Farewell Quiz 2020

Farewell Quiz for Batch 2020 HBTI

1. LAST OF US A FAREWELL QUIZ

2. Quiz Masters Shambhavi Gupta Akhil Sachan

3. RULES Each question will be open for pounce. Part points will be distributed everywhere; as per the discretion of QM. All question slides have a different heading which can either be some obscure reference or a vague hint. Work them out at your own risk. Keep up with the spirit of quizzing and do not google out the answers. Keep your mics on mute while the question is being read. Think and you shall achieve. Anything can be a answer. Even “42”!

4. 1. ______ was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the first half of the 20th century. This included Virginia Woolf, Duncan Grant, John Meynard Keynes, Vanessa Bell etc. It was named after an area of the London borough around which these intellectuals, artists, writers kept flocking. X was an Indian writer with a significant readership among English readers at that time. He was a friend of Picasso and had met Y while working for the T S Eliot’s Criterion. Y eventually wrote the foreword to X’s most famous work that came out in 1935. Y himself was nominated several times for Literature Nobel. His most famous work being ___Z___ which derives its name from an 1870 Walt Whitman’s poem in Leaves of Grass. Give me the name of the group with which X and Y were closely associated with, if not a member of the group itself. Also, identify X, Y and Z MERA DESH MAHAAN!

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6. Bloomsbury Group Mulk Raj Anand E M Forester A Passage to India

7. WE ARE OF THE MYSTERIOUS EAST. NO PROOF, JUST FAITH. NO REASON, JUST FAITH. 2. X is a regularly published daily which is owned by Shobana Bhartiya and controlled by _____ group. The daily was inaugurated in 1924 by Y and played an important role in Indian freedom Struggle. Y’s son, Z was inducted into editor’s panel and later got appointed to the post of editor. Give X, Y, Z and the name of the controlling group.

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9. Hindustan Times Mahatma Gandhi Devadas Gandhi

10. BM ≈ RM 3. These ladies do not have a large list when it comes to their filmography but yet, they have been very much a visible part of the Hollywood Movie Industry from as early as 1924. How?

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12. Models for Columbia pictures logo

13. TEJASWI BHAIYA 4. There was a 21-year-old visually-impaired girl, Vaishnavi Kasthuri fought for transparency in the process for something. Its one of the best success stories of RTI in India. Even after RTI filing she was denied the info, with X calling it a 'trade secret'. Vaishnavi and her family fought it out and at last Central Information Commission directed that the information ought to be made public and rest is history. It was because of her that people now know this information about X and other organizations of this family. What is X and what information are we talking about?

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15. DOORDARSHAN 5. Identify the singer and give significance.

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17. Kesarbai Kerkar – Voyager’s Golden Record

18. JULES VERNE 6. Legend has it that the dish took its name from Queen ____________ of Savoy, Italy. In 1889, the Queen sampled three flavors of the dish created by master chef Raffaele Esposito. The Queen liked the version topped with tomatoes, basil, and __________, which was designed to resemble the Italian flag. What dish am I talking about?

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20. Margherita Pizza

21. BE THE CHANGE 7.

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23. S09 E07 8. When in the latter part of the 18 th century, X discovered Y, its behaviour when observed was different from what the calculations predicted. This became a puzzle before a French mathematician, Urbain Le Verrier wrote a paper of predictive calculation speculating the existence of Z that would explain the weird behaviour shown by Y. When years passed, Verrier’s calculation led to the quick discovery of Z because the scientist(s) knew where and what to look for. Give X, Y and Z.

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25. Uranus, Herschel, Neptune

26. ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND 9.

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28. Kismat Talkies is the name of a shelved project by Zoya Akhtar which was supposed to be her debut film as a director

29. COLLATERAL 10. Up until a few months ago, X was the "King of YouTube.“ He was one of the first YouTubers with a massive fan following. He now has to shed that title after clips of his old content have resurfaced, with shocking content featuring Rape Jokes, Paedophilia, bestiality and racism. He has lost millions of subscribers in the last few weeks. The landslide loss built up traction when he was publicly called out by Y and her family, for pretending to masturbate over a photo of her daughter Z, who was then underage. X was famous for his conspiracy, sketches and docuseries and had also made a splash in the beauty community when he collaborated with Jeffery Star. Id X, Y, Z.

