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OPEN QUIZ FINALS21st AUGUST 2016

COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

QM RAHUL THANGARAJ

ROUNDSINFINITE BOUNCE (CLOCKWISE)LONG VISUAL CONNECTBOUNCE WITH SINGLE POUNCE (ANTICLOCKWISE)BETTING ROUNDBUZZER ROUND

ROUND 1INFINITE BOUNCE (CLOCKWISE)

RULESTHE FIRST QUESTION WILL BE DIRECTED TO TEAM NO.1. THE NEXT QUESTION WILL THEN GO TO THE TEAM SITTING BESIDE THE TEAM THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION.POINTS - +10/0QMS DECISION IS FINAL

1.This painting has been the center of a big controversy in recent days. X has been known to have had more than his fair share of LSD in the 1970s but hes sure that what hes been accused of isnt possible. The accuser is a former corrections officer who said he knew X while working in a Canadian detention facility. However, X has compelling evidence he was never near the facility, the Thunder Bay Correctional Center, about 15 hours north of Toronto. This case is a scam, and Im being forced to jump through hoops to prove my whereabouts over 40 years ago, X said. Who is X and what is the controversy that he has been embroiled in? (Pic on next slide)

Peter Doig Claims he didnt paint it

2.Brooklynites have recently welcomed home a monument in honour of the fabled hometown resident. A 13-foot bronze statue commemorating the 75th birthday of X was unveiled in Prospect Park to the welcoming applause of area fans.It will remain at the park for two weeks before moving to Barclays Centre throughout the month of September.This is not an insignificant moment taking place on the stage of American history, revealing a statue that is a reflection of the greatness of this country, saidBrooklyn Borough president Eric L Adams.But someBrooklynresidents took offence to the statue being placed in Prospect Park which dates back to 1867.Green activists told theNew York Postthat the park had been designated a commercial-free space which this statue did not exactly satisfy. Whos statue

Captain America

3.When you think of world-famous Olympic athletes, the name PeterNorman probably does notcome to mind. Most people failed to notice his presence in the event he participated in then and most people still dont know him. However people who did notice him were indifferent to his random or misplaced presence on the podium. But Italian writer Riccardo Gazzaniga recently uncovered the stunning truth behind Peter Normans identity and said that he was instrumental in what happened next and that he was in the loop the whole time. In fact he even gave suggestions to a dilemma that two of his competitors were in said Gazzaniga. From where might we know Peter Norman from?

White Man in the Black Power Salute Photo

4.This phrase is predominantly heard in blackjack tables around the world but is not exclusive to it. The history of the quote began on the Vegas strip where the bets made by people were typically in the range of 2-5$ in small stakes games. In almost all casinos at the time, were certain meals that would fit within this price range. So when a person won a hand, he would be able to afford the items provided by the hotel.Bystanders and the dealer in some occasions would then repeat this phrase indicating that he could now afford the meal. Which quote are we talking about that had died down for a while but has become more widespread in recent times?

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

5.Connect to an agency of the Indian Goverment Eriteria Iraq Yemen Guyana Panama Jamaica Slovakia Syria Trinidad & Tobago

Countries that India post does not carry out any services to

6.Though it is commonly thought of as a fruit and may be spotted among grapes and kiwis, a X is actually a ball of flowers & requires pollination. But because the flowers are sealed, not just any bug can crawl inside. A X wasp specialises in this job. Mother wasps lay their eggs in an unripe X. After their offspring hatch and mature, the males mate and then chew a tunnel to the surface, dying when their task is complete. When the insects discover the right specimen, they go inside and deposit the pollen. Then the females lay new eggs, and the cycle begins again. However a Xs entranceway is booby-trapped to destroy her wings, so that she can never visit another plant. So when you eat a dried X, youre probably chewing X-wasp mummies, too.

Figs

7.

