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KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 40
25th March 2017
SET BY
SAMANWAY BANERJEE
THANKS TO THE GUINEA PIGS
PRITHWISH DATTA DEBANJAN BOSE
THE DEAL4 written rounds of 3 questions each
2 Infinite Bounce and Pounce rounds of 15 questions each
WRITTEN ROUNDs consisting of 3 questionsAlliterations
Mythbreakers
Q-poems
Swansong
WRITTEN ROUND 103 questions on MYTHS and MYTHBREAKERS+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5Put an to let others know that you have staked
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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THANKS TO THE GUINEA PIGS
PRITHWISH DATTA DEBANJAN BOSE
THE DEAL4 written rounds of 3 questions each
2 Infinite Bounce and Pounce rounds of 15 questions each
WRITTEN ROUNDs consisting of 3 questionsAlliterations
Mythbreakers
Q-poems
Swansong
WRITTEN ROUND 103 questions on MYTHS and MYTHBREAKERS+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5Put an to let others know that you have staked
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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THE DEAL4 written rounds of 3 questions each
2 Infinite Bounce and Pounce rounds of 15 questions each
WRITTEN ROUNDs consisting of 3 questionsAlliterations
Mythbreakers
Q-poems
Swansong
WRITTEN ROUND 103 questions on MYTHS and MYTHBREAKERS+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5Put an to let others know that you have staked
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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WRITTEN ROUNDs consisting of 3 questionsAlliterations
Mythbreakers
Q-poems
Swansong
WRITTEN ROUND 103 questions on MYTHS and MYTHBREAKERS+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5Put an to let others know that you have staked
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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WRITTEN ROUND 103 questions on MYTHS and MYTHBREAKERS+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5Put an to let others know that you have staked
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 What does he say next
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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1 Apt name for whose biography
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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2One of the greatest myth figures ever he didnrsquot return from his visit to the
New World (America) with Englandrsquos first potatoes and tobacco Though he is said to have introduced potatoes in 1586 they were first grown in Italy in 1585 and quickly spread throughout Europe (even across the English Channel) Also though people all over Europe blame him for their cigarette addictions Jean Nicot (for whom nicotine is named) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 Tobacco spread to England from France not the New World
Who is this person
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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Walter Raleigh
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 What does he say next
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT PRINT THE LEGEND
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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INFINITE BOUNCE 1015 questions
+10 for each correct answer
2 strike rule applicable for this round only
No negative on pounce
AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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AUDIENCE QBefore LK Advani could harness the grapes of rath it was X who
transformed his vintage Chevrolet van normally used for outdoor into what was called `Chaitanya Ratham
Who was this flamboyant politician
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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NT RAMA RAO
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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1American squadrons or other similar fighting groups in the World Wars had
typical fierce death-defying titles
In 1930 a Howard Hughes film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation and it is believed that the World War II groups who used a particular two-word name based it on the film
The Flying Tigers in Burma and China had fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron had that name
Arvid Olsen who happened to serve in the above mentioned squadron suggested the name for an entity which was started on March 17 1948 by the Bishop family in Fontana California
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1 A
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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2ldquoThe Curse of Minervardquo was one of the satirical poems of X written in Athens
in March 1807 during his first visit to Greece The poem was printed in England for private circulation only but it was pirated and read extensively in the United States and crossed the Atlantic back to England X refused to authorize any publication because he probably wanted to go back and live in England The poem consists of 312 lines and is a severe attack against somebody for a certain decision
In a memorandum published in 1810 the concerned person defended his action by stating that the deed was done to save those entities from the Turks
Who was X Why was the poem written
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A
LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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LORD BYRONbull Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of ELGIN took the MARBLES and
transported them to Britain
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3Some people believe that this is the result of some kind of offering others
tend to believe that it is the tough environment that resulted in this practice In 1971 the German biologist Hubert Hendrichs carried out a 3-month study and suggested that the saline water is responsible for this which cause irritation No one since has proved or disproved his idea
Which strange (or different rather) behavior was Hendrichs studying (5)
Why was his study interrupted before he could test his hypothesis (5)
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A
Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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Why do TIGERS in Sunderbans so frequently hunt humans
bull Halted by the Bangladesh Liberation War
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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4On the next slides are visuals of certain places in the United States
What connects them
A
Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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Place Moundsville Use Haunted house attraction as
well as a wedding venue
Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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Liberty Boston Hotel
Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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Volunteers working at Grace Marketplace a nonprofit campus for the homeless where social service workers
are helping residents find a way out
ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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ALL ARE FORMER PRISONS
5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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5On the next slide is one of the designs submitted by an artist to the
Dutch Central Bank for new banknotes in 1953 Later his proposals were not taken
Who is the artist (7)
Who features on it (3)
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A
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
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CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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MC ESCHER ANTON VON LEEUWENHOEK
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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6In a 2009 essay lsquoCounterfactual Investingrsquo Cabot Research noted that
ldquoEmotional responses to outcomes often are influenced by what might have beenrdquo and counterfactual thinking often ends in regret An often-cited example is missing a flight by [five] minutes or by 45 minutes People who just barely miss their flight tend to kick themselves more than those who missed it by a mile The closer you were to making the flight the easier it is to construct an alternative outcome or counterfactual that triggers regret
In the 1995 study lsquoWhen Less Is More Counterfactual Thinking and Satisfaction among _______ _______rsquo the researchers explained their findings with varying degrees of satisfaction among some people in the world of sports
What were they explaining (which might appear psychological)
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A
For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
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Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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For the silver medallist the obvious counterfactual alternative is capturing the gold To the bronze medallist it is finishing without a medal In other words the silver medallists think about how close they came to winning gold whereas the bronze medallists think about how close they came to not medalling (phew)
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
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6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
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8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
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WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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7In 1936 the year of Ashok Kumarrsquos acting debut Niranjan Pal and Himanshu
Rai had a major falling out Pal had written some articles for a magazine named Filmland which were scathing in their criticism of the use of foreign technicians in Indian films Some of them specifically cited the example of Franz Osten Rai was furious and forbade Pal from expressing such controversial opinions in print Niranjan Pal walked out of Bombay Talkies never to look back again Pal was replaced by X Within two years of his joining three films were released by Bombay Talkies Nirmala Vachan and Durga
Who replaced Niranjan Pal in Bombay Talkies who would continue giving inputs in movies till 1952
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A
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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8 Which group of people X
Besides developing idlis sambar and coconut chutney for a particular group of people the person in the picture also spent a year and a half developing Xs suitable to the same purpose
After having them freeze-dried and then vacuum-packed the syrup was dried to make a powder that can be dissolved in water Xs are apt because ldquothey have a beautiful texture that does not disintegrate easilyrdquo
Well culinary innovations from him arenrsquot unexpected given his father and uncle ran an Udupi restaurant in Mysore
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A
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
DR K RADHAKRISHNAN of ISRO made Rosogollas for astronauts
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WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 203 questions on alliterative answers+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
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WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
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ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
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1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
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A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
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1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
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2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
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2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
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This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
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A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
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1ID this gentleman whose moment under the sun came on 23rd Aug
1921 at San Francisco
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GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
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The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
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25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
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A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOBOR GOHO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
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A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
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2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2The Raincoats is a two-part episode of Seinfeld which was first shown on
NBC on April 28 1994 In the Part 2 of the said episode Jerry and Rachel go to see a Best Picture winner but cannot help making out since they have not been alone in such a long time Newman also in the cinema spots them and is visibly angered
In an interview Jerry Seinfeld commented that references to that movie were included after learning a particular fact about the director of the concerned movie
So after getting to know which interesting fact did Jerry include the references
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
