Lacarnum Inflamarae – The Flames Quiz Prelims

Rules:

• 25 question prelims

• +1 for each correct answer…. No negatives

• Some questions are starred to help us sort out ties.

• Teams of maximum three or less. Google should not be one of them.

• Top 8 teams to compete for the golden snitch in the finals.

• The quizmaster is the God of the arena. Period.

All The Best!!

1. This is a Google doodle as a tribute to who and for what?

2. Who and what is being parodied here?

3. Minimalist reference to what?

4.

• _________ Mela, held in several rural areas of Bengal, during the harvest season Several poets, musicians and painters flock to such mass gatherings, from across the state. Chou-dance and ‘Jatra’ are a common feature.

• A famous play written on ________ by Bijon Bhattacharya which depicts the sad incident of the great Bengal Famine of 1943, is a common feature of all these Melas.

• Fill in the blank.

**5.

If ‘Pineapple’ is so called in English, what is it called in host of other languages like: Hebrew, Greek, Finnish, Latin, French, German etc.

Go for your 1st guess!

6. Chartbusters by which newsmaker-rockstar?

• "Thank U for that""Network tere love ka""Chashma yaar ka""Insan""Love rabb se""Highway _____ ________"

• Give Funda and fill in the blanks.

6.

Identify the author of this book, who is a Product Manager at Black Duck - a VC funded start-up in Boston.

With over 73,000 followers on a social networking site, he’s a well-revered internet guru.

Who?

8. Whose delivery action has been used in this logo?

9. Fashion.

• It has been speculated that sailors who often went above and below deck might have needed to keep the eyes adjusted to the darkness below decks. The strong sunlight while above deck on an oceangoing vessel could require minutes of adaptation to the dim lighting below deck.

• With virtually no light sources below deck, sailors would have to rely heavily upon their eyes to adjust. In the critical moments of modifying the rigging, navigating, and especially during battle, those minutes were too precious. This is the reason behind a popular culture happening.

• What am I talking about ?

**10. This is one of the many parody versions of the original book, one of the biggest bestsellers of recent times.

Name this book or the book being parodied.

• ***11. The art world has recently seen the emergence of numerous fora that cater to someone called a “lacquerista”. They include cult album art, book covers and classic movie posters as popular influences.

What art form would you be indulging in if you were a lacquerista???

• 12. These tardigrades or "water bears," aremicroscopic eight-legged critters known to surviveextreme temperatures, tons of radiation, and nearlya decade without water on Earth. In Septemberscientists declared they had proven their mettle inone more extreme environment: outer space.

• The name chosen for the program was a take onone of the most famous items in pop culture.

• Which darling of pop-culture?

• 13. When Steven Spielberg dropped out of college in 1968, he was only a few credits short of a diploma. So in 2002, after winning3 Oscars,5 honorary doctorates, and2lifetime achievement awards, he returned to California State University, Long Beach, to complete a degree in film and electronic arts. He placed out of FEA 309, the advanced film-making class. He did this to show gratitude to his parents for giving him the opportunity for an education and a career. To demonstrate his proficiency, he submitted which Oscar winning movie?

***14.

• Golf

• Scoring of one under par is called a birdie.

• Two under par is called an eagle.

• What are the names given to three and four under pars respectively?

15.

• The verb X is listed by the Oxford English Dictionary as “arising in the 1870s which in Victorian slang came to mean 'to be deceived, especially in a manner which makes the victim look foolish'.”

• The word arose because of a sharp practice used in X exports between America and England. Xs were such a valuable commodity that unscrupulous exporters were wont to pull a fast one by mixing a helping of wooden replicas into the sacks being shipped to England.

• X gave rise to a term used in football. X?

16.

• The TIME cover representing an historic event in world politics. Name the event.

• Something portrayed in the movie Forrest Gump as well.

***17.

• How do we better know the duo of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter?

• 18. What is this called?

19.• What is the term used in the

world of anime/manga todescribe the concept of gianthumanoid robots usually pilotedby a human with neuralconnections to the interface ofthe robots?