Vivek Express are four pairs of express trains on theIndian Railwaysnetwork. These trains were announced in theRailway Budgetof 2011-12 by the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. These trains were started to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary ofSwami Vivekananda, held in 2013. However one of these trains is of particular interest. It has acquired cult status in recent years and has one of its final stations as Dibrugarh. What is the other end station and why has it received a fan following?

Longest train route in theIndian Subcontinent

8. Ad Campaign by who?

Tagline Love at First Sight can be Dangerous

Axe Bodyspray

9.X is an Americanscience fictioncrime drama and talks about the mass surveillance conducted by the government of the USA long before Edward Snowden released anything about the NSA. The story revolves around two people that try to prevent impending violent crimes predicted by the Machine, a mass-surveillance computer system that relays the identity of a single person predicted to be the victim or perpetrator of a crime. Executive producers include the likes of J.J Abrams and Y (less well known relative of a famous director). X is one of the few shows on IMDB that have an episode rated 9.9 or above. Identify X and Y.

X Person of InterestY Jonathan Nolan

10.Harper Lee modeled the neighbor boy Dill in To kill a mockingbird after X. As a child, Xlived next door to Lee. They played together and even shared Lees typewriter. Both children were outside the social circles of their close-knit Southern town. AsGerald Clarke wroteinX: A Biography, Nelle was too rough for most other girls, and X was too soft for most other boys. Xs first book,Other Voices, Other Rooms, has a tomboy character resembling Lee. At some point, a rumor started that X wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, or at least edited it. Aside from the fact that Lees writing sounds nothing like Xs, he only saw the manuscript once.

Truman Capote

11.This project was initially started as a way to extend the coastline. But since then it has turned into something much bigger with malls, stores and business adorning the edges with some residential spaces included as well. Though it has not reached its expected capacity of 120,000 residents, it is no less an engineering marvel because of its complex structure. The first project was supposed to be in a set of 3 but the other 2 projects were not realised due to the 2008 economic crisis. Where would you find this project?

Palm Jumeirah in Dubai

12. ID THE LOGOS

LVC

LIST IS NON EXHAUSTIVEPOINTS WILL BE GIVEN IN RESPECTIVE SLIDESONLY ONE ATTEMPT PER TEAM PER SLIDE

+55/-55

+50/-50

+45/-45

+40/-40

+35/-35

+30/-30

+25/-25

+20/-20

+15/-15

+10/-10

+5/-5

CONNECT GROUPS WHO HAVE CLAIMED TO HAVE INTEGRATED SIX SIGMA IN THEIR COMPANY

BOUNCE WITH SINGLE POUNCEALL QUESTIONS WILL FOLLOW AN INFINITE BOUNCE PATTERN

HOWEVER, ALL TEAMS CAN POUNCE ON THE QUESTION IF IT IS NOT THEIR DIRECT

ONLY ONE POUNCE WILL ALLOWED PER QUESTION AND THE TEAM WILL BE DECIDED USING THE BUZZER

POINTS - +10/0 ON BOUNCE +10/-10 ON POUNCE

1.Most people think that doping is for lazy people who want to avoid hard work but according to some cyclists the opposite is true. Haematocrit is factor closely looked at by cyclists and indicates the percentage of the bodys blood that is made up of oxygen-carrying red blood cells. The higher the haematocrit, the more endurance you have.The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far his haematocrit will fall.So in the case of long events such as the Tour de France, a cyclists haematocrit level would fall over the course of the race. To counteract this, cyclists such as Lance Armstrong used an illegal hormone called EPO that would help raise their haematocrit level. The question is, how would this hormone be administered to the participants?

INFUSED THEIR OWN BLOOD INTO THEMSELVES

2.Infiction, aXis aplot devicein the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that theprotagonistpursues, often with little or nonarrativeexplanation. The specific nature of a X is typically unimportant to the overall plot. The most common type of X is an object, place, or person. The X technique is common in films, especiallythrillers. Usually the X is the central focus of the film in the firstact, and thereafter declines in importance. It may re-appear at the climax of the story, but sometimes is actually forgotten by the end of the story.