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3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
This is what Elaine has to sayhellip
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
When he was filming Schindlers List in 1993 Spielberg admitted he often got depressed His solution was to watch Seinfeld to laugh and cheer up
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3What nickname for the supporters of the national team arose
when the team sported such a jersey contrary to the one we know during the early 1980s
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
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A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Beige Brigade
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
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4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
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A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
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5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
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A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
919121 people flocked to Madison Square Garden on March 31 1985 The
event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television making it the largest showing of an event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time
Several celebrities most notably Muhammad Ali Liberace (with the The Rockettes) and Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin all appeared during the main event
Which event be this
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A
WRESTLEMANIA I
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10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
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A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
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14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
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A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
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15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
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WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
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AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
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YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
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3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
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SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
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A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
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2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
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A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
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7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRESTLEMANIA I
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
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FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10 One of Indiarsquos most distinguished diplomats C Dasgupta has been an Ambassador to China and the
European Union One of his booksWar and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 is largely based on documents that
have now been declassifiedldquoIn 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen invaded Kashmir Britain decided to adopt a pro-Pakistan tilt mdash not because of any merit in the case but strictly in pursuit of British global interests in the belief that this was essential for her Middle Eastern policy Unfortunately for India the British minister in charge of executing this policy X had few scruples in exceeding his instructionsrdquo X decided to take a totally anti-India stand in the UN instead of leaning in its favour as instructed by his government and deliberately misrepresented Indiarsquos position to his own government
The book also gives a vivid account of how X misled his government on the US position too Dasgupta says ldquoIn 1947-48 Washington accepted the fact that Kashmir legally belonged to India by virtue of the Maharajarsquos accession In February 1948 the Americans informed X that they were disturbed by the implications of the resolution that he wanted to move in the UN which would have allowed Pakistan to deploy its troops in Kashmirrdquo
Who was X whose name is quite familiar courtesy an old-chestnut
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
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11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
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12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
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1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
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13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PHILIP NOEL BAKERbull The old chestnut being the only person ever to win an Olympic medal
as well as a Nobel Prize
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11Working for Exxon Production Research and then Landmark Graphics a
company he co-founded Andy Hildebrand developed software for processing data from reflection seismology a method of estimating properties of Earthrsquos subsurface using reflected seismic waves His innovations were great for finding oil and they reportedly made him a lot of money
Hildebrand thought a fluke comment made by a distributorrsquos wife over and realized that the type of processing he used in the oil industry could be used in another field as well
Time Magazine called his invention one of the 50 worst inventions while others have compared it to body modifications and plastic surgery
What in todayrsquos world was conceptualized by him
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUTO-TUNE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of
government in Australian history During the 19th century it was widely referred to as the Great Rebellion
The then Governor of New South Wales was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston working closely with John Macarthur on 26 January 1808 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded the first European settlement in Australia
Who was this Governor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WILLIAM BLIGH
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1A similar monument stands close by the one who was the saintrsquos greatest
disciple Legend has it that he did not live long after the saint and wished to be buried beside his beloved master The poetrsquos devotion to the Sufi has been enshrined in a traditionmdashdevotees first offer prayers at his tomb and then cross the courtyard to offer haazri at his masterrsquos tomb
