing one more quiz (though not in the near future). Like anyone else, I had the usual doubts like whether my questions are too easy/difficult/vague,obscure/long /boring /shady. Now there is no doubt as I know some of them were.
Few more points:
Making good quiz is an extremely diffcult task. WTH, I would have had sympathy even for Porno-b Mukherjee for the efforts that he puts in his quizzes had there been any.
It takes at least one hour to make a question that you had ready in your diary for this very purpose since your first year.
Also that diary ends up before you even start with the round reversals.
There were two teams which created a little problem but apart from it and few mishaps (the projector stopped working halfway the quiz and we had to finish all our dry questions waiting for someone to fix it) things went fairly smoothly.*Mental note* I have to work on my presenting skills.
Two questions from the mains (along with all of the prelims) are taken in words or spirit from different blogs, notable among which is Aaman Lamba’s. I was thinking of giving links to few good quizzing blogs here but after the coming of Google blog search , feel like it is somewhat redundant.
Apologies to those who found the connects bit vague or arbit. I would have thought the same had I not made them myself.
I was close to lynching two representatives who kept suggesting repeatedly that I stop my quiz after asking only half of the questions (I spent close to 2 hours on each question mate !) because they were getting late for the fashion show where they expected the girl whom they invited in their socials to be waiting.
Some questions have been modified and for 3 audio questions, you will have to download the quiz from here. This zipped file has all the answers too.Also the ‘long’ question has 3 different question which are somehow linked with the other two questions. This is only a hint to help you .
So here we go...
Prelims (* marked questions were used in case of tie-breakers. Even after then, beastman had to be called in.)
1. How do we better know " Lateral epicondylitis" ?
*2. What does the mark “Rugmark” or “Kaleen” on carpet signify?
3. What unusual connection is there between the new film "Cinderella Man" and film "Mystic Pizza"?
*4. To which company did the shipment destroyed by American colonists during the Boston tea party in 1773 belong ?
5.Which company actually built the bridge on the River Kwai?
**1.Identify the artist of this painting, whose paintings recently outsold Andy Warhol and Renoir ?
2. "I'm here representing _____X_____. Unfortunately, he cannot speak English," he said. "We're very excited he is being honored in America."
This was said by __X__'s producer when ___X___ recieved a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame; hours before the premiere of his latest movie.
Identify X
**3. 10. Jane Austen, in 1798 in 'Northanger Abbey', said about her protagonist Catherine. " It was not wonderful that Catherine, by nature had nothing heroic about her and should prefer cricket, _____X_____, riding on horseback and running about the country at the age of 14".
This was the first recorded use of a word which is now very common.Identify X ?
4. connect Star Wars movies and AT&T ?
5. Connect
6.
Born: 12 December 1919, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Major Teams: Holkar, Rajasthan, Railways, Maharashtra, Baroda.
His career stretched from the late thirties to the early sixties and he played for as many as six teams. An aggregate of 3687 runs at a healthy average of 56.72 with 11 centuries marks him out as one of the outstanding batsmen in the Ranji Trophy. He never represented India in an official Test and played for the country only once - against the first Commonwealth team in 1949-50.
The story of his cricketing career revolves around two memorable days in December, 1948 when he scored what is still the highest score by an Indian in first-class cricket. Kathiawar were all out for 238 and ______X_____, who came in at No. 3, and KV Bhandarkar added 455 runs for the second wicket which stood as an Indian first-class record for 43 years. At 443, he was within striking distance of Don Bradman's then world record score of 452, made 19 years earlier when the Kathiawar captain, Thakore Sahib of Rajkot, decided to concede the match with the Maharashtra score 826 for 4. The match thus came to an abrupt end and ____X____ was deprived of a famous world record.
On March 12 2004 ____X____ and Chandu Borde were felicitated jointly by the Cricket Club of India and Maharashtra Cricket Association at the PYC Gymkhana, Pune.The then President of CCI , Raj Singh Dungarpur, said on the ocassion
"____X___ was the best Indian batsman who was not lucky to play a Test match.''
Long 1
1.Connect:
2. connect
[pic 2a] text 2b [The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of ____X____ of York, Mariner: who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pirates. Written by Himself. ]
and 3 (a song 'yeh bandhe' by Indian Ocean)with the text
[ ___X___ was the crackdown by the Maldivian National Security Service (NSS) on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé. This unplanned and unorganized demonstration was the largest such protest in the country's history. Beginning on the evening of August 12, 2004, the demonstration grew and continued until it was forcefully ended on the afternoon next day. Protesters initially demanding the freeing of the pro-reformists arrested on the afternoon of August 12, 2004. As the protest continued to grow, people demanded the resignation of president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had been in power since 1978.]
3.connect [poster of the movie Vaanprastham from que1 of Long 1] with
Round Reversal:
11. On August 23, 1973, Jan Erik "Janne" Olsson, on leave from prison, walked into Kreditbanken. Olsson opened fire on two policeman, injuring one policeman. The other was ordered to sit in a chair and "sing something". Olsson then took 4 people as hostages. He demanded his friend Clark Olofsson to be brought there, along with money, two guns, bullet-proof vests, helmets and a fast car.Olofsson was brought in established a communication link with the police negotiators.The robbers were permitted to have a car to escape but were not allowed to take the hostages with them, if they were to leave.On August 26, the police drilled a hole into the main vault from the apartment above. On August 28 the gas was used and after half an hour the robbers gave up. Nobody was injured physically.
