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Solstice 2014 - QuizTeams of two or three members

Top five teams from the prelims make it through to the final

Points are carried over from prelims to the final

Will follow Infinite Bounce unless otherwise indicated

For sake of simplicity, each question is worth 10 points

Part points at my discretion

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Best of luck and have a fun quizRound 1 Sports

1. Connect and provide the fundaFirst flood-lit cricket game played between Arsenal and Middlesex. Denis Compton who played football for Arsenal turned up for Middlesex along with his brother Leslie 2. X was a tennis linesman who was struck inadvertently by an erratic serve from player Y during a U.S Open match in 1983. X fell backwards from his chair and injured his head on the hard court. He was unconscious when he was brought to the hospital and died few days later. His family sued the U.S.T.A and were awarded a huge sum as compensation. ID X and Y. Umpire Dick Wertheim & player Stefan Edberg3. For a long time, the England cricket team was always captained by amateurs. X was the last professional to captain England before Len Hutton (Since then they have always been led by professionals). W.G Grace famously remarked Give me __ when asked who he wanted in his team. ___ here is the first name of X. Xs last name (also the name of an English town) is also uniquely associated with a famous biscuit made in India. X, the first to 1000 Test runs, shot himself. Who is X? Arthur ShrewsburyXs affair with a much younger waitress started well after his playing days. The waitress made several statements including how X had moved into her flat and ended up breaking the bed during sex. The allegations nearly ended Xs marriage. However, he was able to restore his family relations. His autobiography was titled Dont tell Kath. ID X. Xs win-loss performance in all Grand Slam singles tournaments was 90.12% (21023). She was 95.31% (613) at the Australian Open, 90.38% (475) at the French Open, 85.10% (519) at Wimbledon, and 89.47% (516) at the US Open. Her Grand Slam haul included 11 Australian Open titles (the most at a single major). Who is X? 5. In all, this has happened six times in international cricket (five times in ODIs and once in Tests). Mohinder Amarnath is the Indian on the list. Four are Pakistani batsmen. The one other instance came in a Test match. What are we talking about and who was the player involved (blanked out)?

Len Hutton Obstructing the field6. Give me the connect. Comprehensive one. No part points for a superficial connect.

Denis Bergkamp non flying DutchmanKLM freq flyer Flying Dutchman7. X, one of crickets greatest players, was a loner and maintained very few friends during his playing career. He hardly seemed to praise any player or achievement and was regarded moody, arrogant and snobbish. He was quite obsessed with his individual performances and hated comparisons with other top players. He was however quite infamous for his womanising ways. A contemporary cricketer even quoted that the two ruling passions for X were his cricket bat and his genitals. He had unhappy marriages and was involved in multiple affairs & relationships during his career. However, his cricketing record remains one of the finest ever. ID X. Wally Hammond8. From the commentary clip ID the bowler and the batsman. This hat-trick (if it had happened) would have meant the bowler would have been part of an elite group of bowlers with two Test hat-tricks.

Damien Fleming bowler & Javagal Srinath batsman 9. This legendary basketball game saw it all. A thrilling finish, a one-point win and the end of a winning streak for a champion team. However, the end was marred by controversy as the losing team suddenly discovered that a few crucial seconds that had actually elapsed had been added to the clock and this enabled the eventual winners to take a one-point lead. The runners-up refused to come up and receive their medals. Political reasons also meant that the defeat was not really taken in the right spirit. Which game are we talking about and why was this such a big deal? (teams, venue and the political situation) USA and USSR 1972 Munich Olympics during the height of the Cold War10. The player in the picture below made the U.S open final in 1977. However, it was the year before where she made the headlines. After being denied an opportunity to play for certain reasons, she contested the decision in the Supreme Court. She ultimately went on to win the case, a landmark case in U.S history and went on to play in the tournament. Who is the player and what is this episode being referred to?

