Round/Set 1 [Milieu Quiz 2015 (Finals)]:

-20 Questions

-Infinite Pounce (+10/-10)

Q1: FITB_________ therapy is a form of psychotherapythat involves the use of therapeutic communities.Patients join a group of around 30, for 9 to 18months. During their stay, patients areencouraged to take responsibility for themselvesand the others within the unit, based upon ahierarchy of collective punishments.

Answer: Milieu

Q2: Identify ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’.

According to DNA-(Date: October 31, 2014)

“ ‘X’, is a pure desi talent from Delhi that's been puttingthe Indie nu metal scene on fire since 2007/8. Theirkickass track ‘Y’ (audio clip) features in the ‘Z’ teaserand will feature in the film as an important track”.

Answer: ‘X’- Joint Family, ‘Y’- Life’s a Bitch,‘Z’- Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

Q3: Explain/What is being hinted at?

Answer: Frankfurt Book Fair (Focus ofInterests)

Q4: X?

According to X’s official website-

In late August, ___X___ signed an agreement with the Birla Institute ofFundamental Research to upgrade and refurbish the Birla Planetariumin Kolkata…… The new equipment will replace the ___X___ universalprojection planetarium which has reliably served the millions ofinhabitants of this metropolis ever since it was inaugurated in 1962. Aswell as a ___X___ STARMASTER optical-mechanical projector, therefurbished planetarium will also include a digital projection systemconsisting of nine VELVET projectors developed and produced by____X____ for fulldome projection. The company will also be supplyinga new sound system and a number of different shows based onastronomical topics. The old projection dome, 23 meters in diameter,will also be replaced. The renovations will be carried out over thesummer of 2015 and the long-established educational institute is due toopen its doors again in September 2015.

Answer: ‘X’- Carl Zeiss AG

Q5: X and Y?Name the French parent company (X) of this midscale hotelbrand (Y) that opened its first 5-star facility in Kolkata onSeptember 1, 2014.

Answer: ‘X’- Accor, ‘Y’- Novotel

Q6: Why is this man in the news?

Hint. 1) A 2014 Village Roadshow- Warner Bros. production2) A 2012 Best seller

Answer: Chris Kyle a.k.a American Sniper

Q7: The following track featured in the trailer of the2014 Jake Gyllenhaal starrer- Nightcrawler.Identify the singer/band of-a) the 2014 version (audio clip) b) the 1971 original.

Answer: a) Jetta b) Ten Years After

Q8: Bicentenary of?

Answer: The Battle of Waterloo

Q9: Explain the significance of the following

scene (screenshots from Jesse James; 1939).

Answer: After a horse died (when it was drivenoff a cliff) on the sets of Jesse James (1939), theAmerican Humane Association began to overseefilmmaking.

Q10: Why was this 2012 track (Get it Started- featuring Shakira and Pitbull) in the news in mid- 2014?

Answer: According to The Independent andThe Huffington Post, the song apparentlydisplayed prior knowledge of Flight 370’sdisappearance.

Q11: ‘X’?

Named ‘X’, because of the direction, the wind comesfrom (near the suburbs of Perth) and the relief it bringson hot summer days, it is also responsible for makingWACA- a pace/swing bowler’s favourite haunt.

Answer: Fremantle Doctor/Freo Doctor

Q12: Initially imported from Germany in 2000 (for the Shatabdi

Express), these coaches have since been produced by the Rail CoachFactory at Kapurthala. Though presently seen in premium air-conditioned trains like Rajdhani Express, Duronto Express and PoorvaExpress, they are expected to replace all the Integral Coach Factory madebogies by 2016.

What are these coaches called? (The name of the parent company)

Answer: Linke-Hofmann Busch (LHB)/ AlstomLHB GmbH Coaches

Q13: Connect.

Answer: Screenplays by Patrick Modiano-Bon Voyage (with Jean-Paul Rappeneau)-Lacombe Lucien (with Louis Malle)

Q14: Id. the man (seen here with- Leonid Brezhnev,Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Nikolai Podgorny)and the Peace Declaration moderated by him, nearly 50years ago.

Answer: Alexei Kosygin; TashkentDeclaration

Q15: Connect and complete the list.

Continued

Answer: Celebrities managed by Rhiti SportsManagement (note. Arun Pandey)- a company,most closely associated with India’s former testskipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Q16: What are we talking about? FITB.

According to CNET.com-

The _____________ is meant to be a sentimentalexperience. It lets members on the Web or mobile eitherwatch a personalized movie, view a collection of theirtop photos, or read a "thank you" card from thecompany, depending on how much content they haveposted to the service.

Answer: Facebook Lookback Video

Q17: ‘X’ and ‘Y’?

While its imprints include Mulholland books, Sceptre,Coronet Books and John Murray, ‘X’ itself, is asubsidiary of Hachette UK. Some of its notablepublications include- Peter Pan, Goodbye Mr. Chips, TheIPCRESS File, Love Story, Asterix the Gaul, Tinker, Tailor,Soldier, Spy; Schindler’s Ark, Managing My Life andUnder the Dome. Interestingly, in 2014, it was in thenews for being the worldwide publisher of ‘Y’.

Answer: ‘X’- Hodder and Stoughton, ‘Y’-Playing it My Way

Q18: Why was this man(Stefan Zweig- anAustrian novelist,playwright, journalistand biographer) in thenews in early- 2014?

Answer: Wes Anderson's 2014 film The GrandBudapest Hotel was inspired by Zweig’s novels-Beware of Pity and The Post-Office Girl.

Q19: With which religious movement would youassociate these sketches?Context: Love Jihad

Answer: Family International/Children ofGod (Flirty Fishing)

Q20: What is being hinted at? FITB.

Excerpt from Collaborative Services-Date- 11th April, 2014

“The design of these forms of visual communications arethoughtfully planned. The ________ originated in Michigan, thestate home to the motor city Detroit, where else? It turns 100 nextyear. The first _________ looked much different than those we havetoday. They were originally 24 x 24 inches with black lettering on awhite background.In the 1920s, not all ________ looked alike which could cause driverconfusion. So, in 1922 the American Association of State Highwayand Transportation Officials (AASHTO) decided that _________should be standardized. The octagonal shape was selected as itallowed drivers facing the back of the sign to identify it ……. Anotherreason for the octagonal design was so it could be more easilyidentified at night….”

Answer: STOP Sign

Audience Q1: Complete the titles.

Answer

Pic. Steatopygousfemale figure, ca.4500–4000 B.C.;Final Neolithic

Courtesy. Artnet.com, Twitter

Audience Q2: Claim to Fame, and the entity(person/organization) that discovered theresemblance.

Answer: Break the Internet Kim Kardashian;Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Audience Q3: What are we talking about?

Designer: Marek Reichman

Class: Grand Tourer

Body Style: 2 door coupe

Platform: VH (Vertical/horizontal) Platform

Engine: 4.7 L AJ37 V8

Answer: Aston-Martin DB10 a.k.a The new‘Bond Car’.