Vapour Cluesday edition 154 by logik

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Ed i t ion 154By Log ik

17 t h J anuary , 2017

I f i t ’ s Tuesday , i t ’ s

9:30 pm, Vapour Pub & Brewery, 100 ft Road, Indiranagar

T h e R u l e s

• 4 o r m o r e p a r t i c i p a n t s p e r t a b l e . O n e j o ke r p e r t a b l e . Ye s , y o u c a n s t i l l s i t t o g e t h e r

• C l u e s d a y i s a f u n q u i z s o p l e a s e n o u s i n g t h e i n t e r n e t f o r a n s w e r s . Ta ke a s h o t ( l i t e r a l l y ; ) )

• A n s w e r s n e e d t o c o m e i n b e f o r e t h e s o n g e n d s o r t h e q u i z m a s t e r s c o u n t d o w n . •I f y o u w i n C l u e s d a y , y o u r t e a m ’ s ‘ b o o z e ’ b i l l i s o n t h e h o u s e !

•S p r e a d t h e g o o d w o r d - Tw i t t e r - > @ v a p o u r b l r Fa c e b o o k - > w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / g r o u p s / c l u e s d a y /

I f i t ’ s Tuesday , i t ’ s

1. Letters Start2. Word’s worth 3. Sentenced for Life4. Chuku Booku Beku5. Hit/Stand/Bust6. Grand Finale

Rounds po in ts

1111+1/0/-13

Sure of your strengths? *Use the joker to double your points in any of the first five rounds. Call out before the round begins.

Letters Start – Letters(Alphabet)+famous messages Word’s Worth – Meanings, Etymology, PoetrySentenced for Life– Lyrics, Quotes & PunishmentsChuku Booku Beku – Books & TrainsHit, Stand or Bust – Red Pill, Blue Pill, Chill PillGrand Finale – More of the same, Maybe

Rounds Desc r ip t i on

Sure of your strengths? *Use the joker to double your points in any of the first four rounds. Call out before the round begins.

Letters Start

Round 1

Make some noise if you want a clue

LSQ 1What practice was used while writing Roman numerals to indicate numbers like 18, xviii, 28, xxviii – to reduce confusion in reading.(the practice intentionally hasn’t been shown by me in the above examples) The result of this practice by itself had no distinct sound value till a long time.

LSQ 2Two letters are tied for the highest number of state names in USA( 8 each). One of those happens to be the highest for states in India(5).

Give the two letters (order is important)

LSQ 3Logo for an edition of what?

LSQ 4The Japanese term for this is Uruko meaning Fish scales. The Chinese term translated to English would mean “Made with legs”.

So if a Chinese designer is asking you to “give it legs”, what is the equivalent English term?

LSQ 5Whose letter to whom in 1960, giving a personal recipe for Drop Scones?

Bonus Follows

Bonus!A designer Rob Smith’s creation that’s all over the internet. Two word caption?

Bonus!

ANSWERSwww.facebook.com/groups/cluesday@vapourblr

Letters Start

LSQ 1What practice was used while writing Roman numerals to indicate numbers like 18, xviii, 28, xxviii – to reduce confusion in reading.(the practice intentionally hasn’t been shown by me in the above examples) The result of this practice by itself had no distinct sound value till a long time.

LSQ 1The writers added a small hook to the terminal i in a word or numeral to distinguish it from the strokes of other letters.

We of course know this letter now as jxviij etc

LSQ 2Two letters are tied for the highest number of state names in USA( 8 each). One of those happens to be the highest for states in India(5).

Give the two letters (order is important)

LSQ 2MN

LSQ 3Logo for an edition of what?

LSQ 324 Hours of Le Mans

LSQ 4The Japanese term for this is Uruko meaning Fish scales. The Chinese term translated to English would mean “Made with legs”.

So if a Chinese designer is asking you to “give it legs”, what is the equivalent English term?

LSQ 4Serif – the flares at letter-ends

LSQ 5Whose letter to whom in 1960, giving a personal recipe for Drop Scones?