Renee Richards born a man. Underwent sex change surgery. Case for trans-sexual rights. Round 2 War zone 1. X had a very crucial role to play for the Allies during WW2. However, he was an extremely difficult person to work with. For starters, he was openly gay which made him a security risk. He came up with brilliant ideas but had no social life and could never relate to anyone properly. To help X in his role, Y came up with a scheme which was quite a fascinating one (stuff of action movies). The scheme however never quite worked but Y was to use these kinds of ideas in his career after the war in a totally different field. Who are X and Y and what is this mission? X- Alan Turing Y- Ian Fleming Operation Ruthless to try and retrieve Enigma code books2. During the WW2, Germany wanted to place a number of spies and intelligence agents in the Soviet Union. With their trademark precision and meticulous planning, the Germans forged many Soviet passports and sent in a number of spies. However, to their shock, within a few days, all the spies were captured. The U.S tried similar tactics during the Cold War phase but to no avail as their spies were captured too? What was happening? Why were the captures happening despite the best laid plans? Soviets used normal staples which rusted while the Germans and Americans used stainless steel staples which did not rust3. X wrote a number of brilliant thrillers, predominantly military based ones. One of those books revolves around the hunt for Y, who was the commander of a ghetto during WW2. Y was known as the butcher of Riga. The film (based on the book) brought about the real-life exposure of Y, who fled after an initial arrest in South America and later died in Paraguay. ID X, Y and the name of the book (movie). Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa file, Eduard Roschmann4. This was considered to be one of WW2s greatest war crimes. Thousands of American and Filipino POWs were transferred after a particular battle to Camp ODonnell, the destination war camp. Many of them were abused and killed on the way while several others died due to starvation. A few hundred survivors of this journey were rescued in an incredible operation carried out by Americans and Filipino guerillas. This mission was documented in an award-winning book that topped the best-seller charts. ID the name given to the journey and the name of the book. Operation Bataan march and Ghost Soldiers5. X ascended the throne of his kingdom after the death of his uncle and brought about a number of radical changes including abolishment of child marriage, making primary education compulsory etc. He was opposed to the views of the countrys major party Y for a long time. Under attack by mercenaries, X was forced to sign an accession agreement by leaders of Y which acceded the whole of his kingdom to country Z (ruled by Y), which sent troops to defend Xs kingdom from the mercenaries. This agreement triggered a major war in the subsequent days. ID X and Y. Hari Singh and Congress 6. X, one of the worlds greatest scientists, was profoundly influenced by Vedanta and the Gita especially. He even recited a few lines from the Gita at Franklin Roosevelts funeral. In(famously), he in known to have uttered the line Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds from the Gita after a seminal moment in history. Who is X and what moment are we referring to?Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan project to develop the atomic bomb7. One of the worlds most famous industrialists, X was known for his anti-Semitic views. He also espoused eugenics the idea that only good genes should be allowed to carry forward. Y, a multi-faceted scientist, coined the term eugenics and published dozens of papers and books on heredity and inheritance. The hugely controversial idea of eugenics spread in many countries including the U.S and in Germany where the Nazis used it against the Jews. In the U.S, X supported the movement by subscribing to the outlook that eugenics was simply the application of big business methods in human reproduction. ID X and Y. Henry Ford and Galton8. During the Normandy (D-Day) landings, the Allies had given code names to each of the five beaches. Four of these were Utah, Omaha, Gold and Sword. The other (also a name of a recent Oscar-winning movie), was one where the Allies suffered great losses in the beginning but managed to take control soon after. Also, in the context of the D-Day, the Allies had a nickname Rupert for something that gave their invasion a major boost. What was the fifth beach and what did they nickname Rupert? Beach Juno, dummy paratroopers were called Rupert9. X was used during WW1 and a lot during WW2 as a weapon which crippled submarines by subjecting them to a powerful hydraulic shock. X could be deployed by ships, aircraft or helicopters. The Allies (especially the British) effectively used X and destroyed many German U-Boats. However, the use of X required very highly co-ordination among Sonar, crew and movement of other ships. What is X? Depth charge10. X was knighted for his services to history. He is considered an expert on the Nazis and Hitler in particular. He served as an adviser for multiple BBC documentaries including War of the Century. Perhaps his most famous work was the two-part biography of Hitler titled Hubris and Nemesis. It was famously said that nobody dared to write another biography of Hitler after Xs work. Who is X? Ian KershawRound 3 Closer in time 1. X was more famously known by his pseudonym which meant Brother Number one. There have been alternative explanations given for this pseudonym too. X and his party were against capitalist practices such as trade and business. Instead, they sought to make agriculture the dominant practice in the country. An attempt to take the country back to its glorious past resulted in a massive genocide that eliminated much of the intelligentsia. ID X and his real name. Pol Pot Saloth Sar2. In approximately 100 days of bloody fighting, nearly 20% of the countrys population was killed and 70% of the minority community had been eliminated. The genocide had a lasting and profound impact on the country and its neighbors. Also, the pervasive use of war rape caused a spike in HIV infection. The country commemorates this genocide with two public holidays. An international criminal tribunal was created in the aftermath of the tragedy to fast-track prosecution of people involved in war crimes. Which country is this and who were the warring parties? Rwanda Hutus and Tutsis3. X had a brilliant military and political career. He led his country to a decisive win in perhaps the most famous war it was involved in. He also served as the countrys ambassador to the U.S in the years after the war and strengthened the relations with the U.S. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for numerous peacekeeping accords and efforts. However, he was assassinated by a radical who was opposed to the peace process. ID X and the war being referred to. Yitzhak Rabin and the 6-day Arab-Israel war

