Antargyan 2020 finals

Slides of the final of the 2020 edition of ANTARGYAN ,the general quiz conducted every year by the quiz club of IIT Tirupati as part of its annual techno-cultural fest,Tirutsava
Quiz-masters: Sabari Sekhar R and Umaeshwer Shankar.

1. ANTARGYAN 2020
The Finals

2. Rules
❖No mobile phones
❖Doubts are to be clarified without any delay
❖Decisions taken by the quizmasters will be final in case of disputes
❖4 rounds
❖3 ways to answer; direct,bounce and pounce
For single answer questions;
❖Direct: +10/0
❖Bounce: +5/0
❖Pounce: +10/-5
❖For multiple answer questions,specific rules to be applied.

4. Round 1
●8 questions
●Clockwise round

5. The moth it depicts is real. The death’s-head hawkmoth is a real moth found
primarily in Europe, and it appears to have a human skull on its back.This skull on
the backside of the moth covering _____ ______‘s mouth is actually a photo of
naked women from 1951, “In Voluptas Mors.” It was conceived of by X and was
shot by Philippe Halsman."IN VOLUPTAS MORS", in English meaning
"Voluptuous Death", is a surrealistic portrait whose original idea was based around
“Voluptas” being a character in Greek mythology, daughter of Eros and Psyche,
and goddess of “sensual pleasure”) within the physical constitutive structure of the
symbol of vanitas itself(the human skull). The image presents a fusion of eros
(erotic or sexual love) and thanatos (death) in a single object (therefore, in
voluptas mors — quite literally one finds “death in the voluptuous”).Altogether what
is being talked about here?Also identify X.

7. The poster of Silence of the Lambs
X- Salvador Dali

8. THE BARK that held a prince went down,
The sweeping waves roll’d on;
And what was England’s glorious crown
To him that wept a son?
He lived—for life may long be borne

Ere sorrow break its chain;
Why comes not death for those who mourn?—
He never smiled again!

These are the starting verses of the poem “He never smiled again” by Felicia
Dorothea Hemans.Which historical event is she referring to in this poem?
Also give me what the consequence of this event was.

10. ●The White Ship disaster of AD 1120
●King Henry I was left with no legitimate heir/the start of the anarchy/The end
of the rule of the house of Normandy/House of Blois comes to power

11. The _______ was state-of-the-art for its time, and was the first one designed for
permanent use. It employed a heart-shaped pump that was implanted into the
patient. An external pneumatic compressor, connected to the pump by tubes
running through the chest wall, regulated blood flow.The major problem with these
devices – apart from the fact that the washing-machine–sized air compressor left
the patient virtually immobilized – was the threat of infection and associated
pulmonary problems. This had proven to be the Achilles' heel of every previous
__________ _____ used on both human and animal subjects. And so it would be
in Barney Clark's case.What is being talked about here?

13. Jarvik-7/Artificial heart

14. The first one was Charles Lindbergh followed by Walter Chrysler, Owen D Young,
Mahatma Gandhi,etc.,Other famous icons in this long list include Franklin D
Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F Kennedy, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and
also categories such as US scientists, Ebola fighters, Whistleblowers, Silence
breakers,etc.,What list is being talked about here?

16. Time Person of the Year.

17. X is an upcoming Indian biographical drama, directed by H.E. Amjad Khan and
written by Bhaswati Chakraborty. Popular Indian television child actress Reem
Shaikh makes her film debut, playing the lead role of Y. The film also features the
late Om Puri (in his final film).The first schedule of the film was filmed at locations
in Bhuj (Gujarat) and Mumbai. The 2nd schedule of the film which was to be shot
in Kashmir was deferred due to the strained circumstances there. As the
conditions got back to normal in Kashmir, the shoot resumed in January 2018
amidst tight security in Ganderbal district of Kashmir. The shooting wrapped up by
end of January 2018 and the film has been in post-production since then. The film
has gone through extensive VFX work to re-create Swat Valley landscape and war
scenes between the Taliban and Pakistani Army. Further, the film was also in the
news linked to the twitter war that sparked off after Y posted a tweet expressing
concerns over the lockdown in Kashmir. Identify X and Y.

