2. Rules and Regulations
• The quiz comprises 18 questions.
• Teams may answer any question on the quiz by either Aaho-Aaho-ing it,
answering as a direct question, or answering when the question is passed to
them.
• Aaho-Aaho scoring: +20/-10
• Direct scoring: +20/0
• Pass scoring: +10/0
• The quizmaster’s decision on any dispute or ambiguity is final and binding.
• Ties, if any, shall be settled basis scores in the preliminary round.
3. Question 1
Thomas Bangalter and Homem Christo first met at school in 1987, and after
recording a few demo records they decided to form a guitar-based band called
Darlin’ with Laurent Brancowitz. While Bangalter and Christo played guitar and
bass, Brancowitz was brought on as an additional guitarist. An early negative
review of their work in the Melody Maker dismissed the music as “a bunch of X
Y.” As the band Darlin’ disbanded, Bangalter and Christo began experimenting
with drum machines and synthesisers, and began producing under the name X
Y.
Give X and Y.
6. Question 2
On 31st October, 1984, India took on Pakistan in the second ODI of the series at Sialkot.
It was the great Sunil Gavaskar's last tour of Pakistan, however, he missed this match
due to injury. Tempers had already flared on the tour, after Gavaskar had accused
umpires of being impartial to Pakistan in the Test series. The ODIs in this series were 40
overs each - India chose to bat first and scored 210-3, with Dilip Vengsarkar scoring 94*.
However, at the innings break, the match was called off. The crowd were told to go
home, that they wouldn't get to watch the home team bat, and they would also not get
a refund. Yet, the 25,000-strong crowd surprisingly, gave a rousing reception to the
news - to raucous clapping.
Why was the match called off early?
9. Question 3
"On a typical dark, wet Glasgow night, a bus driver coming off shift came in and
ordered a _________. He sent it back to the waiter saying it's dry. At the time,
dad had an ulcer and was enjoying a plate of tomato soup. So he said why not
put some tomato soup into the __________ with some spices. They sent it back
to the table and the bus driver absolutely loved it. He and his friends came back
again and again and we put it on the menu.“
The origins of which popular dish are being talked about here, on which a
play on words has become exceedingly popular in the sporting fraternity over
the last year?
11. Answer 3
Blank – Chicken Curry
Dish – Chicken Tikka Masala
Pun – Chicken Tikka Mo Salah
12. Question 4
On the following slide is a video of an iconic scene from the anime
Dragon Ball Z, whose English version has been viewed over 13 million
times on YouTube. The scene is iconic due to a phrase said by Vegeta,
which became popularized through several memes and jokes. We all
know the English version of the phrase, but the original Japanese
version was somewhat different. What is the original Japanese version,
and why did it have to be changed for the English version?
15. Answer 4
“It’s over 8000!”
The mouth movements, however, didn’t sync with
English pronunciation of 8000, and it was thus changed
to “9000” in the English dub
16. Question 5
X is a landlocked country located in Eastern Africa, known as the "land of
thousand hills". Presided over by Paul Kagame since 2000, it is also known
for its fauna - with 1/3 of the world's Mountain Gorilla population, as well as
1/3 of Africa's bird species. With one of the lowest crime rates in Africa, X is
flourishing as a tourist destination - tourism is its fastest growing foreign
exchange earner. This was evidenced also evidenced by a 20% increase in
travellers from the UK in particular, over the last 12 months. Of late, X have
been in the news for a controversial £30m investment in an industry you
wouldn't normally associate themselves with. Give X and the investment.
18. Answer 5
X – Rwanda
Investment – Visit Rwanda
sleeve sponsors of Arsenal
19. Question 6
In 1985, ______ Wars in Space commenced. X and Y, two rival brands, pledged to send
their products into space - to see how they would fare. X was first, spending roughly
$250,000 to make alterations to their product to make it conducive for no-gravity
conditions. After much deliberation, NASA agreed to put the product on the space
shuttle, Challenger. Soon after Y came to know of this, they started making similar
alterations to their product. Y were rumoured to have spent a whopping $14 million on
R&D to make their product conducive to space conditions. Even the White House got
wind of the war - it was said that Jimmy Carter preferred X, while Ronald Reagan was a
Y man. NASA's challenger was launched in 1985 with both X and Y's products, with the
day shift trying X, and the night shift of astronauts trying Y. The results were horrific -
none of the astronauts liked the space versions of either X or Y. FITB/Give X and Y.
22. Question 7
X is a hairstyle, usually worn by people with naturally curly or straight hair,
by combing the hair away from the scalp. It was first observed in Circassian
women in Northwestern Caucasus, who were marketed to the White as the
"exotic east". It became popular in the United States during the American
Civil War, and later again found relevance during the Civil Rights Movement
in the 20th century as a political symbol of black pride, and was a key
feature of the "Black is beautiful" movement.
Give X.
25. Question 8
Merle Robbins was a former barber and card enthusiast in Milford, in Reading,
Ohio. In 1971, while playing a game called Crazy Eights, he ran into an argument
over his son over the rules. To make peace, Robbins ended up inventing
something, out of his family table. He decided to go commercial with it, saving
up $8,000 and creating 5,000 copies, selling them out of his barber shop. He
later sold the rights to a funeral store owner in Joliet, Illinois, who took Robbins’
creation to a global level. Robbins unfortunately passed away in 1984, but his
legacy lives on - it is now produced in 80 countries and has sold 151 million
copies worldwide - and many of us will have been a part of it, too. What was
Robbins’ creation?
28. Question 9
Known for provocative guerilla performances in public places, this group's
objectives include campaigning for issues such as feminism and LGBT rights.
