Quiz by Apratim Mukhopadhyay

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A quiz by Apratim Mukhopadhyay

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PRELIMS

This round is a written elimination round which will be
used to select the top 6 teams for the finals. 10
questions will be asked to the teams concerned, and
the top 6 teams on the basis of their scores will be
selected for the finals. There will be 5 starred questions
in the set, which will be used to break ties, if there are
any. If the above fails to separate teams, the team to
have got a particular answer wrong in the set will be
eliminated first, and so on and so forth. If this too
provides no conclusion to a tie debacle, we will have to
have to have a toss. :p
May the 6 best teams make it. All the best to everyone
involved. Let’s move.


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***1. Released in 1964, X was often noted
by the director as his personal favourite
among his works. In 2013, X was
screened at the Cannes Film Festival as a
part of its Classics section. X gave the
director a Silver Bear at the 1965 Berlin
Film Festival. A modern reworking of the
above story, adapted from literature, was
released in 2011, and was directed by
Agnidev Chatterjee. X is rated 7.7 on
IMDb. Identify X.

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2. Why is a lady named Sharbat Gula, born
in 1972, ubiquitously known in the world of
photography?


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***3. He was born in 1928, in Cuba, and he died in 2001
in Paris. He focused mostly on underwater
photography in alter life. What iconic contribution did
he make to popular culture?

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4. It featured Jawed Karim talking about
interesting anatomical units . It has often
been derided for its poor quality. It became
public on April 23rd, 2005. The events in it
unfolded in a small area in Balboa
Park, California. Yakov Lapitsky was the
other person involved in its making. What
is being talked about?


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5. In January 2010, X tied up with Lady
Gaga, announcing that she will be X’s new
creative director. X was originally founded
by Edwin Land in 1937. It’s most famous
product(arguably, one might add), reached
the market in the late 1940s, and it
remained X’s flagship product till all
production was brought to an end in 2008
in favour of a more modern alternative.
Identify X.


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6. Whose statue is this in Manchester?

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***7. This is a representation of which iconic character in
English literature at Watchet, Somerset?

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***8. What derives its title from the slang for
the severe burns caused by falls from
something, after which the skin comes into
severe contact with the road?


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9. X, published in 1952, was the last major
work of fiction published by the concerned
author in his lifetime. X’s protagonist is
named Santiago. X was specifically cited
when the concerned author received the
Nobel Prize in 1954 in the Nobel
Committee’s citation. A lot of X is based on
the waters of the Gulf Stream. Identify X.


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***10. The above is a still from which movie
which has been in the news recently?

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***1. Released in 1964, X was often noted
by the director as his personal favourite
among his works. In 2013, X was
screened at the Cannes Film Festival as a
part of its Classics section. X gave the
director a Silver Bear at the 1965 Berlin
Film Festival. A modern reworking of the
above story, adapted from literature, was
released in 2011, and was directed by
Agnidev Chatterjee. X is rated 7.7 on
IMDb. Identify X.

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Charulata

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2. Why is a lady named Sharbat Gula, born
in 1972, ubiquitously known in the world of
photography?


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She was the one photographed by Steve
McCurry, working for National Geogrpahic, in the
famous photograph titled Afghan Girl.

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***3. He was born in 1928, in Cuba, and he died in 2001
in Paris. He focused mostly on underwater
photography in alter life. What iconic contribution did
he make to popular culture?

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He took the famous photograph titled Guerrillero
Heroico featuring Che Guevara, arguably the most
enduring and popular image around.

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4. It featured Jawed Karim talking about
interesting anatomical units . It has often
been derided for its poor quality. It became
public on April 23rd, 2005. The events in it
unfolded in a small area in Balboa
Park, California. Yakov Lapitsky was the
other person involved in its making. What
is being talked about?


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The first ever YouTube video, titled “Me at the Zoo”.

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5. In January 2010, X tied up with Lady
Gaga, announcing that she will be X’s new
creative director. X was originally founded
by Edwin Land in 1937. It’s most famous
product(arguably, one might add), reached
the market in the late 1940s, and it
remained X’s flagship product till all
production was brought to an end in 2008
in favour of a more modern alternative.
Identify X.


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Polaroid Corporation

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6. Whose statue is this in Manchester?

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Alan Turing

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***7. This is a representation of which iconic character in
English literature at Watchet, Somerset?

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The Ancient Mariner.

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***8. What derives its title from the slang for
the severe burns caused by falls from
something, after which the skin comes into
severe contact with the road?


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Road Rash

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9. X, published in 1952, was the last major
work of fiction published by the concerned
author in his lifetime. X’s protagonist is
named Santiago. X was specifically cited
when the concerned author received the
Nobel Prize in 1954 in the Nobel
Committee’s citation. A lot of X is based on
the waters of the Gulf Stream. Identify X.