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31. Shane Dawson Jada Pinkett Smith and Willow Smith

32. GONE WITH THE WIND 11. Kenny Gravallis , art director for the movie X says about its poster, “We showed him a lot of posters of movies that were based on that period and he said only one thing, ‘You’re not giving me ____ experience in ___.” Then I realised there was no poster like that. That took me to Emory Douglas. And that is how we got him into the scene and he helped us design the final poster”. Which movie is being talked about? Also name the director. (Some of Douglas works feature on the next slide)

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34. SPIKE LEE

35. SHAKTI SAGAR PRODUCTIONS 12. The device shown in the image was very much in use during early industrialisation period in many countries of South East Asia. These devices served a purpose to keep track of the performance of labour and also to ensure the optimum quality of X. These devices were mostly common in the production of X and in a way led the preparation of a pre capitalistic society to the upcoming overturn by industries. What is X and how did these devices serve their purpose?

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37. TEA LEAVES, TIMEKEEPING

38. NAZAR KA DHOKA! 13. Apparently still in denial after what some fans felt was an unsatisfactory conclusion to X season four, some audience members are trawling other Y shows in the hope that they might magically reveal more of X. It seems the obsessive X fans tuned into new Y drama Apple Tree Yard, which is filling the Sunday evening slot that used to be taken by the X, in the hope that it might be a secret episode. Seriously. They came up with entire conspiracies about how the new show Apple Tree Yard was a clever technique by showrunners to mislead the fans as they believed that the final season of X couldn’t possibly be that bad. And boy were they livid when it they found out it wasn't a tactic, X wasn’t coming back and that Apple Tree Yard was a real show. One fan tweeted: "Imagine: Apple Tree Yard stops in the middle of the episode, the screen turns black, the X theme starts playing and episode 4 begins.“

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40. Sherlock, BBC

41. RISHTE ME TOH HUM TUMHARE BAAP LAGTE HAIN! 14. [paraphrasing ]… I had sort of a challenge for myself to shoot the climax scene of X. I had decided the cast and actors were ready but nobody was producing it. I had only four days left to shoot the scene. Then, Amita Sehgal arranged some funds from her family. It was a sum of about 4 to 5 lacs. With that, we took the actors to ________ to shoot the scene. It was impossible to recreate such setting and I had to shoot it before it was too late. So, basically people saw the climax scene, I got the producers on board and finally X was made. Give X or give funda !

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43. HUM DEKHENGE! 15. Identify the character played by K K Menon. Bonus, if you can crack the name of this movie.

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45. TERA NAAM KYA HAI? 16. Since the ’96 logo featured a batsman, the logo designers decided on a bowler this time around. X was used as the official inspiration for the design. His tall and lanky frame coupled with a fast-paced bowling action caught the eye of ICC higher ups. The logo designers studied his bowling run up, graphically reconstructing the end of his ball throwing action with the help of stylish and disparate brush strokes. The multi colored brushstrokes represented the diversity of the world cup, with 12 teams from all across the globe participating . The logo design was universally applauded for its simple yet highly stylized approach to the game of cricket . Id X.

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47. DEBASHISH MOHANTY

48. MY BOY! 17. X has been one of the most organised Crime syndicates of all time the members of this organisations often describing themselves as “Men of Honor ” these people are known to have given the word Y which came from their pact named Z but today Y is used to refer to most organised crime syndicates in the world . Essentially these people are the remnants of the erstwhile feudal systems in the region and hence they command a huge network sometimes even considered better than the national intelligence agency of the nation . Identify the organisation and also give me Z.

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50. Sicilian Mafia Pax Mafiosa

51. BHEJA SHOR KARTA HAI! 18. Who is the director of this Manoj Pahwa Starrer film that inspires a hugely popular sequence in a highly acclaimed Bollywood production? Also identify this Bollywood film. (Warning: Use earphones or turn down the volume. Foul language.)