• Examples shown in the pictureto the right.

20.

• Dick Greyson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Damien _____ , (Give me the funda behind this list.)

***21.

• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), _________, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), are the parts of a trilogy called “The Vengeance Trilogy”.

• Just give me the name of the second movie to complete the list, arguably the most famous of the three.

22.

• The native American and Canadian tribes had a tradition of planting a tomahawk on tree or a post whenever they went to war. Their ritual marking the end of a hostile situation or conflict also included doing something with the tomahawk, this act gave rise to a modern day idiom.

• The idiom please.

23. Cover of a book of collected poems by Philip Horky. Something has been blanked out. Which band, initially called Starfish, eventually took it’s current name from this book?

**24.

• X wrote a poem called "The Celebration of the ________" that first appeared on the sleeve of his band’s album "Waiting For The Sun." The poem contained the line: "I am the ________ _____, I can do anything." Fans thought X was referring to himself instead of another persona who X created as the fictional author. The nickname stuck, and, after a while, the band added music and the poem was performed several times live.

• Id X and the nickname. Each of the blanks are more or less the same.

**25.

• An X is most often made of cloth, often a light or heavy wool tweed. It is made of six (or eight) triangular panels with rounded sides which are sewn together. It’s main features are a pair of bills or visors worn in front and rear. Along with its visors it has a pair of unstiffened cloth flaps attached on either side. These are tied together by grosgrain ribbons or by laces.

• X is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting.

• Some of its variations include the Irish X, sportsman’s X, flat X, newsboy X..

• What is being described here?? Try and think of a popular culture reference…

ANSWERS!

1. This is a Google doodle as a tribute to who and for what?

Answer: Leon da silva: Inventor of Bicycle Kick

2. Who and what is being parodied here?

Answer: David Warner.Parody of Pulp-fiction, “Do you speak English” scene.

3. Minimalist reference to what?

Answer: “Aap purush hi nahi, Mahapurushhain” Scene from Andaaz Apna Apna.

4.

• _________ Mela, held in several rural areas of Bengal, during the harvest season Several poets, musicians and painters flock to such mass gatherings, from across the state. Chou-dance and ‘Jatra’ are a common feature.

• A famous play written on ________ by Bijon Bhattacharya which depicts the sad incident of the great Bengal Famine of 1943, is a common feature of all these Melas.

• Fill in the blank.

Answer: Nabanna (also the name of West Bengal State Secretariat.)

**5.

If ‘Pineapple’ is so called in English, what is it called in host of other languages like: Hebrew, Greek, Finnish, Latin, French, German etc.

Go for your 1st guess!

Answer: Anaras/Ananas (The same we call it in Hindi.)

6. Chartbusters by which newsmaker-rockstar?

• "Thank U for that""Network tere love ka""Chashma yaar ka""Insan""Love rabb se""Highway _____ ________"

• Give Funda and fill in the blanks.

Answer: Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh ‘Insane’(Anything but Insaan.)

6.

Identify the author of this book, who is a Product Manager at Black Duck - a VC funded start-up in Boston.

With over 73,000 followers on a social networking site, he’s a well-revered internet guru.

Who?

Answer: Balaji Vishwanathan.

Quora Top Writer for 3 consecutive years.

8. Whose delivery action has been used in this logo?

Answer:Debasis Mohanty.

9. Fashion.

• It has been speculated that sailors who often went above and below deck might have needed to keep the eyes adjusted to the darkness below decks. The strong sunlight blinded them for a while.

• With virtually no light sources below deck, sailors would have to rely heavily upon their eyes to adjust. In the critical moments of modifying the rigging, navigating, and especially during battle, those minutes were too precious. This is the reason behind a popular culture happening.

• What am I talking about ?

Answer: Eye Patch.

**10. This is one of the many parody versions of the original book, one of the biggest bestsellers of recent times.

Name this book or the book being parodied.

