2. RULES
• 20 Questions on infinite bounce and pounce.
• All questions are +10/-10 on pounce and +10 on
bounce unless stated otherwise.
• Part points may be provided on bounce based on
quizmaster’s discretion.
• Pounce will only be considered if I see your hand
raised when I close pounce.
• Quizmaster is Rajnikanth, W.G. Grace, Chuck Norris
and all other sport and entertainment gods
simultaneously.
3. 1. GIVE THE TERM(FITB).
______ _____________ has a stigma of being mindless pop
culture, in some cases glorifying violence for the sake of
entertainment, and has been criticized as such in popular
media.
Fiction with a dystopian future setting often portrays deadly
futuristic games as popular ______ _____________, including
The Hunger Games, The Running Man and Idiocracy.
When asked about the coining of the term, X said, “My father
coined the phrase. He let the world in on that, yes, this is
actually predetermined and, yes, we are having fun. He was
the one who created this live action-adventure soap opera.”
6. 2. ID X. WHY IS THE TITLE IRONIC?
X is a 2016 period drama film about Nat Turner, the
African-American slave who led a slave rebellion in
Southampton County, Virginia in 1831. The film is
written, produced, and directed by Nate Parker, who
also stars as Nat Turner.
It shares it’s title with a 1915 movie, whose sequel Y
was the first feature-length sequel in film history.
When asked about the title Turner said his film had the
same title "ironically, but very much by design".
12. 4.
In November last year, a clip from a famous
1942 movie was posted on Reddit, being
upvoted more than a thousand times in only a
few days.
On Twitter too, the video was shared hundreds
of times by people, sometimes accompanied by
the hashtag WWVLD.
Identify the movie and the scene.
14. CASABLANCA: WHAT WOULD VICTOR LAZLO DO?
HE’D SING LE MARSEILLAISE IN A BAR FULL OF NAZIS
15. 5.
Guillermo Platel-Varas had a pretty unremarkable Tennis career.
Playing mostly in Futures tournaments in Spain, he lost more
matches than he won.
He was, however, lucky enough to face and defeat a 15 year old
Rafael Nadal in Nadal’s first professional match in a Futures
tournament in Madrid.
Recalling the match at the US Open almost exactly 10 years later,
Nadal said, "I was playing a match to win my first ATP points and I
lost [after holding] 3 match points. I was really sad about my
match, because the first ATP point is always important. But, when I
came back to the locker room, I turned on the TV and forgot the
match in one second.“
What made Nadal forget this disappointing defeat?
17. THE MATCH WAS PLAYED ON 11TH SEPTEMBER 2001.
HE SAW THE TWIN TOWERS ON FIRE
18. 6.
X claims he didn’t know about the reference until
months after the release. He was said to be “highly
upset and very possibly humiliated” by the
misinterpretation.
When he read the message his friend had left him, they
had been discussing anarchism, punk rock, and similar
topics. X interpreted the slogan as having a revolutionary
meaning, when it was really just a reference to a choice
made by his then girlfriend.
Just the message(Exact answer needed on pounce).
21. 7.
X:
Y:
X and Y had strikingly similar Test careers as seen above.
Both left-handers, they were both very young when they
played their last Test (X was 28 while Y was 25) 52 years
apart.
The cause of their exit from the team was also very
similar, although with one major difference.
The cause and the difference.
Bonus 5 for X and Y on pounce.
23. X: NARI CONTRACTOR
Y: PHIL HUGHES
BOTH WERE HIT ON THE HEAD IN A FC GAME.
CONTRACTOR SURVIVED BUT HUGHES DIDN’T
24. 8. WHERE HAVE WE SEEN JENNY JOSEPH?
Jenny Joseph may not be a household name but we have all seen
likeness somewhere.
In 1989, then 28 years of age, she was hired by an artist who was
commissioned to recreate an iconic image. At the time Joseph was a
graphics artist for The Times-Picayune, and this turned out to be her
first and last modelling job.
In 2012, 20 years after we first saw her, she gave an interview to
WWL-TV: “So we just scooted over there come lunchtime and they
wrapped a sheet around me and I used a regular little desk lamp.”
Ironically, Jenny Joseph is also the name of the English poet who
wrote “Warning,” a short poem with the famous line “When I am an
old woman I shall wear purple.”
27. 9. FUNDA
• Arnold Palmer playing in his last US Open at Oakmont.
• The FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, with Oprah as MC and
Diana Ross missing a penalty in an empty goal, in Chicago.
• The Rangers celebrating their first Stanley Cup victory in 54 years
with a parade in New York.
• Kenny Griffith Jr. scored his 30th home run of the season in Kansas
City, becoming the first player since Babe Ruth to reach the mark
at that point of the season.
The above events all took place on the same day. On any other day,
any one of these would have been in the news in the US. But that
day, they were all overshadowed by one iconic US sportsman.
30. 10. FUQ
It is claimed that O.J. Simpson hated X, even though they were
both at the peak of their sporting careers round about the same
time.
O.J.’s former agent Mike Gilbert revealed that once while X was
driving around, Simpson said, “This guy wants to ________. I
swear…look at him, he wants to _________.”
X too had his say about O.J. in an interview on the day before the
jury announced the verdict, “You just never really know the
people around you…Two people were brutally murdered and
somebody has to pay.”
ID X and FITB.
33. 11.
In the final lap of the 1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Nigel Mansell
was on his way to his first win of the season to get his title
challenge underway.
However, with less than half a lap to go his Williams stalled with
what his team claimed was a gearbox failure.
What they failed to acknowledge was a certain distraction which
cynics have suggested may have contributed. There have been
rumours that Mansell let his revs drop too low or that he
accidentally flipped the engine kill switch due to this distraction,
causing his car to stall.