ID the 2 persons in question
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13
A
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AMIR KHUSRAU amp NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
bull In the vicinity are Jahanararsquos as well as Muhammad Shah Rangeelarsquos tombs
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14From the day we learnt how to use an Atlas in our school we have seen that
the north side is up while the southern section is downwards For those who donrsquot just take it for granted the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top
However some of the very earliest maps in a particular country show the south as up because it equated something of geographical significance to that of the force of gravity
Which country and on basis of what did they make such a representation
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
EGYPT The northward flow of RIVER NILE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15 Put pun dahellipRight after Operation Polo the Nizam of Hyderabad was not ready to meet
Sardar Patel after the treatment meted out to him but some say he was advised as prudent some say he was coerced to receive him It is said that when Patel saw the Nizam waiting he commented lsquoSo ___ ________ ________ is therersquo a subtle pun referencing his title
Researching on it further I came to know that the same 3 word term was used on Bhupinder Singh the Maharaja of Patiala by John Gunther in his ldquoInside Asiardquo to refer to his prodigious harem and the fact that a considerable part of his activity was the acquisition of young ladies to freshen it
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
HIS EXHAUSTED HIGHNESS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 303 questions in the form of poems (or a pathetic attempt at one)
+5 for each correct answer
Stake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE QIn a video thatrsquos not so hazy
She says these people are driving her crazyThen she utters those five words immortalTouted by the netizens as savage and brutal
She gradually takes over all InternetWith no further words of regret
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
YEH BIK GAYI HAI GORMINT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1The industrial sector starting from the north-east
To the Great Lakes and MidwestStarted to shrink and fade away
Economic decline and urban decay were to be dealt (with)So people called these places the ____ ____
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
RUST BELT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2Rainier III as the ruling prince
The land did not see a longer monarch sinceHer wifersquos fatal accident then
And he gracefully refused to marry againThis place went on to become a hit
After it promised a tax benefit
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
MONACO
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3On the floor behind her
Among other things is a foot warmerLight brightens up the round shoulders and thick waist
Her linen cap and blue apron thus look bestThe earthenware container adds to her profile
As she goes about her daily task with a faint smile
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The MILKMAID by VERMEER
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
INFINITE BOUNCE 2015 questions+10 for each correct answer2 strike rule applies
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1John Fairfax lived an exciting life filled with danger and adventure from living in
the jungle to being the apprentice to a pirate to life as a smuggler
None of those is the main reason why Fairfax is remembered today though Close to 5 decades ago Fairfax set off on his own from the Canary Islands in a boat 6 months later he arrived in Florida becoming the first person to row across an ocean solo
Fairfax became the talk of the town but only for a day His bad timing didnrsquot allow him to bask in the adulation of the media
Why was his moment under the sun ephemeral
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
The date was July 19 1969On July 20 1969 all of humanity was watching as the Apollo 11
astronauts became the first humans to walk on the Moon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2On the occasion of World Leprosy Day on 31st January the All Nippon News
Network asked somebody in response to an urban legend that has been circulating and the person replied in the affirmative
He said ldquoI thought I had to depict people who are ill with whatrsquos clearly called an incurable disease but who are living as best they canhelliprdquo He further added that for the same he visited a sanatorium in Tokyo
The original Japanese version doesnrsquot use the word ldquoleprosyrdquo and instead uses the Japanese word ldquogyobyordquo (incurable disease)
Who is the concerned person What is the urban legend (3+7)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
HAYAO MIYAZAKIbull A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted
the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansenrsquos Disease)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 What happened right after this photograph was taken
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Robert Capa stepped on a mine and died
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
4Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer and shooter who competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and placed third in the sabre event
However he is more well-known to sports aficionados because of a James Naismith-esque activity he did in 1898 What
Though later banned an alternative technique of what was named after him which was described in the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in the United States in 1911 and was used for comedic effect even in Tom and Jerry
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Developing an early set of rules for HANDBALL
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
CPR
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
5Ira Hayes Franklin Sousley John Bradley Harlon Block Michael Strank and
Rene Gagnon were part of Easy Company who orchestrated the entire act
Three of the menmdashStrank Sousley and Blockmdashdied soon after the act Strank the eldest of the men was the first to die killed by friendly fire The three survivorsmdashGagnon Hayes and Bradleymdashhandled the attention they received from their participation in different ways some better than others Hayes became an alcoholic and died 10 years after the end of the war and Bradley shied away from the publicity and bought a funeral parlor Gagnon allegedly capitalized on the fame but quickly faded into obscurity dying from a heart attack in 1979 while working as a janitor
Which lsquoactrsquo be this
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
6Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an honest tagline