19. X-Gul makai
Y-Malala Yousafzai

20. “The idea came up at the time when I was completely bereft of ideas. I’d been working on my own music for
a while and was quite lost, actually. And I really appreciated someone coming along and saying, Here’s a
specific problem — solve it.’
“The thing from the agency said, ‘We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da,
optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional,’ this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said ‘and
it must be 3.25 seconds long. I thought this was so funny and an amazing thought to actually try to make a
little piece of music. It’s like making a tiny little jewel.” These were the words of Brian Eno who is best
known for his pioneering work in ambient music and contributions to rock, pop, and electronica.
Eno soon became obsessed by this task, creating 84 different pieces of music.Ironically, Eno used a Mac
to create the piece, admitting to BBC Radio 4 in 2009 that “I’ve never used a PC in my life; I don’t like
them.” What piece is he talking about?

22. The Windows 95 startup chime
( https://youtu.be/miZHa7ZC6Z0 )

23. The production was centred around the Namibia’s second city, Swakopmund, at
the mouth of the Swakop River. Swakopmund stands at the southern end of the
dramatically named Skeleton Coast, the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean coast
of northern Namibia and southern Angola. Namibian bushmen once called the
region ‘The Land God Made in Anger’, while Portuguese sailors referred to it as
‘The Gates of Hell’. The Skeleton name is supposed to have been inspired by the
bleached bones of whales and seals, later becoming attached to the rusting hulks
of grounded ships.The director was determined to keep the rough, grimy
physicality of the original trilogy by keeping photographic trickery to the minimum,
though one wholly invented element is the towering ‘Citadel’. The extremely dry
environment (less than 10mm of rain falls on the Namib Desert every year) makes
the ecosystem extremely delicate.How is the place referred to in the above lines
better known to us ?

25. The shooting location of Mad Max: Fury Road

26. Y believed that it was a mission from God. For weeks, the 39-year-old had stalked
X across Washington, patiently waiting for a chance. Family members and
acquaintances had long suspected that Y was insane, but he had planned what he
was about to do with chilling precision. He had conducted target practice with an
ivory-handled .44 caliber pistol—specially purchased because Y thought it would
look nice in a museum one day—and had even tried to take a tour of the district
jail, which he assumed would be his new home after he was arrested. In his
pocket Y carried a letter addressed to the White House. It said that his mission
was going to unite the Republican Party and save the Republic. Y’s note ended by
quoting “Life is a fleeting dream, and it matters little when one goes.” Identify X
and Y.

28. X- James Garfield
Y- Charles Guiteau

29. Points plzzzzzz…...

30. Pop Break

31. Ding Ding Ding
Identify the origin of James
Halliday’s favourite quote from
Ready Player One.

32. Safety slide

33. Lex Luthor from Superman

34. Round 2
●Image based round
●Written round
●5 questions
●+10/0
●Bonus of +15 for getting all correct.

35. This is Jose Figueres Ferrer, the president of Costa Rica breaking a wall using a mallet on 1st
Dec,1948.What visionary decision was to be signified by this act, which did have a long term
effect on the country?

36. Connect.

37. HBD to me…..

Whose birthday does this doodle with not so explicit logos commemorate?

38. Connect.

39. Identify the company which came out with their own brand of nail polish in 2013,
called the “Social Butterfly Blue”.

40. Answers

41. This is Jose Figueres Ferrer, the president of Costa Rica breaking a wall using a mallet on 1st
Dec,1948.What visionary decision was to be signified by this act, which did have a long term
effect on the country?

43. Abolishing the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war that year.

44. Connect.

46. The nicknames of national sports teams of South
Africa
Springboks(Rugby) Proteas(Cricket) Bafana Bafana(Football)

47. HBD to me…..

Whose birthday does this doodle with not so explicit logos commemorate?