Having had several run-ins with the political establishment of their country,
they first gained prominence in 2012, after they staged a protest
performance in a church, which was angered the clergy - some of the group
members received prison sentences as a result. They again made the news
this July, through a typical act, but in a different environment.
Which group is being talked about and why did they recently make the
news?
31. Question 10
The Diomede Islands, also known as Gvozdev Islands, are a pair of islands named
after the Greek saint and martyr Diomedes. First found by Semyon Dezhnev in the
15th century, then later rediscovered by Danish navigator Viktor Bering, the
islands are located roughly 3.8 km apart - the gap was also popularly called "Ice
Curtain" in the 20th century. Due to harsh conditions, the islands are very sparsely
populated - while Little Diomede has an Inuit population of roughly 170, Big
Diomede is now only inhabited by military units. Although they are only 2.4 miles
apart in distance, the islands are virtually polar opposites of something in another
regard.
Give the funda, which also gives these islands a popular nickname.
33. Answer 10
The islands are separated by the International Date Line,
as well as the US-Russia border - so Big Diomede is 21
hours ahead of Little Diomede, giving the nicknames
Tomorrow Island and Yesterday Isle
34. Question 11
Born to an official in the Lutheran church and an English teacher, as a child,
she was always deathly afraid of taking risks - as a 9-year-old, when asked to
jump off a board into a pool in gym class, she stood paralyzed for 45 minutes
before taking the plunge. In her college days, she worked odd jobs while
working on her science degree - including mixing drinks as a bartender during
college disco parties. Having been offered a job as a spy in a secret police
department in her 20s, she refused it as she believed she was too much of a
"blabbermouth" - and it would also negatively impact her future career. A
person who made it far from living illegally as a squatter on her 30th
birthday, who is she?
37. Question 12
According to the Z’s website, 140,000 servings of X and 10,000 liters of Y were
served at the 2015 iteration of Z. - it is said that 28,000 kg of X is served every
year. The event's PR head said that the choice of X was because they were in
season during the time of the event, and they were fashionable to eat during the
Victorian times. The X, which have sold for £2.50 ($3.59) since 2010, come in a
small box called a “punnet”. A little more than 8,600 punnets were served per
day in 2012. The X and Y are often paired with a glass of Pimm's Cup or
champagne. X are the No. 1 single food item served at the All England Club.
Identify the popular food combination of X and Y, and the popular event Z
associated with it.
40. Question 13
In January 2004, a house in Mebane, North Carolina was on fire - as part of
the local department's live fire drill. Hanging out at home, Dave Roth was
resting with his kids - daughter Zoe and Tristan, when his wife Jennifer barged
in and told him about the huge fire two blocks away. Dave decided that they
had to see the spectacle - and took a camera to the scene, along with his
family. The Mebane Fire Department, in Dave's words, weren't very
competent - it didn't seem like that they wanted to extinguish the fire, even
letting kids hold fire hoses. But there, Dave created something he calls the
"Firestarter". What is being talked about here?
43. Question 14
David Khari Webber _______, more popularly known as X, is an American stand-
up comedian, actor, writer and producer who first got his big break in the 2003
comedy sketch series __________, named after him. The first two seasons of the
show were critically acclaimed and a huge commercial success for Comedy
Central. However, prior to the beginning of the third season, X rejected a $50
million continuation contract with Comedy Central, and disappeared from public
view. He did not properly re-enter the comedy scene until 2013, since which he
has released four Netflix specials, multiple episodes at Saturday Night Live, and is
almost universally respected amongst comedians for having "the baddest mouth
to touch a mic in our era". Identify X.
46. Question 15
When Andy Weir wrote the 2011 novel X, he strove to present the science
correctly and used reader feedback to get it right. When _____ began directing a
film based on the novel, he too sought to make it realistic, seeking help from
James L. Green, the Director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA's Science
Mission Directorate. While the commercially and critically successful science
fiction movie was applauded for its realism and scientific accuracy in most areas,
one huge inaccuracy had to do with the supposedly-devastating, 120 kmph winds
and storms featured in the movie, that played so central a role to the plot; critics
pointed out that such storms would, in actuality, amount to a mere light breeze in
the context they occurred in. Identify X.
49. Question 16
Menyoo and Absolute are two programs which are synonymous with the
users of the very popular game X. David Zipperer was recently taken to court
by Y, the creators of X, for distributing and selling the above mentioned
programs. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in Manhattan said Y was likely to
show that Zipperer infringed its “X” copyright, and that his programs would
cause irreparable harm to its sales and reputation by discouraging users from
buying its products. The company has already lost at least $500,000 because
of Zipperer’s programs which help people gain advantage over others during
gameplay. Give X and Y.
51. Answer 16
X – Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V)
Y - Rockstar
52. Question 17
Descended from one of the wealthiest and most politically active families in
Athens, Aristocles was both a capable athlete and a revered intellectual of
his era, although only one of these attributes live on in his legacy today.
While his key influences were mathematicians and philosophers such as
Pythagorus, Heraclitus and Permindes, and Socrates, it was his wrestling
coach, Ariston of Argos, who dubbed him X - meaning "broad", on account
of his robust figure. Whether he preferred being called X or Aristocles is,
quite frankly, irrelevant today; almost no one today would Aristocles, but all
would know X.
Identify X.
55. Question 18
In 2014, HM Queen Elizabeth II was on a state visit to Northern Ireland. A
huge self-confessed Game of Thrones fan, the Queen visited the new Titanic
studios, where some scenes of the hugely popular fantasy series are shot. As
the biggest TV production in Europe, the show is said to have created 900
full-time and 5,700 part-time jobs in Northern Ireland. The queen met with
the showrunners, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, as well as some of the
popular actors. But when the Queen was offered a chance to sit on the actual
Iron Throne, a dream for any GoT fan, she had to decline. Why?
