The finals of a General Quiz I did in 2011. Answering Service won the quiz followed by Hammer and Tongs and Inmaniacs.

2. FINALS
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4. 1) Name the 2004 book written by Jon Ronson
about possible uses of paranormal by the military
with major experiments on a single animal?

5. 2) It was a Hollywood like tragedy for J.R.
Hildebrand the young American rookie against
Dan Wheldon the wily old Englishman. What
event of 2011 is being described?

6. 3) Cozumel Mexico, Channel Islands California,
Wakatobi Indonesia and El Akhawein Egypt are
arguably the best locations in the world for what?

7. 4) The edited ending sequence of which film?

8. 5) Logo of which company?

9. ANSWERS

10. 1) Name the 2004 book written Jon Ronson
about possible uses of paranormal by the military
with major experiments on a single animal?

11. 2) It was a Hollywood like tragedy for J.R.
Hildebrand the young American rookie against
Dan Wheldon the wily old Englishman. What
event of 2011 is being described?
2) Indianapolis 500

12. 3) Cozumel Mexico, Channel Islands California,
Wakatobi Indonesia and El Akhawein Egypt are
arguably the best locations in the world for what?
3) Scuba Diving

13. 4) The edited ending sequence of which film?

14. 5) Logo of which company?

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16. 1) A very popular resort town in Calabria showing
the distinctive geographical feature after which it
is named. This feature is named after a mythical
character. Name the character ?

17. 1) The character is Scylla and the town is named
Scylia.

18. 2) Name the singer ?

19. 2) Syd Barett.

20. 3) A fictional character in Slavic cultures, his role
is similar to that of Santa Claus in the west. He
was originally on the list of mascots for the Sochi
winter Olympics, but was removed as he would
become the property of I.O.C. In 1998, the town
of Veliky Ustyug in Vologda Oblast, Russia was
declared as his home. Name this very popular
character?

21. 3) Ded Moroz.

22. 4) Name both the
individuals shown in
this picture ?

23. 4) Eddie Eagan and Max Schmeling

24. 5) What word used in different contexts is
derived from a shortened form of the German
word : “Fliegerabwehrkanone” ?

25. 5) Flack

26. 6) The ‘Bistable Multivibrator’ is a very common
pulsed digital circuit that can serve as a one-bit
memory. What more usual name is given to this kind
of electronic building block?

27. 6) Flip-Flop

28. 7) Name the two people being portrayed in this
clip?

29. 7) Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Fathima Jinnah

30. 8) The site consists of four large groups of stone
circles dates between 3rd century BC and 16th
century AD. It reflects a prosperous, highly
organized and lasting society. Where and name
the monument?

31. 8) The ruins of Senegambia in Senegal and
Gambia.

32. 9) This American political party advocates, among
other things, the withdrawal of all American troops
from around the world, including Korea, Japan,
Europe and the entire Middle East; The party has also
participated in the Presidential election and their
agenda and policies were described as ‘libertarian’.
Name this party?

33. 9) The party is named ‘Boston Tea Party’.

34. 10) Name the famous film and the very popular
actress of that era shown in the clip ?

35. 10) Mumtaz Shanti and Kismat (1943)

36. 11) His uncle Daedalus was jealous of his growing
skills and sought his death by pushing him off a
cliff. To save him, the goddess Athena or Minerva,
who favoured ingenuity, turned the boy into a bird,
and to this day the bird keeps close to the ground
(to avoid any nasty falls). Accordingly, the genus
containing the bird takes his name. Who was he
and name the bird?

37. 11) Perdix and Partridge.

38. 12) Name the singer?

39. 12) Peter Gabriel

40. 13) This United Nations diplomat and later Prime
Minister of a country, initiated something which got
him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. Who was he and
what did he initiate?

41. 13) Lester Pearson and U.N. Peacekeeping Force.

42. 14) A 1950s designed carrier borne aircraft. Used by
India in Goa in 1961 and in the war of 1971. It was
flown by NATO as late as the air campaign against
Serbia over Kosovo in the spring of 1999.
Manufactured by a company which later merged
with Dassault. Name the aircraft ?

43. 14) Alize or Breguet Br.1050

44. 15) Identify the composer?

45. 15) Dimitri Shastakovich.

46. 16) George Mendonsa has been accepted as the male
protagonist. The claim of the female protagonist
however has three candidates: Edith Cullen Shain,
Greta Friedman and Barbara Sokol. What is being
discussed?

47. 16) The VJ-Day photograph by Eisenstadt.

48. 17) Who in the 18th century first began the practice of
using ‘shield and arrow’ and ‘hand mirror’ glyphs as
symbols to represent male and female?

49. 17) Carolus Linneaus

50. 18) Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and
Janata Dal (U) leader H D Kumaraswamy decided on a
unique method of settling their political differences at
10 AM on June 27 this year. What was this unique
method?