ldquoDefending your rights in the digital worldrdquo One of its frequently sold products include a small thing whose popularity increased manifold after Mark Zuckerberg used something similar and uploaded his pic (next slide)
FBIrsquos director James Comey too went on record suggesting its use
What am I talking about
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WEBCAM STICKERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
7Late in his life at the age of 77 upon being impressed with a meeting with
Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba in England Thomas was instrumental in helping to arrange for Meher Baba to come to the United States for his first visit there in 1931 Later though he became disenchanted with Baba
In his early life he was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston and then hired by a professor at Boston University
He later became a fairly successful traveling Shakespearean actor for time and then set up his own machine shop
How do we come to know of his surname through the deeds of the aforementioned professor
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
8Born and raised in rural Indiana a childhood love of art and comics led the
garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to study illustration and creative writing in New York before spending several months sign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s There he created his first website to share photographs hed taken on his Sony Digital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends
He oversees in-house 10 artists and works with four engineers and two producers who coordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world as well as making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible
He and his team is behind which almost everyday lsquophenomenonrsquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
GOOGLE DOODLES
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FOR AUDIENCE This doodle celebrates the
Republic Day of which country
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
ITALY
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
WRITTEN ROUND 403 questions on swansongs+5 for each correct answerStake for +5-5
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
1Whether or not Riding With Death
is Xrsquos final painting is still up for debate The work certainly has a morbid quality about it that evokes a sense of an ending and the artist painted it shortly before his own death from a heroin overdose
Which member of the 28-club
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
2 This is the last song sung by someone (X) The last verse is sung by another guy (Y) associated with the same entity
The reason Y sings the last verse is because X completed 23 of the song before deciding he was too tired and hed come back to finish the
song later
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
FREDDIE MERCURY BRIAN MAYMay explained in the Days of our Lives documentary that Freddie would say give me words I will sing so there I was writing on scraps of paper these lines of Mother Love I would give him a line he would sing it then sing it again then sing it again - so we only had three takes of everything After hed finished the second verse he said Oh I dont feel too well Im going to go home and well finish it tomorrow and he never did That was the last time I saw Freddie in the studioThe final verse was written and sung by Brian May a couple of years after Mercury died in November 1991
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Alfred Hitchcock BATES Avenue
This is from FAMILY PLOT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE Qbull The background score of Family Plot was done by whom
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
John Williamsbull His only collaboration with Hitch
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
9This species of primates that finds its place in the IUCN Red list of
endangered species gets its name due to the similarity of one of its body features with that of another lsquoroyalrsquo mammal
Its most distinguishing physical characteristics also bears similarity to the male member of the said mammalian species which also gives it its German name Bartaffe
ID the species also known as the wanderoo Also what is the similarity
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
3 Still from a directorrsquos last movie Whatever is blanked out is a reference to an earlier movie one of the most famous ones made by the director Which director and Which 5 letter word fills the blank
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Alfred Hitchcock BATES Avenue
This is from FAMILY PLOT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE Qbull The background score of Family Plot was done by whom
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
John Williamsbull His only collaboration with Hitch
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
9This species of primates that finds its place in the IUCN Red list of
endangered species gets its name due to the similarity of one of its body features with that of another lsquoroyalrsquo mammal
Its most distinguishing physical characteristics also bears similarity to the male member of the said mammalian species which also gives it its German name Bartaffe
ID the species also known as the wanderoo Also what is the similarity
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
Alfred Hitchcock BATES Avenue
This is from FAMILY PLOT
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
AUDIENCE Qbull The background score of Family Plot was done by whom
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
John Williamsbull His only collaboration with Hitch
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
9This species of primates that finds its place in the IUCN Red list of
endangered species gets its name due to the similarity of one of its body features with that of another lsquoroyalrsquo mammal
Its most distinguishing physical characteristics also bears similarity to the male member of the said mammalian species which also gives it its German name Bartaffe
ID the species also known as the wanderoo Also what is the similarity
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
AUDIENCE Qbull The background score of Family Plot was done by whom
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
John Williamsbull His only collaboration with Hitch
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
9This species of primates that finds its place in the IUCN Red list of
endangered species gets its name due to the similarity of one of its body features with that of another lsquoroyalrsquo mammal
Its most distinguishing physical characteristics also bears similarity to the male member of the said mammalian species which also gives it its German name Bartaffe
ID the species also known as the wanderoo Also what is the similarity
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
John Williamsbull His only collaboration with Hitch
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SCORES PLEASE