4. Connect the three images and put funda. Movie Kissa Kursi Ka was a spoof on Sanjay Gandhi & Maruti deal. VC Shukla was the I&B minister who had the movie banned during that phase. The negatives and prints were burnt in the factory. 5. X is a long poem (mix of facts and legend) that narrates nearly 1000 years of history of a particular country. One of the protagonists of this poem is known to have fought and killed off a large army of invaders. After losing sleep over the killings, he is informed by monks and holy men that the invaders were heretical and equivalent to animals and killing thousands amounted to only killing one and half men. Thus the king was comforted and never worried about such killings. This incident has found a near parallel in recent decades as the majority community has resorted to violence to safeguard the religion and believes that the leader of the country is an incarnation of the poems protagonist. The poem in effect offered proof of an antique enmity between the two communities. ID the poem, country, king and the leader. Mahavamsa, Dutugemunu, M Rajapakse, Sri Lanka6. A former finance minister of his state, X had two tenures as acting chief minister too 18 years apart. In his first tenure, he succeeded Y, with whom he had joined hands to form a rival party (breaking away from the main party). X and Y had moved to form their own party after disputes with the founder of the original party despite the main ideology staying the same. 18 years later, X filled in after Z died while in office. Z had been the chief minister for two terms already. ID X, Y and Z. Nedunchezhiyan, Annadurai and MGR7. In one of Xs most famous movies, his countrymen are oppressed by the rulers (another country). This is exactly as it happened in history. Around 30 years after, innumerable atrocities (mass murder and rape) were committed. Despite a general silence regarding these massacres, this movie tried to restore pride among Xs countrymen by showcasing Xs exploits that crushed all the villains and defied the terrible rules in place. In the movie, X smashes a board that has a rule stating that the park will not allow dogs and Xs countrymen. Despite this board-smashing scene being only a creation of the film, Xs countrymen have almost gone on to believe that such a board might very well have existed in the days of occupation. ID X, the movie and the atrocity being referred to. Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee and the Rape of Nanking8. This institute was started in Deolali near Bombay, then moved to Quetta in Pakistan and then finally to a place in South India. Famous alumni include Sam Mankshaw, K.S Brar, ex Fiji and Nigerian heads of state, head of the German special forces. It is affiliated to the Madras University and awards an M.Sc degree. Which institute are we talking about and where is it located? Wellington Defence Services College 9. A former bureau chief of the BBC in New Delhi, X covered almost all major political events in India through the late 1960s till the early 1990s. He was barred from entering India during the Emergency period when there was a ban on the press. Perhaps the most famous book of his revolves around the Indira Gandhi years leading up to Operation Bluestar and the anti-Sikh riots. He was knighted in 2002 and received the Padma Bhushan in 2005. Who is X? Mark Tully 10. X is a documentary film released in 2006. The movie tells the story of numerous attempts made by the CIA to kill Y. Multiple methods including exploding cigars, femme fatales, poison syringes etc. were used. The CIA also trained many exiles to continue further attempts on Y. Z, who was in charge of Ys security, ended up saving Y on many occasions. ID X, Y and Z. 638 ways to kill Castro, Fidel Castro and Fabian EscalanteRound 4 Books & movies 1. Roderick Thorp came up with a novel titled The Detective in 1966 where the protagonists name was Joe Leland. A movie based on the book starred Frank Sinatra and was a massive box office success. 13 years later, Thorp wrote a sequel to the book titled X. However, Sinatra did not star in the sequel and instead Y starred in what was to become one of the greatest blockbusters. Thorp indicated that the inspiration for the sequel came after he watched The towering inferno. ID X, the movie based on the sequel, and Y. Nothing lasts forever, Die Hard and Bruce Willis2. The movie (image below) was produced by Daryl Zanuck. He paid a massive amount to X, who wrote many great war-based books including one that this movie was based on. The movie starred John Wayne, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda and Richard Burton among an ensemble of stars. Xs other famous book (later a movie starring Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins) got its title from a famous comment made by an Allied commander to Field Marshal Montgomery. ID the two books and author X.