Both Olsson and Olofsson were charged and sentenced to extended imprisonment for the robbery. However Olsson claimed he didn't help Olofsson and was only trying to keepthe situation calm, and at the court of appeals he was freed of any charges. Olsson was sentenced to 10 years of prison a. He got many admiring letters from women who found him attractive. He later got engaged to one of them, Clark Olofsson has repeatedly committed armed robberies and acts of violence, and He was finally released from prison in 1991, but in 1999 he was arrested again and was sentenced to another 14 years of prison.
This incident is famous for something else. What for ?
12. Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
What is this known as ?
13.
On July 11, 2005, the law firm of Daniel & Gladys, who represent ___X____ Indian subsidiary, sent a letter to Mr. ___Y____ threatening him with serious legal actions unless the billboard was replaced 'unconditionally and immediately'. ___X____ would seek Indian Rupees 2 million (US$ 45,000) for "incalculable damage to the goodwill and reputation" of _____X____, and also sought an 'unconditional apology in writing'.
___Y___, winner of the 2005 Cannes Silver Lion responded " I am not going to tender an apology because I have not done anything against ____X_____....... It is really stupid of them to send a legal notice to me.....I have to fight for my rights as an artist. ...... If they had not started this legal notice business, he said, nobody would have noticed the picture at all."
14. (hint)Connect:
1996-1997 Nayan Mongia
1997-1998 Sachin Tendulkar
1999-2000 Sachin Tendulkar
2000-2001 Harbhajan Singh
2003-2004 Rahul Dravid
2004-2005 Damien Martyn
&
"It was ___X___
The real master
Just like a wall
We couldn't get ___X___ at all, not at all
You know the ____Y____ couldn't out
___X___ at all."
These are the lyrics of a famous Calypso song, composed by Lord Relator, in tribute to ____X____ stunning debut against the _____Y_____
Long 3
1 connect
2 Who fired the first arrow to signal the beginning of the war?
4. connect
Remarks/Explanation:
Written:
3. Amc theatre offered money back guarantee to dissatisfied customers who didn’t enjoyed the movie. Last time this was done, was in the case of mystic pizza.
4. It is British East India Company. I checked it here. a_u I think you were insisting that it is Dutch East India Company. Sorry if I am wrong in remembering.
Mains:
4.Internally, the logo of AT&T, due to its visual similarity, is known as the Death Star. When political cartoon and comic strip creators learned of this, many references to AT&T used the Death Star analogy.
5. [Pic 1]The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table (1934) is a painting by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. The title refers to the Dutch renaissance painter Johannes Vermeer.
[Pic 2]The Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. The painting is currently housed at The Mauritshuis in The Hague. It is sometimes referred to as "the Mona Lisa of the North"
[Pic 3]The 2003 United Kingdom/Luxembourg drama film Girl with a Pearl Earring was directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay was adapted from the novel by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson and Cillian Murphy.
Griet (Johansson) is a peasant woman who is forced to work as a maid in the home of the painter Vermeer (Firth). She eventually becomes the model for what becomes one of his most famous works.
Long 1.1. He has given music in all these movies and has also acted in Saaz and Black Friday.
Long 1.2. [pic 1] Also known as black friday.[pic 2]Black movie inspired from miracle worker.Friday from man friday (Robinson Crusoe).The song is of the movie the 'Black Friday'.
Long 1 3. [The shady one]Ram Gopal Varma / The Factory
The Factory was Warhol's studio from 1963 to 1969.
The Factory became a meeting place of artists and would-be artists such as Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, and Truman Capote.
Mohan lal acted in the Company directed by RGV.Ram Gopal Verma produces films at a speed that is unfamiliar to Indian Film Industry and named his office The Factory.
11. The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response of a hostage, The main symptom of the syndrome is the seemingly paradoxical loyalty to the more powerful person in spite of the danger (or at least risk) that this loyalty puts the individual in.
The term "Stockholm syndrome" was coined by criminologist Nils Bejerot.
14. X: Sunil Gavaskar Y: West Indies
These are the 'Player of the series' of Gavaskar-Border Trophy
long 3.1."Mahabharat" (1988) TV Series
Puneet Essar Duryodhana (The still is from coolie)
Nitish bhardwaj Krishna
Raj babbar Bharat
Mukesh Khanna Bheeshma
Paintal(the one with shades) Shikhandi (Brother of Gufi Paintal of Shakuni fame)
long 3.3[Pic 1]Shri Krishna and Balram going to sea to rescue Sandipani's son from Paanchjanya.
[Pic 2] Observer is the sister publication of Paanchjanya
[Pic 3Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee presenting "Paanchjanya Nachiketa Award" to veteran journalist Bhagwati Kumar Sharma for his contribution in the field of journalism.
After this obscenely long entry , I declare the post open for praises...