9This species of primates that finds its place in the IUCN Red list of
endangered species gets its name due to the similarity of one of its body features with that of another lsquoroyalrsquo mammal
Its most distinguishing physical characteristics also bears similarity to the male member of the said mammalian species which also gives it its German name Bartaffe
ID the species also known as the wanderoo Also what is the similarity
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
SCORES PLEASE
9This species of primates that finds its place in the IUCN Red list of
endangered species gets its name due to the similarity of one of its body features with that of another lsquoroyalrsquo mammal
Its most distinguishing physical characteristics also bears similarity to the male member of the said mammalian species which also gives it its German name Bartaffe
ID the species also known as the wanderoo Also what is the similarity
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
9This species of primates that finds its place in the IUCN Red list of
endangered species gets its name due to the similarity of one of its body features with that of another lsquoroyalrsquo mammal
Its most distinguishing physical characteristics also bears similarity to the male member of the said mammalian species which also gives it its German name Bartaffe
ID the species also known as the wanderoo Also what is the similarity
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
Lion-tailed macaquePhysical feature is the mane just like a lionBartaffe means beard-apehellip
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
10In 1987 workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the
world The frame was finished two years latermdasha little behind schedule the structure was supposed to open in 1989 Then in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union work stopped completely
The 105-story 1083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the capitals skyline
Frequently referred to as the Hotel of Doom what is it the largest kind of
Also id the capital city as referred to
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
Largest abandoned building Pyongyang
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
Cast in India is a 26 min docu directed by Natasha Raheja a PhD candidate of Anthropology at New York University
The docu opens with a shot of New York Cityrsquos iconic ______ ______ and then travels to one of the several foundries in Howrah in West Bengal where they are produced The production process is depicted from the start to the finish and although the film was shot over many days it has been edited to look like it takes place over a working day
So majority of what in NYC is actually manufactured in Howrah
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
11 A
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
A QUIZ BY SAMANWAY BANERJEE
SEWER COVERS OR MANHOLE COVERS
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
12Rachel Beer while she was the Editor of The Observer bought the Sunday
Times in 1893 For a short period she edited both papers ndash quite unthinkable today
She began contributing articles to The Observer which the Beer family then owned after marrying Frederick In 1891 she took over as editor becoming the first female editor of a national newspaper in the process Two years later she purchased the Sunday Times and became the editor of that newspaper as well Though not a brilliant editor she was known for her occasional flair and business-like decisions
Born into what was one of the wealthiest families of the 19th century who was her father
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
SASSOON DAVID SASSOON son of David Sassoon
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
13In this fast-paced world this two word term (often hyphenated) is heard so
often that people often forget that in a phrase which according to etymologists referred to hanging up animals for slaughter who would then in their death throes kick a beam
Back in 1999 the screenwriter Justin Zackham was thinking about that phrase when he began jotting down something which got shortened and gave rise to a 2007 film
The filmrsquos release brought the phrase into common parlance and as a testament to how natural and idiomatic it sounds many people assume the term must have long predated the movie
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
bull Justin began composing a checklist that he called ldquoJustinrsquos list of things to do before he kicks the bucketrdquo bull After finishing the list he thought of a
more succinct title for it ldquoJustinrsquos bucket listrdquo
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
14The Croatia-Serbia border dispute first arose in 1947 but was left unresolved
during the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia It became a contentious issue after the breakup of Yugoslavia Particular prominence was given to the dispute at the time of Croatias accession to the European Union As of September 2014 the dispute remains unresolved and the line of control mostly corresponds to Serbias claim
Despite having a proper border demarcated in the first place what made these 2 countries claim new territories (and lose some)
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
THE DANUBE RIVER WAS THE BORDER
The river changed its courseCroatia claims the old course while Serbia claims the new one
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
15When Dharam Bir Sharma one of the partners of this eatery was asked he
said ldquoHe was very close to my father Chamanlal Sharma ever since he first dropped by for tea some 25-30 years ago After that hersquod drop by every day when he stayed here for a chat with my father One day he said a portion of the wall should be cleanedrdquo
ldquoAround 30 years ago X saab wanted to have some nice tea and he just couldnrsquot find the kind he liked So I took him to hellip which was more popular among taxi-drivers back thenrdquo reminisced chauffeur Bhola Singh
Which eatery Also why was the wall cleaned which made a huge difference to the footfall
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
A
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
AZAD HIND DHABA MF HUSSAIN
25TH MARCH 2017 CMC | KAUSHIK BANERJEE MEMORIAL QUIZ 2017 | SAMANWAY BANERJEE
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
That was in 1996 The wall was cleaned and a black-and-white sketch done by the master in two hours That was the turning point for the dhaba that grew from a small roadside address to a 40-seater eatery
The next masterstroke came in 1999 when Husain returned to colour the sketch and modify parts of the painting He changed ldquothe horse to an elephantrdquo and rubbed out a line from a song he had scribbled to replace it with the words Gaja Gamini
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
SCORES PLEASE
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7
FOR BOUQUETS amp BRICKBATSbull samanway96gmailcombull +917998012802bullhttpswwwfacebookcomsamanwaybanerjee7