AT 13 Spent Quiz Prelims

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• Who said these words? “Film is life with the boring bits cut out”

• Alfred Hitchcock

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Who?

• Dara Singh

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Which movie?

• Memento

• We must first pay tribute to the man who made it all possible – the Maharajah of Missed Chances, the Don Corleone of Dropped Catches, the Earl of Err, the Pharaoh of Fumble, Lance Corporal Granite Hands himself, X.’

• This was a part of a parody report of a CWC match, by Andy Zaltzman. ID X.

• Kamran Akmal

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Vikram Solanki, an English cricketer became the first ___________ when he came out to bat against Australia in an ODI in 2005 at Headingly. This concept is now defunct in cricket.

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This is a variant a famous artwork by Salvador Dali.Name another very famous movie that has used it

• Silence Of The Lambs

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• The Ryder cup in Golf is played between which two teams?

• USA and Europe

8.Connect

• Posters that are hanged on Andy Dufresne’s wall

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• Early versions of this sport had contenders following their line of sight to the next church spire.

• Now very popular world wide in all its incarnations, ID this sport.

• Steeple Chase

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• This song has been honored in its birthplace by a sculpture alongside an iconic statue of Freddie Mercury, overlooking a lake, with the band’s name, song title and the riff in musical notes. There have been many attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of people to play a riff at the same time, with this song’s iconic riff.

• Name the song.

• Smoke On The Water

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Identify the logo.

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• Button A: Auto Jack• Button B: Belt Tires• Button C: Cutter Blades• Button D: Deflector• Button E: Evening Eye• Button F: Frogger Mode• Button G: Go Homing Robot

Features of what?

• Mach Five(Speed Racer)

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Identify the family.

• Polgars

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What was the subject of this movie?

• Crop Circles

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• Tribute to 2 people. Name both.

• Tony Greig and Glenn Mcgrath

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• Originally titled "Mysteries Five", X featured 5 teenagers Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda and Linda's brother WW. Apart from these 5 there was this character called "Too Much" who played bongos. Later Geoff and Mike were merged into one character and WW was no longer Linda's brother. By the time the show was complete all the characters were renamed .Later the show was renamed to Too Much's new name X.

• ID X

• Scooby Doo

17A sports stadium is named after him because he used to regularly play there. Who is he?

• Roland Garros

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• Recently, a YouTube video was set to this song that developed into an internet meme. The media response to the meme helped increase the single's sales, as it reached number 12 on the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart. It also charted at number three on both the Scottish and UK Singlescharts.

• If it helps use the image in the next slide.

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• In 1882 the X Football Club was formed by grammar school boys from the bible class at All Hallows Church. They were also members of X Cricket Club and it is thought that the name X was associated with Sir Henry Percy who was "Harry X" of Shakespeare's Henry IV, part 1, and who lived locally during in the 14th century and whose descendants owned land in the neighbourhood. In 1884 the club was renamed YX Football and Athletic Club to distinguish itself from another team called London X.

• What is XY?

• X-Hotspur• Y-Tottenham

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• "Spam" is a popular ________ sketch, first televised in 1970. In the sketch, two customers are in a greasy spoon café trying to order a breakfast from a menu that includes Spam in almost every dish. It features Terry Jones as The Waitress, Eric Idle as Mr. Bun and Graham Chapman as Mrs. Bun.

• FITB

• Monty Python

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• What’s blanked out in the next slide?

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Finals of All- England Badminton Championship _____ X _______ beat Liem Swie King of

Indonasia (1980) ______Y_______ beat Chen Hong of China

(2001)Identify X and Y.(No part points)

• X-Prakash Padukone• Y-Pullela Gopichand

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What was born as a result of Jewish boxers and wrestlers taking to the streets of Bratislava to counter the growing numbers of fascist and anti-Semitic thugs?

• Kravmaga

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Filmography of?

• Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Who?