49. H G Wells

50. Connect.

52. Jackie Robinson

53. Identify the company which came out with their own brand of nail polish in 2013,
called the “Social Butterfly Blue”.

55. Facebook.

56. Points plzzzzzz……………..

57. Pop Break

58. Something shady here
Why is this vine by the American
actor and stand-up comedian of
particular importance?

59. Safety slide

60. Logic and Eminem’s Homicide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQkSArQ
xYJg

61. Round 3
●8 questions
●Anti-clockwise round

62. Stranger Things
Stree is a 2018 Hindi-language film
revolves around a witch who haunts the
town of Chanderi.The residents write “O
Stree kal aana” outside their homes to
protect themselves. This is based on a
urban legend which happened around
which place in India?
(Bigger image on the next slide)

65. Bengaluru

66. X was then an Assistant Manager of the Lyceum Theatre in the West End of
London when in 1882 he attempted to save a drowning person who tried to
suicide by jumping of a steamer into the Thames. In fact, X carried the body to 27
Cheyne Walk, where his brother tried to revive him, though his efforts failed to
bring the man to life. The Royal Humane Society met on 17th October 1882 and
awarded X a Bronze Medal to acknowledge his courage and commitment to the
society.X is best known as an Irish author who wrote the gothic novel Y, which was
published 15 years later in 1897. Y is considered to be a masterpiece in a
particular genre within literature and established many conventions of subsequent
interest in the genre.Identify X and Y.

68. X- Abraham Bram Stoker
Y- Dracula

69. It all started at a crab-apple fair in rural England way back in 1269. King Henry III
himself had given the fair a royal charter, so a lot of people felt compelled to eat
the crab-apples, which, being ridiculously bitter, made the eaters pull funny faces,
and for a bit of fun, they decided to make a contest out of it. Almost 800 years
later, the crab-apple fair is still an annual event, as is the gurning contest, although
nowadays it draws contestants from all over the world. The etymology of "gurn" is
a bit muddy, though the venerable OED guesses that its provenance might be
Scottish, and related to the word "grin." In Northern Ireland, on the other hand, the
word has a very different meaning -- "to cry."What is this gurning contest or the
World Gurning Championship as it is known today?

71. The contest for making the most ugliest face.

72. On 20 September 2006, X delivered a speech to the United Nations General
Assembly damning Y, with particular focus on foreign policy.The speech received
international praise due in part to the strong worldwide unpopularity of the policies
of the Y’s administration.Speaking one day after Y addressed the same session of
the General Assembly, X announced, "The devil came here yesterday, and it
smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of." At that
point, X made the sign of the cross, positioned his hands as if praying, and looked
briefly upwards as if invocation of God. He continued "Yesterday, ladies and
gentlemen, from this rostrum, the Z, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil,
came here, talking as if he owned the world." X also said that Y "...came [to the
General Assembly] to share his nostrums to try to preserve the current pattern of
domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world." Identify X and Y.

73. X- Hugo Chávez
Y- George W Bush

75. Kaboom!
One of Tycho Brahe’s biggest achievements was the observation of a new star
seen in November 1572 which he documented under the title De _________ et
nullis aevi memoria prius visa stella (“Concerning the star, new and never seen
before in the life or memory of anyone”). What class of celestial objects does this
new star fall under as per current classification?
Although credited as “Tycho’s _________”, the object was observed by multiple
other people with the French astrologers attributing the sudden, ominous
appearance of the star to violent suppressions from just a few months earlier.
What incident is being talked about?

77. Supernova, St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

78. TOW the Gin
This word till the 17th Century represented the belief that health was derived from
firmly stretched muscles, a concept that is borrowed from the ages old
Pythagorean “Harmony of music” concept and how it related to the balance of the
body. Since the 18th Century, the word has come to mean medicine, usually given
in the form of infusion, that is intended to restore or invigorate.
Which word are we referring to?

80. Tonic

81. Ready, Set,”FWEET!”
Emotet is a deadly botnet malware that targets users around the world with
malicious emails by prompting them to click on malware-ridden files or infected
attachments.
Hackers have brought Emotet back with a bang in 2019 using a spam campaign in
which, rather ironically, it disguises itself as a free copy of a release by an
ex-opponent of sorts. Which release, which was specifically published on
September 17th specifically to coincide with the US Constitution Day, are hackers
using to spread the malware?

83. Edward Snowden’s Permanent Record

84. Omae wa mou shindeiru
Talking about certain measures taken by the All-Blacks in order to avoid offending
the local populace, star halfback Aaron Smith said this.
“We have got an Onsen, like a spa, in every hotel and in Kashiwa that spa was a
public one and we had to wear skivvies or tights. And that’s OK. We are in their
country, you have to embrace their way, their culture. And most people with
_______ were happy to cover up.”
What association are the All-Blacks trying to avoid by this cover-up?