Answer: Fifty Shades of Pink/ Fifty shades of Grey.

• ***11. The art world has recently seen the emergence of numerous fora that cater to someone called a “lacquerista”. They include cult album art, book covers and classic movie posters as popular influences.

What art form would you be indulging in if you were a lacquerista???

Nail Art

• 12. These tardigrades or "water bears," aremicroscopic eight-legged critters known to surviveextreme temperatures, tons of radiation, and nearlya decade without water on Earth. In Septemberscientists declared they had proven their mettle inone more extreme environment: outer space.

• The name chosen for the program was a take onone of the most famous items in pop culture.

• Which darling of pop-culture?

TARDIS – Doctor Who’s time machine

• 13. When Steven Spielberg dropped out of college in 1968, he was only a few credits short of a diploma. So in 2002, after winning3 Oscars,5 honorary doctorates, and2lifetime achievement awards, he returned to California State University, Long Beach, to complete a degree in film and electronic arts. He placed out of FEA 309, the advanced film-making class. He did this to show gratitude to his parents for giving him the opportunity for an education and a career. To demonstrate his proficiency, he submitted which Oscar winning movie?

Schindler’s List

***14.

• Golf

• Scoring of one under par is called a birdie.

• Two under par is called an eagle.

• What are the names given to three and four under pars respectively?

Albatross & Condor

15.

• The verb X is listed by the Oxford English Dictionary as “arising in the 1870s which in Victorian slang came to mean 'to be deceived, especially in a manner which makes the victim look foolish'.”

• The word arose because of a sharp practice used in X exports between America and England. Xs were such a valuable commodity that unscrupulous exporters were wont to pull a fast one by mixing a helping of wooden replicas into the sacks being shipped to England.

• X gave rise to a term used in football. X?

X - Nutmeg

16.

• The TIME cover representing an historic event in world politics. Name the event.

• Something portrayed in the movie Forrest Gump as well.

Ping Pong Diplomacy

***17.

• How do we better know the duo of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter?

Daft Punk

• 18. What is this called?

Cosplay / Cosplayers

19.• What is the term used in the

world of anime/manga todescribe the concept of gianthumanoid robots usually pilotedby a human with neuralconnections to the interface ofthe robots?

• Examples shown in the pictureto the right.

Mecha

20.

• Dick Greyson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Damien _____ , (Give me the funda behind this list.)

They are the Robins in Batman comics (the list isn’t complete)

***21.

• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), _________, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), are the parts of a trilogy called “The Vengeance Trilogy”.

• Just give me the name of the second movie to complete the list, arguably the most famous of the three.

Old Boy

22.

• The native American and Canadian tribes had a tradition of planting a tomahawk on tree or a post whenever they went to war. Their ritual marking the end of a hostile situation or conflict also included doing something with the tomahawk, this act gave rise to a modern day idiom.

• The idiom please.

Bury the hatchette

23. Cover of a book of collected poems by Philip Horky. Something has been blanked out. Which band, initially called Starfish, eventually took it’s current name from this book?

**24.

• X wrote a poem called "The Celebration of the ________" that first appeared on the sleeve of his band’s album "Waiting For The Sun." The poem contained the line: "I am the ________ _____, I can do anything." Fans thought X was referring to himself instead of another persona who X created as the fictional author. The nickname stuck, and, after a while, the band added music and the poem was performed several times live.

• Id X and the nickname. Each of the blanks are more or less the same.

X – Jim Morrison (of The Doors)The nickname is “ The Lizard King”

**25.

• An X is most often made of cloth, often a light or heavy wool tweed. It is made of six (or eight) triangular panels with rounded sides which are sewn together. It’s main features are a pair of bills or visors worn in front and rear. Along with its visors it has a pair of unstiffened cloth flaps attached on either side. These are tied together by grosgrain ribbons or by laces.

• X is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting.

• Some of its variations include the Irish X, sportsman’s X, flat X, newsboy X..

• What is being described here?? Try and think of a popular culture reference…

Deerstalker