51. 18) They let god arbitrate in the Manjunath
temple at Dharmasthala near Bangalore.

52. 19) Name the person being interviewed?

53. 19) Bertrand Russell

54. ?
20) Connect and fill the blank.

55. 20) James Franco: People who have hosted the
Oscar ceremony and have also been nominated
the same year.

56. 21) According to mythology on whose complaint did
Indra attack the infant Lord Hanuman with the Vajra
resulting in his loss of memory about his powers and
why?

57. 21) Rahu.

58. 22) Name this famous
Nobel Prize winner of the
early 20th century?

59. 22) Johannes Diderik van der Waals

60. 23) Name this film

61. 23) La Strada

62. 24) Who is the artist, more famous in another field of
applied art and technology?

63. 24) Le Corbusier (know your quizmaster!!)

64. 25) Metroxylon solomonese, Metroxylon amicarum
and Cycas revoluta are plants which are the source of
a major staple food in the world. This item of food is
often confused with a product from Manihot
esculenta plant. What is this called in India and what
is it confused with?

65. 25) It is known as Sago or Saboo in India and it is
confused with Tapioca.

66. 26) They are part of the
Ratite group with a
maximum weight of
around 60 kg, they are
the third largest
remaining bird on the
planet. Name this bird?

67. 26) Cassowary.

68. 27) To the Japanese it's the 'River of Heaven'; to the
Chinese ‘Silver River'; in Catalan, Spanish, and
Portuguese it is 'The Road to Santiago'; in Cherokee it's
‘The Way the Dog Ran Away’; in Maltese 'St Anne's
Road' and in Turkish it's ‘Road of Straw’. Its the most
widely recognised thing in the Western World. What?

69. 27) The Milky Way.

70. 28) One of the two main
types of Viking ship, while
the “longship” was used in
war the other was a
merchant vessel. It had a
wider beam and deeper
hull than the longship,
holding between 70 and
100 people. What were
these ships called ?

71. 28) Knaar or Knorr

72. 29) Which three ingredients form the ‘Holy Trinity’ of
Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine ?

73. 29) Onion, Bell Pepper and Celery

74. 30) What does the red line named after an
Englishman Alfred Wallace denote ?

75. 30) The differentiation in the fauna or animals in
the Australian and Asian continents.

76. 31) Two people met on 22nd September 1931 at
45,Beckton Road, Canning Town in East London and
discussed about machinery. One was visiting a friend
and the other grew up nearby. Name both
individuals?

77. 31) Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin

78. 32) Name this individual
after whom it is believed
that a highest national
military honour officially
known as the Pour le
Mérite named?

79. 32) Max Imelman and the Blue Max.

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82. 1) The flag of which former country?

83. 2) A photograph of a family holiday. Name the
person who has been circled?

84. 3) Name this person
after whom the centre
court venue of a grand
slam tournament is
named ?

85. 4) A vocal rendition of Raag Behag. What type or
genre of singing introduced by Aamir Khusrau in
Hindustani music is this?

86. 5) Identify?

87. ANSWERS

88. 1) The flag of which former country?
1) Kingdom of Sikkim

89. 2) A photograph of a family holiday. Name the
person who has been circled?
2) Osama Bin Laden

90. 3) Name this person
after whom the centre
court venue of a grand
slam tournament is
named ?
3) Phillipe Chatrier

91. 4) A vocal rendition of Raag Behag. What type or
genre of singing introduced by Aamir Khusrau in
Hindustani music is this?
4) Tarana

92. 5) Identify?
5) Julianne Moore

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94. 33) This flower has the scientific name derived from
the Greek word for lion’s paw. It belongs to the
sunflower family and is called Queen’s flower in
Romania. Name this flower?

95. 33) Edelweiss.

96. 34) This brand is reportedly the market leader in all
countries of the world, except for five: Russia (where
Yandex leads), China (_____), the Czech Republic
(Seznam), South Korea (Naver) and Japan. Which
brand?

97. 34) Google.

98. 35) Identify the lady and
connect her to the graphic
on the right?

99. 35) Isadora Duncan who died while being driven
in a Bugatti.

100. 36) The wine ‘Lacrima Christi’, literally ‘tears of Christ’
gets its name from the legend that Christ cried his
tears on the land which had a divine effect on the
vines that grew there. The wine is produced on the
slopes of which famous mountain?

101. 36) Vesuvius.

102. 37) A commemorative plaque on the wall of 72 Rue
de Belleville because a famous person is said to
have been born outside the address, under a
lamppost, upon a policeman’s cloak. Who?

103. 37) Edith Piaf.

104. 38) Name this tribe of people?

105. 37) Kayan or Padaung of Burma.