The Longest Day, A bridge too far, Cornelius Ryan3. X was a sociologist and anthropologist who completed her doctoral studies in Germany. She penned a number of works one of the most famous being a critical study of the main characters of the Mahabharata. In this work, she goes on to suggest that the Mahabharata is a more realistic and accurate portrayal of life in those times and dissects each character thoroughly while drawing an analogy with modern-day personalities and traits. ID X and the work being referred to. Iravati Karve & Yuganta4. X, one of the worlds most famous zoologists, also published a number of works on human sociobiology. Perhaps his most famous work (Y), translated into 23 languages, was published in 1967. In this work, X compares humans to animals and evaluates various behavior patterns in light of this comparison. A massive football fan, X also published Z, a psychological, sociological and anthropological analysis of the world of professional football. ID X, Y and Z Desmond Morris, The Naked Ape & The Soccer tribe 5. This author (image below) is one of the authorities on the colonial history of India and the Far East. He has (among many works) written two major books on India : India a history and India discovered. ID him.

John Keay6. This protagonist X has many enemies including a fellow college-mate who tries to unsuccessfully seduce him, an evil twin brother, a half-brother. But perhaps his biggest enemy is an organization that gets its name because of the number of headquarters they have around the world. Over the years, X manages to destroy their HQs one by one. His friends and assistants include one he met on his travels to Africa (Y), and his martial-arts trained chef (Z). ID the three. Mandrake, Lothar and Hojo7. X is an award-winning film that takes a look at how top pharmaceutical giants collaborated to prevent low-cost AIDS drugs from being shipped to Africa. The movie also showcases the battle against these organizations and how the battle ultimately was won. The movie set a record for the longest theatrical run for a non-fiction feature film (5 weeks) in Mumbai. ID the name of the movie. Fire in the blood8. X perhaps suffered from what is known as erotomania a belief that someone from a higher status (or famous person) is in love with him. His obsession with Y after watching her in a movie Z led him to do something outrageous to gain her attention. Following this act though, he was arrested but let off with a lighter sentence. Public outcry led to the laws being reformed. ID X, Y and the incident. What exactly prompted the lighter sentence and the subsequent reforms? * part points possible. John Hinckley was obsessed with Jodie Foster after watching her in Taxi Driver. He shot and injured Ronald Reagan to gain her attention. The insanity appeal was accepted and this created a huge hue and cry and change in laws9. Connect A (man on the right in the top image) and B (the man in the bottom left image) with Gregory House. Clue It is something to do with their research and works.

V Ramachandran mirror technique for phantom limbs and Oliver Sachs multiple cases mentioned in his books including one where an old woman comes in with an extremely high libido owing to re-occurrence of syphilis. These are both featured in House episodes10. X is an action movie based on a television series by the same name. The movie was No.1 on the charts for six weeks and was a major financial success. It spawned a less-successful sequel too. A real train was used to film a smash-hit train crash scene and filming this cost over $1 million. The whole scene was incredibly done in a single take. ID the movie and the lead star. The Fugitive Harrison FordRound 5 Scientifically speaking 1. One of the foremost proponents of the theory of evolution, X is also an extremely vocal critic of creationism and intelligent design. He focuses on the study of evolutionary biology/genetics by studying the fruit fly. X also has authored a book called Why evolution is true and maintains a website by the same name. Also, as an outspoken proponent of atheism, X has cited often that religion and science are incompatible. Who is X? Jerry Coyne Why evolution is true2. X suffered from Severe combined Immunodeficiency, which meant that he could be infected from the slightest exposure to the environment. He was kept in a sterilized bubble and came to be known as the bubble boy (also featured in a Seinfeld episode). Bone marrow transplantation, the available technique at that time, failed in this case because the donors blood was infected with a virus. Years later, when Y was diagnosed with the same disorder, the doctors came up with a radical alternative treatment (Z) where the patients infected white blood cells were isolated, altered by inserting healthy genes using a virus and then transplanted back into the body. ID X, Y and Z (generic name for Z is enough) David Vetter, Ashanti Silva & gene therapy3. X is a protein on the surface of the white blood cells that HIV uses to bind to before entering the body. A mutation of X, however, seems to block the entry of HIV. It has a higher rate of prevalence in European populations. Scientists have hypothesized that the mutation rates may be higher because such a mutation might have guarded against a different disease in the past (like plague) or came about because of higher incidences of prostitution in ancient Greece. The mutation rate is higher by almost 13.7% among Y (a community), who have a fairly large list of genetic diseases associated with them. ID X and Y. CCR-5 and Ashkenazi Jews4. X (image below) is known for his study of extraterrestrial life and for his popular science books. He also narrated and co-wrote an award-winning TV series that turned out to be the most widely watched series on American public TV. He became associated with the usage of a phrase Y in his works though he never really believed he did so. ID X and Y.