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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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***10. The above is a still from which movie
which has been in the news recently?

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Meghe Dhaka Tara

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ROUND 1


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RULES
This round will comprise 6 questions, one
asked to each team. Time is the discretion
of the quizmaster. Each correct
answer, whether on the direct or on a
passed question, will be worth 10 points.
We will be going clockwise in this round.


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1. The following are the opening lines of
which iconic novel published in the
1990s:
“Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that
Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and
saying, the first step to eternal life is you
have to die.”


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Fight Club

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2. One of the many nicknames bestowed upon X
was “Berkeley Blue”. X had once worked at
Hewlett-Packard. X was also responsible for
bringing the first universal remote control to
the world in 1987. A part of X’s
autobiography’s title is “From Computer Geek
to Cult Icon”. X holds honorary degrees from
several universities. Identify X, who is now
sixty-two.


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Steve Wozniak

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3. Fill in the blanks in this T.S. Eliot poem to give
me the title of a very famous 1934 novel:

I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a _______ _ ____.


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A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

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4. X was born in Karachi in 1938, and died in
2010. He made his last appearance in Atithi
Tum Kab Jaoge. X’s first appearance was in
the classic Haqeeqat in 1964. He appeared in
films in several Indian languages. X is said to
have appeared in over 200 films, mostly
essaying negative roles through the 70s and
the 80s. However, X is ubiquitously
remembered for a very iconic, brief role in a
1975 blockbuster, and a particular line
associated with the character. Name X. (If no
team gets the name, the first team that can
name the concerned character will get the
points)

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Mac Mohan, the man who played Sambha in Sholay

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5. This novel, published in 1837,has been adapted
several times on screen. Now regarded as a
towering classic, initial reviews of it were mixed.
Both Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes wrote poems
with the same title as the novel. A very famous
actor and his sister were named after the leading
characters in this novel. Its chilling closing lines
are, “I lingered round them, under that benign
sky: watched the moths fluttering among the
heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind
breathing through the grass, and wondered how
any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for
the sleepers in that quiet earth.” Identify the
novel and the author.

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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6. One of X’s most famous titles is
Reflections in Black and White. X was
appointed to Magnum Photos in 1977 by
Henri Cartier-Bresson. X famously
covered the Bhopal mining disaster in
1984 for India Today. X has served three
times on the jury of the World Press Photo
and twice on the jury of UNESCO's
International Photo Contest. X’s son is
also an accomplished photographer.
Identify X.

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Raghu Rai

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SCORES


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ROUND 2


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RULES
This round will also feature 6
questions, one to each team. The scoring
pattern remains the same as the previous
round. This round will comprise audio
clips, stills and videos, and questions
based on them.


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1. The above was a song used in a 2012
movie. Identify the movie and the
arrangers of the song.

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Bedroom, Rupam Islam and Allen Ao.

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VIDEO1

2. The above is a clipping from a 2009 movie.
Identify the poet whose poem Rudranil
Ghosh’s character is reciting, and the movie.

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Sunil Gangopadhyay and Kalbela

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3. Identify the movie from whose soundtrack this
song is, and its director.

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Love Aaj Kal and Imtiaz Ali

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4. Who clicked this very famous photograph?

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Malcolm Browne

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5. Identify the famous movie of a scene of which
the above is a parody.

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Reservoir Dogs


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6. Identify this young billionaire, born in 1982
and made famous in popular culture.

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Eduardo Saverin

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SCORES


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ROUND 3


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RULES
This round will feature questions with
sets of elements that share certain
connections. Points will be awarded
for identifying the connections
and, according to the quizmaster’s
discretion, for identifying a any to all
of the elements in a particular set.
Again, any team that gives a full
answer will get 10 points.

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1. Connect the following books.
(Not an exhaustive list)

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All debut novels by the concerned authors

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2. Connect these three movies.
(Exhaustive list)

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The only three movies to have won the “Big Five”
at the Academy Awards.

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3. Connect these photographs.

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All photographs taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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4. Connect.
(Exhaustive list)

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Pac-Man ghosts

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5. Connect .

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Feluda stories

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6. Connect these five movies.

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All winners of the Filmfare Award for Best Film.

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SCORES


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ROUND 4


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RULES
This round will not be conducted on the
screen, but the questions will be read out
aloud. Each team will get a set of 6 questions
and a time of 60 seconds. If a team answers
a particular question incorrectly, then they
won’t get to answer it again. If a team passes
a particular question, and there is time
left, the question will be asked again;
however, the latter will be only be done when
all the other questions have already been
asked, at least once. May the best team win.


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