General QuizDelhi – 42’s (69 – 1)th meet

By – Naval Kishore Sharma

RULES• Infinite pounce and bounce.• +10 on direct +15/-10 on pounce.• You don’t need to answer bonus question pounce.• No part points unless mentioned by the QM.• QM’s decision is final and binding.• You might wanna abuse the QM, but its advised to refrain from such

acts.• PS – Some questions are not framed well.

Q1 ID X, Y and Z (+5 for each,+20 on pounce)• X was first owned by Y, who obtained the first pilot licence issued in

India. Y won a contract to carry mail for Z in April 1932. Z was the early British commercial long-range air transport company, operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe. The aviator Nevill Vintcent had an idea to run mail flights from Bombay and Colombo that connected with the Z flights from the United Kingdom. He found a supporter for his plans from Y of the ____. After three years of negotiations Vintcent and Y won a contract to carry their mail in April 1932 and in July 1932 the Aviation Department of ____ was formed.

Answer• X – Air India• Y – JRD Tata• Z – Imperial Airways

Q2 ID X• As the story goes, the young artist buried a sleeping Cupid he carved

from marble so that it would pass as a Greco-Roman antiquity. Upon learning of its true maker, the buyer, Cardinal Raffaello Riario, returned the piece to his dealer for a full refund. The unfortunate Cardinal, though a few hundred ducats wealthier, will forever be remembered in the annals of art history as aesthetically clueless, unable to recognize X as the first modern sculptor to surpass the celebrated ancients he was trying to imitate.

Answer• X - Michelangelo

Q3 ID X• Few forms of sadistic torture in this world are more excruciatingly

painful than having to walk across a field of X’s left on the ground by a careless _____. Fortunately, there is now a way to protect yourself from these domestic minefields: X, working together with French advertising agency Brand Station, has invented anti-X slippers! It only took them 66 years, too!• The slippers, which feature tons of padding, will be produced in a

limited run of 1,500 and will be distributed randomly to people who fill out Christmas wish-lists on X’s French website. This is the perfect way to make those lucky parents’ Christmas dreams come true!

Answer• X - LEGO

Q4 ID

Answer• Patrick Stewart

Q5 ID the Sport and the reason for Boycott• “This is going to be the biggest sporting event women in Iran have

ever seen; we haven’t been able to host any world championship in other sporting fields for women in the past,” Hejazipour, 23, said from Tehran. “It’s not right to call for a boycott. These games are important for women in Iran; it’s an opportunity for us to show our strength.”• The event is going to take place in February 2017.

Answer• Chess (women’s world championship in tehran) and compulsory hijab

rule in Iran.

Q6 ID X• X, is first of it’s kind to be immortalized at Madame Tussauds museum

at it’s San Francisco location. X’s figure is an animatronic with five different movements and has hundreds of thousands of followers on YouTube and Twitter, and more than 1.5 million followers on Instagram. Although everyone is pretty impressed by the replica, X continues to be completely unimpressed by it.

Answer• X – Grumpy Cat

Q7 ID X• A X is the name given to a legal strategy in which the aim of the

argument seems to be to deliberately confuse the jury rather than actually refute the case of the other side. The concept's name comes from an episode of the animated series South Park, "Chef Aid", which premiered on October 7, 1998. This episode satirised attorney Johnnie Cochran's closing argument defending O. J. Simpson in his murder trial.

Answer• X – Chewbacca defence

Q8 FITB

Answer

Q9 FITB and put funda.

Answer• Buffalo and grammatically correct sentence.

Q10 Put Funda• Touko Madobe• Yuu Madobe• Ai Madobe• Nanami Madobe• Why would you find these 4 names in a tech quiz.

Answer• Mascot of Microsoft.