LSQ 5Queen Elizabeth II to Dwight Eisenhower

Word’s worth

Round 2

WWQ 1Please note that the words ‘Cabbaged, Debagged, Baggaged, Fabaceae’, at 8 letters long, have a common claim to fame. What?

(Hint: where else would you’ve seen these letters before)

WWQ 2In the early 17th century, the word originally referred to African amulets or charms – as protection, like a talisman.In late 1800s, it was picked up and applied to the newly emerging science of psychoanalysis, which established the modern meaning.As these talismans were merely inanimate objects revered by their holders, this came to be used to refer to an erotic desire or obsession for a non-sexual object.

What word?

WWQ 3Sir. William Cubitt, a renowned engineer, observed in 1818 that prisoners in London were idling their time away in the prison yard. Sensing a wasted opportunity, he conceived of a device that would not only stir them from their laziness and allow them to pass their time in prison more actively, but could harness this activity to provide a useful service.

What did he invent, that became obscure by 1910s, but got revived in 1950s for a ‘similar purpose’-’different form and audience’ – and many people use it even now?

WWQ 4Augusto de Campos, who started the Concrete poetry movement in Brazil – has this stunning example where he repeats “colocar a mascara” [ to put on a mask] , to create a new word ‘caracol’ – that seems to slowly slide down.What does ‘caracol’ mean in Portuguese (and English/French/Spanish etc)?

WWQ 5Amrita Pritam’s autobiography is titled “Raseedi Ticket” / “Revenue Stamp”.The title is a reference to a comment by Khushwant Singh, to which she suitably responded with this book. Put funda.

Bonus Follows

Bonus!Id the Band and the song.

Bonus!OK Go – Here it goes again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=dTAAsCNK7RA

Word’s worth

WWQ 1Please note that the words ‘Cabbaged, Debagged, Baggaged, Fabaceae’, at 8 letters long, have a common claim to fame. What?

(Hint: where else would you’ve seen these letters before)

WWQ 1Longest English words that can be fully played on a musical instrument : CDEFGAB

WWQ 2In the early 17th century, the word originally referred to African amulets or charms – as protection, like a talisman.In late 1800s, it was picked up and applied to the newly emerging science of psychoanalysis, which established the modern meaning.As these talismans were merely inanimate objects revered by their holders, this came to be used to refer to an erotic desire or obsession for a non-sexual object.

What word?

WWQ 2Fetish(Representative examples: a woman who married the Eiffel tower. A man who wears orthopaedic casts without having any fractures)

WWQ 3Sir. William Cubitt, a renowned engineer, observed in 1818 that prisoners in London were idling their time away in the prison yard. Sensing a wasted opportunity, he conceived of a device that would not only stir them from their laziness and allow them to pass their time in prison more actively, but could harness this activity to provide a useful service.

What did he invent, that became obscure by 1910s, but got revived in 1950s for a ‘similar purpose’-’different form and audience’ – and many people use it even now?

WWQ 3The Treadmill

WWQ 4Augusto de Campos, who started the Concrete poetry movement in Brazil – has this stunning example where he repeats “colocar a mascara” [ to put on a mask] , to create a new word ‘caracol’ – that seems to slowly slide down.What does ‘caracol’ mean in Portuguese (and English/French/Spanish etc)?

WWQ 4Snail

WWQ 5Amrita Pritam’s autobiography is titled “Raseedi Ticket” / “Revenue Stamp”.The title is a reference to a comment by Khushwant Singh, to which she suitably responded with this book. Put funda.

WWQ 5He joked that “the story of her life was so inconsequential and tiny that it could be written at the back of a revenue stamp“ – She wrote her autobiography and titled it so.

Sentenced for Life

Round 3

SFLQ 1Google maps view, where full sentences happen only in the audio involving things you see in the video. Which video?

SFLQ 2What phrase meaning a burden, comes from the poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by S.T. Coleridge?

SFLQ 3• Expert Hindi-French translator F.X.Durandy’s

interpretation of which lyrics? • Give me either the original poet of the ghazal, or the

‘standup-comedian+lyricist’ who reinterpreted the lyrics for this film.