106. 39) Please explain the picture on the left to derive
the identity of the celestial body on the right.

107. 38) Ganymede in myth being abducted by Zeus as
an eagle and the satellite of Jupiter.

108. 40) In 2004 Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones launched a
campaign to seek an amendment to Article 2, Section
1, Clause 5 of the constitution of a certain nation. To
what end did she do this ?

109. 40) She wants Arnold Schwarzenegger to become
president of USA so it is the clause for being born
in USA of the American constitution she wants to
change.

110. 41) One place in the world where this photograph can
be taken. Where?

111. 41) Kamchatka Peninsula.

112. 42) Where is this building, the site of the christening of
the first Merovingian king of the Franks?

113. 42) Rheims.

114. 43) Identify this
European
businesswoman
turned politician?

115. 43) Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine.

116. 44) A very rare recording of a performance of Raag
Manj Khamaj. Name the musical instrument and the
performer?

117. 44) Annapurna Devi and the Sur Bahar.

118. 45) What name is given to the selection of appetizers
or small dishes in eastern Mediterranean cuisine
which are also served in cafes and restaurants in the
Middle East ?

119. 45) Meze.

120. 46) Which former European kingdom was ruled by
most number of female monarchs between 13th and
17th century for the duration of 123 years and has
been given the sobriquet of ‘Most woman friendly
kingdom ever’ on International Women’s Day 2010?

121. 46) The Kingdom of Navarre in Spain.

122. 47) Headquarters of a very important International
Organisation in the current times. Name the
organisation?

123. 47) WIPO in Geneva.

124. 48) Name the person who played the title of the
song?

125. 48) Prema Narayan.

126. 49) The longest reign by a monarch to be
documented is credited to this individual. Name him
and where did he rule?

127. 49) Shobhuza II of Swaziland.

128. 50) Victor Hugo described him as ‘An infant
Shakespeare’. This poet who had largely given up
creative writing before his 21st birthday, spent some
time as a coffee and gun trader in Aden and Ethiopia
before a tumour in his knee forced him to return to
his native country. Name him?

129. 50) Arthur Rimbault

130. 51) Name the famous building which is the subject of
this clip?

131. 51) The Reichstag

132. 52) Jobari was the mascot for the 5th staging of an
International sports event, hosted by Niamey, in
Niger, in December 2005. Similarly Cedrus was the
mascot for the 6th staging at Beirut, Lebanon in
September-October 2009. What event?

133. 52) Francophone Games.

134. 53) Crater (also spelled Kraytar) is an unofficial name
for Seera, one of the oldest districts in this city.
Situated in the crater of an ancient volcano forming
the Shamsan Mountains, which city ?

135. 53) Aden

136. 54) Known a Hallyu it is a movement responsible for
over 1 billion dollars of revenue to a country in terms
of cultural exports. Hugely influential in Asia it is
gaining popularity in North America and Europe due
the advent of YouTube and social networking sites.
From which country does this originate and what is its
main component?

137. 54) South Korea and TV Serials.

138. 55) Built by a ruler of a neighbouring state as a
guarding outpost for a subsidiary route of the
silk route. The British were invited to conquer it
by the local ruler. Converted to a prison, it was
one of the most remote prisons of the empire.
Name this structure which has been sadly
destroyed by neglect?

139. 55) Buxa Fort in North Bengal.

140. 56) You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed an eternally vigilant symbol of change
by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
These are the translated words of a memorial plaque in a building
located on the former Bendlerstrasse . Whose memorial?

141. 56) The memorial to the German resistance
against the Nazis.

142. 57) What is this mechanical device designed in 1704
to illustrate the relative positions and motions of the
bodies in the solar system called ?

143. 57) Orrery.

144. 58) The most ideal wood used for manufacture is teak
but generally aged Indian Red Cedar (western name)
or Toona Ciliata (scientific name) is used. Other
materials used in manufacture , include deer antlers
and goat skin. These materials are used for the
manufacture of what?

145. 58) Sarod.

146. 59) Name the film ?

147. 59) Deewar

148. 60) Which writer used this logo and derived
from his favourite Latin phrase and why?

149. 60) John Steinbeck as his professor had once told
him that he would become a writer only if pigs
could fly.

150. 61) Stage from a famous race this year. Please explain
this different finish?

151. 61) Giro di Italia the neutralized stage to
commemorate the death of Wouter Weylandt
the day before. His team Radioshack Nissan and
best friend Tyler Farrar crossed the line together.

152. 62) Name the song and the composer?

153. 62) Aage Bhi Jaane na tu and Ravi.

154. 63) Koichi Sugiyama, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori
Mitsuda, Koji Kondo and Motoi Sakuraba are the main
exponents of which contemporary genre of music?

155. 63) Video Game Music.

156. 64) Which gem?

157. 64) Tourmaline.