MCGUFFIN

3. Who is the speaker?

MAYA ANGELOU

4.Xis an international non-governmental organisation ofpublic figuresnoted as elderstatesmen,peace activists, and human rights advocates, who were brought together byNelson Mandelain 2007. They describe themselves as "independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights". The goal Mandela set for X was to use their "almost 1,000 years of collective experience" to work on solutions for seemingly insurmountable problems such asclimate change,HIV/AIDS, and poverty, as well as to "use their political independence to help resolve some of the world's most intractableconflicts". Identify the group and the current chairman who took over when Mandela passed away and who is also of African origin.

THE ELDERS & KOFI ANNAN

5.Nicaragua plans to break up a certain monopoly that has existed for more than a 100 years. In June 2013, Nicaraguas National Assembly even approved a bill that gave a concession to finance and manage the project headed by Wang Jing, a Chinese billionaire. Media reports however have suggested the project would now be delayed or even possibly canceled because Wang Jing's personal wealth declined greatly as a result of the201516 Chinese stock market crash. What monopoly does Nicaragua want to break up despite fears of lack of demand and feasibility?

NICARAGUA CANAL

6.X was a young man plying his trade in club cricket in Perth. He was expecting selection that year as WesternAustralianeeded pacers in the absence of Graham McKenzie and Laurie Mayne, who were on national duty. X was representing his club when the announcement was to be made. So, he asked his father to blow the horn of their car if he was selected so that he gets to know on the field. When the team was announced, X was in and his father duly hit the horn. In his book, X recalls that Spontaneously the other people seated in cars around the ground began to sound their horns. It was the best tune Ive ever heard.

DENNIS LILLEE

7.Its name comes from the fact that it means "Like the Sky" or "Mirror of the Sky" in Urdu. Designed by an English architect, the foundation stone for the construction was laid by Sir Vicar on 3 March 1884 who closely monitored the finishing work at the Mardana portion. It is made completely with Italian marble and covers an area of 93,971 square meters. It was built in the shape of a scorpion with two stings spread out as wings in the north. The middle part is occupied by the main building and the kitchen, Gol Bangla, Zenana Mehal, and harem quarters stretch to the south.

The influences of the owner, who was an avid traveler, show in the architecture. It is a rare blend of Italian and Tudor architecture. Its stained glass windows throw a spectrum of colour into the rooms. It even has a library with a carved walnut roof; a replica of the one atWindsor Castle. What am I talking about?

FALAKNUMA PALACE

8.On January 27, 1994, theBarbados national football teamandGrenada national football teamplayed against each other as part of the qualification round for the1994 Caribbean Cup. Barbados required to win with a margin of two goals to qualify to the next round. The match started off routinely, and Barbados scored two goals, establishing the two-goal winning margin they needed. In the 83rd minute, however, the game changed when Grenada scored a goal. This late goal would take Grenada through to the finals unless Barbados could score again. Barbados attempted to score for the next few minutes, but because they were unable to, they switched to an alternate strategy. What happened next would confuse anyone even those familiar with the rules of football. Put funda.

GOALS IN EXTRA TIME WERE DOUBLE IN VALUE SO THEY SCORED AN OWN GOAL

9.X is a rice dish that includes different combinations of vegetables and meats, characteristically seasoned with saffron, but also has other spices depending on the recipe and the area of the country from which it originates. The dish is said to be a perfect union between 2 cultures; the Romans, for the pan and the Arab, that brought rice.There is an old story of how the Moorish kings' servants created rice dishes by mixing the left-overs from royal banquets in large pots to take home. It is said by some that that word Xoriginates from the Arab word baqiyah meaning left-overs. The term X actually refers to the pan that it is cooked in.