87. Tattoos are associated with the Yakuza in Japan

88. Points plzzz…….

89. Pop Break

90. Quite the father figure...
This is the voice of James Earl Jones, a famous
American voice artist. He has been a part of two
mammoth franchises in Hollywood, where he has
voiced the characters X and Y.
Who are they?

91. Safety slide

92. Darth Vader and Mufasa

93. Round 4
●Long connect round
●4 questions + 1 connect
●Written round
●+10/-5 for the four questions
●+40/0 for the connect

94. For the adventurous bunch
● X is a city nicknamed “Crossroads of America”, which is also the motto of the
state in which it is present.
●The city is home to the largest collection of monuments dedicated to veterans
and war casualties in the US outside of Washington DC.
●In addition to this, it also houses the third-oldest permanent automobile race
track in the world, behind Brooklands and Milwaukee Mile and has a vibrant
amateur sports culture.
Name this city.

95. Feel the splash
●X is the largest heart-shaped mark in the world among all the heart shaped
water bodies and islands on the Earth.
●In 2012, X was declared by the UN World Tourism Organization as “Heart of
the World” on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
●X is an artificial water body and is named after the person who built it.
Identify this place.

96. Better (I guess)
In the 19th Century, In a small town in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan lived
Seth Shobharam, grandson of Seth Bhudharmal, a local tradesman of modest
means. It was his son Seth Shiv Narayan, who first ventured outside the town. At
this time Ahmedabad was the railhead which serviced trade from a large region of
Northwest India. Goods (mainly cotton) would be bought from there by train to
Bombay and then exported to England and other countries. Shiv Narayan was one
of the early Indian traders in this cotton trade. Later, as Britain began to do trade
with China, Indian farmers began cultivating opium. Shiv Narayan and his son
made huge profits from this trade.
Thus began the legacy of which great family in India?

97. The Shining
“Once they are drilled, they are boiled for about four days to bleach them and rid
them of their dark colour. They are placed in glass bottles containing Hydrogen
peroxide, water and ether. Then they are kept under the sun for four or five days in
glass sun boxes with a mirror base. Finally they are washed and separated
through a series of different shapes and sizes.”
What is the end product of the process described above?

98. Answers

99. For the adventurous bunch
● X is a city nicknamed “Crossroads of America”, which is also the motto of the
state in which it is present.
●The city is home to the largest collection of monuments dedicated to veterans
and war casualties in the US outside of Washington DC.
●In addition to this, it also houses the third-oldest permanent automobile race
track in the world, behind Brooklands and Milwaukee Mile and has a vibrant
amateur sports culture.
Name this city.

101. Indianapolis

102. Feel the splash
●X is the largest heart-shaped mark in the world among all the heart shaped
water bodies and islands on the Earth.
●In 2012, X was declared by the UN World Tourism Organization as “Heart of
the World” on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
●X is an artificial water body and is named after the person who built it.
Identify this place.

104. Hussain Sagar Lake

105. Better (I guess)
In the 19th Century, In a small town in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan lived
Seth Shobharam, grandson of Seth Bhudharmal, a local tradesman of modest
means. It was his son Seth Shiv Narayan, who first ventured outside the town. At
this time Ahmedabad was the railhead which serviced trade from a large region of
Northwest India. Goods (mainly cotton) would be bought from there by train to
Bombay and then exported to England and other countries. Shiv Narayan was one
of the early Indian traders in this cotton trade. Later, as Britain began to do trade
with China, Indian farmers began cultivating opium. Shiv Narayan and his son
made huge profits from this trade.
Thus began the legacy of which great family in India?

107. The Birlas

108. The Shining
“Once they are drilled, they are boiled for about four days to bleach them and rid
them of their dark colour. They are placed in glass bottles containing Hydrogen
peroxide, water and ether. Then they are kept under the sun for four or five days in
glass sun boxes with a mirror base. Finally they are washed and separated
through a series of different shapes and sizes.”
What is the end product of the process described above?

110. Pearls

112. Presenting the only Indian UNESCO
Creative City for Gastronomy!