Q11 ID X• “I've dubbed this “X Order" on the off chance it catches on because

I'm a vain asshole.” These are the words of Rod Hilton who devised an intriguing variation of the Narrative Structure Order to watch the first 6 star wars movies in the following order - IV, V, II, III, VI, yes he kills Phantom Menace. His reasoning – apart from the fact that Phantom Menace is just terrible – is that almost every major character introduced in that movie is either dead or irrelevant by the end. Removing Phantom Menace also gets rid of the whole midichlorians nightmare, as well as ejecting awkward-to-watch mini-Anakin Jake Lloyd, pod racing and most of Jar Jar. This version is now so well-known that it was the centre piece of a Star Wars discussion in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. (Shady hint available)

Answer• X – The Machete Order

Q12 Put Funda• Mizaru• Kikazaru• Iwazaru• And the seldom-quoted Shizaru the ______ _____ of the ancient

proverb (Japanese), yet the reasons for his or her absence in modern recensions are unclear. Quite simply, Shizaru embodies the simple principles of _____ __ ____.

Answer• 3(4) wise monkeys

Q13 ID X and Y for bonus 10 (+30 on pounce)• "There's really something special about it, having dinner made by an

X," says Jody Scaravella, the proprietor of Y (27 Hyatt Street, Staten Island, 718-447-2777), who recruited the X to cook via an ad in an Italian newspaper. "I was still building the restaurant then, so I asked them to come to my place to cook instead — I live in the neighbourhood. And they came with dishes. The whole thing was like a Fellini movie."

Answer• X – Italian Grandmothers• Y – Enoteca Maria

Q14 ID X and Y• X's scenes were shot on the second week of filming. The chest beating

and humming performed by him was improvised and actually a warm-up rite that he performs before acting. When Y saw it while filming, the brief shot of him looking away uneasily from the camera was actually him looking at Z for approval. Y encouraged them to include it in their scene and later claimed it "set the tone" for the rest of the film.

Answer• X – Matthew McConaughey• Y – Leonardo DiCaprio• Z – Martin Scorsese

Q15 ID X, Y and Z(for bonus +10, +30 on pounce)• The building in the sketch, located in Haverstraw NY and the subject

of Y’s 1925 painting, Z, maintains its vigil on Route 9W. Y’s haunting depiction of the three-story house came to the attention of the cast and crew of _____________’s movie classic, X. The painting inspired not only the design of the Bates Mansion in the 1960 production, but the mood of the film as well.• Image on next slide.

Answer• X – Psycho• Y – Edward Hopper• Z – House by the Railroad

Q16 ID X and Y; Z for bonus 5 (+20 on pounce)• In 1949, X was in between work and hadn’t modelled in a while. X

knew the photographer, Tom Kelly, and he said that he wanted X to model for him, and that he would pay X $50 dollars. And X kind of hesitated. But a couple weeks later, X called him back and said, “I’ll do it under two conditions. One, your wife has to be present, and two, you actually pay me that $50 dollars.” X did the shoot, and signed the release as “Y” because X was maybe a little embarrassed, but X needed to pay the rent and $50 dollars was a lot of money in those days. Later these photographs were bought by a certain guy (Z) who used them in the best possible way.

Answer• X – Marilyn Monore• Y – Mona Monore• Z – Hugh Hefner

Q17 Claim to fame and ID for bonus 10

Answer• Smartest being in marvel universe• Lunella Lafaytte (Moon Girl)

Q18 ID X (need exact answer)• The _____ as we know it will not be round for much longer. The

introduction of this new X will be a highly significant event and _______ are working with the _____ ____ to ensure key industries are ready and to ensure a smooth transition. The new X will be the most secure of its kind in the world and its cutting-edge features will present a significant barrier to counterfeiters, reducing the cost to businesses and the taxpayer.

Answer• X - £1 coin (quid)

Q19 ID X• X syndrome is a creepypasta story and video that details a

conspiracy(?) to cover up mass child suicide. The story states that after the release of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, there were at least 200 children between the ages of 7 – 12 who committed suicide. Rumours say that these suicides and illness only occurred after the children playing the game reached X city, whose theme music had extremely high frequencies, that studies showed that only children and young teens can hear, since their ears are more sensitive.

Answer• X – Lavender Town

Q20 Put Funda• Anyone who have watched anime, will notice one peculiar thing

about the protagonist, that he/she is always seated at the last bench near the window.• Reason for this particular seating?

Answer• It saves production costs, by eliminating the need to draw the extra

characters.

Q21 ID

Answer Cicada 3301