PAELLA

BETTING ROUNDRULES

THE TOPIC ON WHICH THE QUESTION IS BASED WILL BE GIVEN. BASED ON THE TOPIC, YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE THE AMOUNT OF POINTS THAT YOU WILL BE PLAYING FOR.FOR A CORRECT ANSWER, YOU WILL GET THE POSITIVE VALUE OF THE POINTS YOU BET. SIMILARLY, YOU WILL GET THE NEGATIVE VALUE IF YOU GET IT WRONG.YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN A RANGE OF 5 15 POINTS.YOU HAVE THE CHOICE OF NOT ANSWERING A MAXIMUM OF 2 QUESTIONS

IT

1.Divya Narendrais an American businessman. He is the CEO and co-founder ofSumZeroalong with his university classmateAalap Mahadevia. Narendra scored a near-perfect SAT before attendingHarvard Universityin 2000, from which he graduated with an A.B.cum laudeinapplied mathematics. Divya described how he came up with the concept in an interview. "SumZero was initially inspired by a need for a simple, centralized, and searchable platform in which professional investors working at hedge funds, mutual funds, and private equity funds could share rigorous investment ideas and network with one another. Since then the concept has expanded and SumZero is taking steps to bring a subset of high-level investment research to the investing community at large." However, he is more famous for a project he did with X & Y.

He started HarvardConnection with the Winkelvoss twins

FASHION

2.In 2010, a certain Louis Vuitton ad faced some severe criticism. The ad depicts a seamstress sewing together a handbag with text that reads, The seamstress with linen thread and beeswax. A needle, linen thread, beeswax and infinite patience protect each over-stitch from humidity and the passage of time. One could say that a Louis Vuitton bag is a collection of details. But with so much attention lavished on every one, should we only call them details? Why did this ad receive such backlash? (Photo on the next page)

THE AD INSINUATED THAT THE BAGS WERE HANDMADE WHEN THEY WERE IN FACT MACHINE-MADE

ART

3.What is interesting to note is that the painting is actually a self-portrait, depicting the painter himself. Few also know, that the painting is part of a series of works with a similar theme. On being asked the meaning behind his work, X says,Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us. This interest can take the form of a quite intense feeling, a sort of conflict, one might say, between the visible that is hidden and the visible that is present. ID the painting and the artist.

SON OF MAN BY RENE MAGRITTE

RELIGION

4.Literallymeaning peace be upon you, X is a traditional song sung by Jews every Friday night upon returning home from synagogue prayer. It signals the arrival of the Jewish Sabbath, welcoming theangelswho accompany a person home on the eve of the Sabbath. According to Talmud, two angels accompany people on their way back home fromsynagogueon Friday night a good angel and an evil angel. If the house has been prepared for the Shabbat ("the lamp has been lit, the table set, and his couch spread"), the good angel utters a blessing that the next Shabbat will be the same, and the evil angel is forced to respond "Amen". But if the home is not prepared for Shabbat, the evil angel expresses the wish that the next Shabbat will be the same, and the good angel is forced to respond "Amen".

SHALOM ALEICHEM

SCIENTISTS

5.X was the chief architect of river planning and development in India. He made the original plan for the Damodar Valley Project, which was a ground breaking design of thermal and hydel power plants along the Damodar River in West Bengal. However, his best-known work concerned thethermal ionisationofelements, and it led him to formulate what is known as theX equation. This equation is one of the basic tools for interpretation of the spectra of stars in astrophysics. By studying the spectra of various stars, one can find their temperature using the X equation, determine the ionisation state of the various elements making up the star. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in physics six times but has not won the award. Which scientist am I talking about?