SFLQ 4• In classic Tamil Poetry and literature, a term

Yavanappriya is used to denote a commodity. If Yavanar is the Tamil word for Greeks and Romans (because of Ionian sea etc) – what is this commodity dear to them?

• Be specific

SFLQ 5• These two Latin phrases, and this English phrase

depicted in the image essentially refer to a practised tenet in Law.

• Non bis in idem• autrefois acquit/autrefois convict• Explain in simple words. • Give the two word English Phrase, first image.

SFLQ 1Google maps view, where full sentences happen only in the audio involving things you see in the video. Which video?

SFLQ 1Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues

SFLQ 2What phrase meaning a burden, comes from the poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by S.T. Coleridge?

SFLQ 2An albatross around one's neck

SFLQ 3• Expert Hindi-French translator F.X.Durandy’s

interpretation of which lyrics? • Give me either the original poet of the ghazal, or the

‘standup-comedian+lyricist’ who reinterpreted the lyrics for this film.

SFLQ 3• Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai, by Dushyant Kumar reinterpreted by Varun

Grover. From Masaan• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpf8hrbT2d0

SFLQ 4• In classic Tamil Poetry and literature, a term

Yavanappriya is used to denote a commodity. If Yavanar is the Tamil word for Greeks and Romans (because of Ionian sea etc) – what is this commodity dear to them?

• Be specific

SFLQ 4• Pepper (Black Pepper is a perfect answer. Just spices

won’t do)

SFLQ 5• These two Latin phrases, and this English phrase

depicted in the image essentially refer to a practised tenet in Law.

• Non bis in idem• autrefois acquit/autrefois convict• Explain in simple words. • Give the two word English Phrase, first image.

SFLQ 5• No one shall be liable to be tried or punished

again/twice for an offence for which they have already been finally convicted or acquitted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of each country.

• Double Jeopardy

Bonus Follows

Bonus!In Subterranean Homesick Blues, you see this chap in the

background. Who he? Howl out the answer

Bonus!The poet Allen Ginsberg

Chuku Booku Beku

Round 4

CBBQ 1One line summaries of which two books?Eg.

1a) 1b)

CBBQ 2Minimalist Book covers for which books?

2a) 2b)

CBBQ 3Identify these authors from their caricatures

3a) 3b)

CBBQ 4The ______ Express is an Indian Railways train running between Bangalore(SBC) and Kanyakumari. No part of the train's route currently is on an _____; the name was given because the predecessor of this train used to end its journey at the Cochin Harbour Terminus station in Willingdon, Cochin, until the mid-1970s.Name.

CBBQ 5The West Highland line is one of the most scenic train routes, that goes from the port Mallaig in Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland.Considering the round we are in, what two word train name should come to mind?

CBBQ 5

Bonus Follows

Bonus!Station/Short codes match

1. Kanyakumari - _ _ _ _2. _______ _____ - MGS

Bonus!CAPE

Mughal Sarai

CBBQ 1One line summaries of which two books?Eg.

1a) 1b)

CBBQ 11a) Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë 1b) Ulysses, by James Joyce

CBBQ 2Minimalist Book covers for which books?

2a) 2b)

CBBQ 22a) 1984, by George Orwell2b) How I Killed Pluto, by Mike Brown

CBBQ 3Identify these authors from their caricatures

3a) 3b)

CBBQ 33a) Harper Lee3b) Mary Shelley

CBBQ 4The ______ Express is an Indian Railways train running between Bangalore(SBC) and Kanyakumari. No part of the train's route currently is on an _____; the name was given because the predecessor of this train used to end its journey at the Cochin Harbour Terminus station in Willingdon, Cochin, until the mid-1970s.Name.

CBBQ 4Island Express

CBBQ 5The West Highland line is one of the most scenic train routes, that goes from the port Mallaig in Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland.Considering the round we are in, what two word train name should come to mind?