Carl Sagan Cosmos: A personal voyage5. After beginning to work with the government on a major project, X had a disagreement because he felt that the methods being used were too slow and expensive. He quit and started working on the same privately. Xs company Y wanted to patent the technique but were dealt a killer blow when President Clinton announced that these techniques could not be patented. Ys stocks plummeted and the sector as a whole lost $50 billion in two days. Finally, both the government and the private sector (led by Y) completed the project in parallel. Towards the end of the project, however, X was fired by Y. ID X, Y and the project being discussed. Craig Venter, Celera and the human genome project6. X was one among many scientists actively involved in a research undertaking. Xs results, although not accurate, provided Y and Z the opportunity to build further and win the Nobel Prize. X, himself a Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, was interrogated a few years later by the F.B.I after giving speeches which had fairly accurate numbers of the constituents of nuclear bombs. When questioned regarding how he managed to get the numbers, X replied that he calculated the information from publicly available papers. Following his wifes comment that he was not convincing when he spoke about the nature of war and the need for peace, X changed his approach completely and shifted focus to international relations and peace eventually winning a Nobel Prize for peace. ID X, Y and Z and the initial research undertaking mentioned. Linus Pauling, James Watson and Francis Crick. The DNA structure7. Researchers at Oxford and Cambridge indicated in a study that both X and Y might have perhaps suffered from Z (a form of autism). People suffering from Z are often regarded as being eccentric. They sometimes lack social skills, are obsessed with complex topics and can have problems communicating.

According to the researchers, X showed signs of the disorder from a young age. As a child, he was a loner and often repeated sentences obsessively until he was seven years old. He was also a notoriously confusing lecturer. The researchers believe that Y also displayed classic signs of the condition. He hardly spoke, was so engrossed in his work that he often forgot to eat and was lukewarm or bad-tempered with the few friends he had. If no one turned up to his lectures he gave them anyway talking to an empty room.

ID the two people and the name of the disorder being referred to Einstein and Newton Aspergers syndrome8. Some of Americas finest research during WW2 was led by X. He was however, denied a tenure at Harvard and could never obtain a green card. Born in the then Madras Presidency, X discovered the source of energy in the cell and also developed the first chemotherapy treatment for cancer in collaboration with Y. Y is regarded the father of modern chemotherapy and has a world famous cancer treatment center (at Harvard) named after him. A science writer, writing about X, said "You've probably never heard of X. Yet because he lived you may be alive and are well today. Because he lived you may live longer." ID X and Y. Y Subbarow, Sidney Farber9. One of Xs most famous works is Many lives, many masters. In the book, he goes on to discuss reincarnation, past-life regression and survival of the human soul after death. His primary research has also revolved around these topics. X believes that many problems of patients are rooted in past lives and acknowledgment of the same by patients can lead to curative effects. He is a regular speaker on these topics (including on Oprah) and has authored many books on reincarnation. Who is X? Brian Weiss10. X is perhaps best known for exhibiting the property Y. However, X is not the only element that exhibits Y. Silicon, Sulphur, and Boron are also capable of exhibiting the property of Y. However, the stability is not quite as strong in case of other elements as in case of X. What are X and Y? Catenation Round 6 Pick your sport AudioTop knocksDerbiesControversiesNumbers gameManagersCommentatorsAthleticsAffairsTennis recordsnull14576.259null39575.438