MEGHNAD SAHA

BUSINESS

6.Samuel Bournecame to India in 1863, and set up a partnership with an established Calcutta photographer, William Howard, and they set up a new studio Howard & Bourne atShimla. William Howard had set up the Calcutta studio in 1840. Meanwhile,Charles Shepherd, had already established a photographic studio, with Arthur Robertson, called Shepherd & Robertson inAgrain 1862, and subsequently he too moved to Shimla in 1864. At some point Robertson left the business andCharles Shepherd, joined Bourne company to form Howard, Bourne & Shepherd. It then became Bourne and Shephard after one quit the company.What is its claim to fame and why was it in the news recently?(Photo on the next slide)

OLDEST PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO IN THE WORLD CLOSES.

ENTERTAINMENT

WHAT IS THIS A REFERENCE TO?

He says he feels empty inside.

DEATH OF KENNY BAKER

BUZZER ROUNDPOINTS - +10/-10ONLY ONE ATTEMPT PER QUESTIONQMs DECISION IS FINAL

1. WHAT IS THIS A PROOF OF AND WHO CAME UP IT?

PROOF THAT 1+1=2 BY BERTRAND RUSSELL

2.Much before Ian Fleming created his fictional character, a mystery writer had already authored a story in 1926 that featured a James Bond as the hero. Which author?

AGATHA CHRISTIE

3.In November 2009, Thierry Henry was embroiled in the handball controversy during a World Cup qualifier. Also, Tiger Woods made headlines for all the wrong reasons after his car crash. Around the same time, Roger Federer was knocked out of ATP World Tour by 6th-seed Nikolai Davydenko in a shock defeat. What were these 3 incidents collectively called?

THE GILLETTE CURSE

4.X is one of the most famous historical and adventure novels ever written. Authored by Y, the novel is also central to the plot of a famous movie released in 2008. The novel even has 2 lesser known sequels titled Twenty Years Later and The Viscount of Bragelonne, or Ten Years Later? Identify X, Y and the movie.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS & SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

5.Metronation Chennai televisionTAKE solutionsRuby BuildersChettinad Apparels Kothari (Madras) Ltd. Thoothukudi Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. ______________________________

Fill in the remaining two blanks.

LYCAMOBILE & V.B. CHANDRASHEKAR

6.

Which company has developed an ingenious method of trapping customers -quite literally too -by having their stores designed as mazes to keep them from getting out?

IKEA

7.The entire distribution of all X species stretches from theHimalayasin the north to Sri Lanka in the south, and fromBangladesh in the east to Pakistan in the west. They possibly occur in Afghanistan.The bulk of the X distribution is within India, and all seven currently recognized species have at least a part of their range in our country.X can adapt to a variety of habitats.They inhabitaridhabitats like deserts, tropical habitats like tropical rainforests and temperate habitats like coniferous forests, deciduous habitats and mountains habitats.They can adapt well to human settlements as well. It is because of their adaptability and abundance that they are the national mammal of India. What animal am I talking about.?

GREY/HANUMAN LANGUR

8.The towers of Hanoi is a relatively famous logical puzzle. It consists of three rods, and a number of disks of different sizes which can slide onto any rod. The puzzle starts with the disks in a neat stack in ascending order of size on one rod, the smallest at the top, thus making aconical shape.The objective of the puzzle is to move the entire stack to another rod, obeying certain simple rules such as only one disk can be moved at a time and no disk may be placed on top of a smaller disk. However in India, this game is known by another name.

TOWER OF BRAHMA

TIE BREAKERThe origin of X is traced to textile mill workers in Mumbai in the 1850s. The mill workers used to have lunch breaks too short for a full meal, and a light lunch was preferred to a heavy one, as the employees had to return to strenuous physical labour after lunch. A vendor created this dish using items or parts of other dishes available on the menu. Roti or rice was replaced with something else and the curries that usually go with Indian bread or rice were amalgamated into just one spicy concoction. Initially, it remained the food of the mill-workers. With time the dish found its way into restaurants and spread over Central Mumbai and other parts of the city via the Udupi restaurants. Which dish?

PAV BHAJI

OVER AND OUT!!THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WHO TOOK THE TIME OUT TO ATTEND OUR MEET AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE QUIZ!!!