CBBQ 5

CBBQ 5Hogwarts Express

Round 5

No Clues

+1/-1/0

Hit, Stand or Bust

What is Archology?

a. Study of Archesb. Study of Government

Hit, Stand or Bust

Paper sizes. Arrange them from Large to Small?

a. B > C > Ab. A > B > Cc. C > B > A

Hit, Stand or Bust

Which of these Indian states is larger in area?

a. Uttarakhandb. Himachal Pradesh

Hit, Stand or Bust

Sachin (of Tendulkar fame) has scored both a Test century and a ODI century at six Indian grounds. Pick the ground that isn’t one of those six

a. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangaloreb. Sardar Patel Stadium, Moterac. IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara

Hit, Stand or Bust

Which of these is a open Image compression format – the other being for videos?

a. WebPb. WebM

Hit, Stand or Bust

What is Archology?

Hit, Stand or Bust

What is Archology?

Hit, Stand or Bust

a. B > C > Ab. A > B > Cc. C > B > A

Hit, Stand or Bust

a. B > C > Ab. A > B > Cc. C > B > A

The area of C series sheets is the geometric mean of the areas of the A and B series sheets of the same number.

Hit, Stand or Bust

a. Uttarakhandb. Himachal Pradesh

Hit, Stand or Bust

a. Uttarakhand (53,483 sq.km)b. Himachal Pradesh (55,673 sq.km)

Hit, Stand or Bust

The other four

a. Wankhedeb. Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground,

Nagpurc. Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhid. Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Hit, Stand or Bust

a. WebPb. WebM

Hit, Stand or Bust

a. WebPb. WebM

Hit, Stand or Bust

Bonus Follows

Bonus!We learnt that the area of C series sheets is the geometric

mean of the areas of the A and B series sheets of the same number.

What is the practical reason for this size order?

Bonus!The C series is usually used for envelopes. A

letter written on A4 paper fits inside a C4 envelope, and C4 paper fits inside a B4

envelope.

Round 6

No clues

FinaleQ1Nintendo used to sell its Super Nintendo Console(Super Famicon) at around $150, and the NES at around $220. However, the price for games always used to be around $50 (maximum of $70).According to their Press Secretary, what determined this particular price point?(How did they arrive at it)

FinaleQ2Shakahari

2a) Name this Chinese vegetable, part of the Mustard, turnip family. It’s a type of ‘Daikon’ – meaning Big Root.Two word name, one from the visual reference – and the other from the Daikon reference.2b) Which Character went through many a vegetable name choices, including Cauliflower – before settling on the name we know him by?

FinaleQ3Mansahari3a) Also known as the Boxer crab, what is Lybia edmondsoni popularly known as because of its visual appearance (Give me the object, not the folks who typically hold that object)http://www.nospoiler.com/y/p1kdOggb7b8

3b) What’s the Diaethria phlogeabutterfly popularly known as?

FinaleQ3

Finale!ANSWERSwww.facebook.com/groups/cluesday@vapourblr

FinaleQ1Nintendo used to sell its Super Nintendo Console(Super Famicon) at around $150, and the NES at around $220. However, the price for games always used to be around $50 (maximum of $70).According to their Press Secretary, what determined this particular price point?(How did they arrive at it)

FinaleQ11. The average allowance of a Japanese child.

FinaleQ2Shakahari

2a) Name this Chinese vegetable, part of the Mustard, turnip family. It’s a type of ‘Daikon’ – meaning Big Root.Two word name, one from the visual reference – and the other from the Daikon reference.2b) Which Character went through many a vegetable name choices, including Cauliflower – before settling on the name we know him by?

FinaleQ2

2a) – Watermelon Radish2b) – Mr. Bean

FinaleQ3Mansahari3a) Also known as the Boxer crab, what is Lybia edmondsoni popularly known as because of its visual appearance (Give me the object, not the folks who typically hold that object)http://www.nospoiler.com/y/p1kdOggb7b8

3b) What’s the Diaethria phlogeabutterfly popularly known as?

FinaleQ3

FinaleQ33a) Pom-pom Crab (also called Cheerleader Crab)3b) 89-98 butterfly

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