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53. PANKAJ ADVANI, GANGS OF WASSEYPUR

54. 3 IDIOTS 19. Apco Worldwide is an American lobby group and PR firm which has, among other 'achievements', run an image-improvement campaign for the US financial industry at the height of its troubles in the early 2010s; helped keep Kazakhstan dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev in power; and handled crises as diverse as Merck & Co's scandal involving Vioxx , the arthritis drug that killed thousands before it was withdrawn, and Ford Motor's troubles with Firestone tires on its Explorer vehicles.  Its first venture into India in 2007 was for a person who has since used them to great effect, in helping to promote and rebrand a showpiece investor meeting.  What name did they come up for the biennial event?

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56. YEAH, A MEMORY'S NEVER FINISHED, IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT 20. In the history of science,  _________  was the first published articulation of  scientific determinism, by  X  in 1814.  According to determinism, if someone knows the precise location and momentum of every atom in the universe, their past and future values for any given time are entailed; they can be calculated from the laws of classical mechanics . X was Napolean’s examiner when he was studying at Ecole Militaire . X was regarded as one of the most important scientists of all time and was author of the five – volume Celestial Mechanics. FITB and Id X.

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58. BRING BEFORE ME WHAT IS MINE! 21. Connect and guess the missing last piece.

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60. THE SEVEN SEAS OF HINDU MYTHOLOGY, Seventh sea – Sugar Cane Juice ( Iksu )

61. BIRAHA SAUDAI BANKE SHEHNAI 22. Ladies in pictured slide are, respectively, Hon. Joan Barbara Yarde -Buller, the eldest daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston ; Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth; and Kendra Spears, an American fashion model. They have all been married, at different points of time, to different persons holding a certain hereditary title.  The current holder of the title – the fourth to do so – is Shah Karim Al Hussaini , a French-British business magnate, racehorse owner and breeder. Spears, now known as Salwa , is married to Karim's son and heir apparent Rahim.  What title?

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63. Aga Khan

64. 33 23. Edgar Allan Poe’s “Murders at the Rue Morgue” is the first modern ________ story. It’s practically a prototype for X. The most interesting part though, is that Poe seemed aware that he was creating a new genre, as the first few pages are basically an outline describing how to write a proper ________ story and how to showcase logical thought. Poe absolutely saw literature like X coming, because he dedicates a whole section to stressing how important it is to study and understand logic and puzzle solving before you write _________ stories. He states that if you don’t portray logic properly or understand how to explain it, it will come off as supernatural or nonsensical. FITB and X.

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66. Kai Po Che ! 24. The   X 's code , was a written law code created by  X  near the end of the 7th century BC in response to the unjust interpretation and modification of oral law  by Athenian aristocrats .   Around 621 BC the people of Athens commissioned X to devise a written law code and constitution, giving him the title of the first legislator of Athens . The literate could read the code at a central location accessible to anyone. This enactment of a rule of law was an early manifestation of Athenian democracy . X introduced the concepts of intentional and unintentional  homicide. There may have been only one penalty, execution, for all convicted violators of the X constitution  and the laws were said to be written in blood instead of ink. ID X.

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68. YAADON KI BARAAT 25. When X went bankrupt, inventory of his household goods mentioned his collection of Mughal miniatures. He had recreated several of the Mughal Paintings and also painted a number of Biblical themed paintings inspired by the new for of art he had discovered. Images of paintings follow(in 4 subsequent slides). Id X.

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70. R embrandt

71. NINTH PLANET 26. Yoshikage Kira is the main antagonist of the 4th part of the anime and manga Jojo’s bizarre adventures by Hirohiko Araki. The manga is known for using pop culture references as influences for major character designs and psychic abilities. Kira derives much of his design from X, including poses and identical clothes. His psychic power takes the form of a cat, inspired by the fact that X was also an avid cat lover. Coincidentally, the finale of the season, which featured Kira's death, aired during the same time X died, 2016. ID X.

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73. FUCK BIN LADEN! 27. New Jersey blues rocker named Bruno Radolini was an alter ego of X and was credited for the album, “The return of Bruno Radolini ”. An HBO documentary made in support of the album starred Phil Collins, Ringo Starr, Michael J. Fox, and stated that Radolini was responsible for everything from getting The Beatles together to inspiring a young Bon Jovi. Bruno’s song “Respect Yourself” even made it to number 5 on the US Billboard charts in 1987. However, he deemphasized this aspect of his career just one year later, after being cast in Christmas movie that drastically changed his image in the media. Identify X.

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75. “LET’S GO!” 28. X, also called  ______  ("twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. X is commonly known as "Doubting _____" because he doubted Jesus' resurrection when first told of it. Later , he confessed his faith, "My Lord and my God," on seeing Jesus' crucifixion wounds . X is believed to have travelled outside the Roman Empire to preach the Gospel. According to tradition, Thomas reached  Muziris   in AD 52.  He is often regarded as the patron saint of Y. X came into conflict with the ____ priests, who killed him for insulting their deity – or simply for converting many of their followers . Id X and Y.  

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77. Apostle St Thomas India

78. WHAT CAN YOU DO? 29. X famously purchased the plot right next to Y . Alt hough the two never met , "I feel a double connection to her because she was the launching key to the beginning of ________, and this was her first commercial success ," he said. When X died in 2017, he was buried in the plot he'd bought for $75,000 in 1992. After her death, Y was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. DiMaggio originally owned the crypt above hers, but sold it when they divorced. The buyer was Richard Poncher , a fan who requested that he be flipped over when he was buried so he could lay face down on top of Y for eternity. Charming. Though his wife obliged the request, she changed her mind in 2009 and put the plot up for sale on eBay. It brought in a whopping $4.6 million, but the buyer later backed out.

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80. ADHJAL GAGRI 30. Carbon magnums were first trialled at the Monaco. However, a multi-year deal for the brand to be named as the official X of Y has only just been formalised. The deal was completed under the ownership of Liberty Media, and its $3000 magnums will be used at every event from now on. The unique feature of X is that its casing is made with carbon which is also the material representative of the amazing technology which is used in Y.

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82. WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY? 31. X was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the  Apache  tribe.   Inspired by the film X  (1939), U.S. Army paratroopers testing the practice of parachuting from planes began a tradition of shouting, “X!", to show they have no fear of jumping out of an airplane. In 2011, X was supposed to be a name for something to which a lot of American Indians expressed their concerns leading to the renaming, now after a mythological weapon. Give X.

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84. GERONIMO!

85. BREATHLESS 32. This movie was in news in 2019 due to a very specific characteristic. Watch the following clip and try to figure out what is extraordinary about this Russian film.

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87. LONGEST CONTINUOUS TAKE. 96 MINUTES

88. COME AS YOU ARE! 33. While most of the statues depict him in a sitting meditative pose, a certain town of India, X has a temple where you find this. Id X and put funda !

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90. Kushinagar , Buddha in parinirvana

91. MISSION KASHMIR 34. X is a 2008 Israeli  animated  war documentary drama film written, produced and directed by Ari Folman . It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories of his experience as a soldier in the 1982 Y War . X  became the first animated film to have received a nomination for an Academy Award and the second for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Also the first R-rated animated film to be considered for these honours. (Clip in the next slide) Id X and Y.

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93. Waltz with Bashir Lebanon War of 1982

94. CHAI, CHEENI, DOODH HAI…! 35. Those in support of X were known as  Ghotis  while those in support of Y club were called  Bangals . The tension was equivalent to that of an India – Pakistan match. Ghotis were fond of chingri (prawn)n while Bangals were obsessed with Ilish ( Hilsa ), specially the ones from Padma river. Over the years, the differences have narrowed down with a lot of Bangal – Ghoti marriages The off-springs of those marriages are known as  Batis . Id the clubs X and Y who cause a spike in fish prices due to their match results. Also, tell the two word name with which X vs Y matches are referred to. This term contains a word that refers to a certain kind of race.

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