What distraction?
36. 12. WHICH SONG?
An ode to the river Narmada, the song is not an original, but
simply a makeover of an old local hymn. In 2014 it was named as
one of the "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the last 25 Years“ by
Rolling Stones India.
It talks of the Narmada’s journey starting from the Amarkantak
hills, it’s clear water and how it provides livelihood to many
people.
The song was later adopted by the Narmada Bachao Andolan as a
protest song, coming full circle, as it may never have been
recorded were it not for the NBA.
39. 13. WHO’S HER DADDY?
Masaba Gupta is an Indian fashion designer, who made her first
appearance at the Lakme Fashion Week aged just 19 in 2009.
Much like her father had done with cricket in the 1970s, she took
the fashion world by storm, being appointed fashion director of
Satya Paul in 2012.
Her mother is famous too, having acted in several TV shows
including the Indian version of The Weakest Link (Kamzor Kadi Kaun)
as well as winning a National Film Award in 1994.
When asked about her father’s influence on her, she said she had
inherited his “strength, humility and a certain _________ laidback-
ness.” Much like her father did to his discipline, she is said to have
brought a completely new approach to Indian wear in fashion with
her quirky prints.
42. 14. X AND THE CLUB?
X, an actor, supports this football club thanks to his friendship
with club director Robert Earl and visited their home ground
for a game against Reading in 2007.
In 2015, he claimed that he regretted not trying to buy a stake
in the club when he had the chance, saying it was too late
now as Premier League football was now a billionaire’s game.
In January last year, he had delivered a message to the club’s
fans at half time during a Premier League game as part of
work on a new film.
If he had taken over the club, you’d think he would have
definitely considered buying West Ham’s current goalkeeper.
45. 15.
An excerpt from somebody’s autobiography:
After a hard day in the field at Hove, five members of the
team, including myself, went out into Brighton for some
Chinese food. Having dined, I felt pleasantly relaxed as we
travelled back to the hotel in the Morris 100 car given by
Robin Waters. It was a beautiful evening, with a soft, salty
breeze blowing from the sea so the lads decided that they
would sooner walk the last lap back home. 'Come with us,
____, a walk will do you good.‘
But I was feeling much too lazy. 'No thanks, I'd sooner ride
back with Robin,' I decided.
The person and the relevance of this incident.
48. 16. ID.
X and his manager William Moody were great friends right up
till the latter’s death in 2013. This is demonstrated by the fact
that Moody had nicknamed X ‘Wendy’ for his natural red hair
(he dyes his hair black) and freckles, similar to the iconic
mascot for Wendy’s restaurants.
If you were to ever meet him though, you wouldn’t dare
mention the nickname to his face. A legend of his sport, he
holds one the most remarkable records in all of sports, a record
that is definitely the most famous of his own sport and has
become synonymous with him.
His other more popular nickname is a shorter form of another
word and means “a person who is a sensation or is extremely
talented.”
51. 17.
Jeff Astle was an English footballer who scored 174 goals for West
Bromwich Albion. He scored the only goal in the club’s last FA Cup Final
in 1968, making him a club legend.
He was considered an expert header of the ball and even made 5
appearances for England, but failed to score in any of them. Most
notably he missed a relatively easy chance on his debut against Brazil in
the 1970 World Cup, which led to England’s exit from the tournament.
In 2002, Astle died aged 59. From early 2013, for around a year, West
Brom fans made it a point at every home game to applaud in the ninth
minute of the game in tribute to him, as he wore the number 9 jersey,
and in support The Justice for Jeff campaign.
In 2014, the campaign was finally acknowledged officially and it was
confirmed to be the first case in Britain of this sort of death.
What was his cause of death?
53. HEADING A FOOTBALL
A NEUROSURGEON CONFIRMED THAT HE SUFFERED DEGENERATIVE
BRAIN DISEASE AS A RESULT OF ‘REPEATED MINOR TRAUMAS’ TO
THE HEAD.
54. 18. NAME THIS ENGLISH CRICKETER.
A fiery English fast bowler, X was, for about 8 years in the late 60s and early
70s, the best fast bowler in England. Yet he only played 49 Tests in a career
spanning 11 years.
He was considered brash, unpredictable and unruly and often clashed with his
captains. But these characteristics are not something you would associate
with the name thanks to his namesake from the field of entertainment.
The son of a Vicar, he learned how to play in the three-acre grounds of the
vicarage with his father, mother, grandfather and three sisters and his rural
childhood was completely unaffected by the war, again quite unlike his
namesake.
An extremely talented individual, he even wrote two books of poetry and set
up a successful travel agency in retirement. This can also be seen as being in
contrast with said namesake, if you were to believe a certain ‘stereotype’
widely associated with the namesake.
57. 19.
This iconic basketball game was considered to be a bit of a joke
when it was scheduled. Pitting seasoned pros Y against younger
upstarts X, the result was considered to be a forgone conclusion
even before the start.
However, to everyone’s surprise the team X raced into an early lead,
thanks largely to their star player Z. However, the pros recovered
and neutralised the influence of Z, building up a commanding lead.
Just after the halfway point though, something changed. X took
advantage of this change and gradually began clawing back Y’s lead,
eventually winning the match with the final throw of the game.
What was this change that allowed X to mount a comeback?
60. 20. +20/-10 (3 SLIDE QUESTION)
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was founded in
1943 by Los Angeles-based foreign journalists that wanted a
more organized distributing process of cinema news to non-
US markets.
In 1944 they created a concept of a ‘generous distribution’
so that they could gain more power in film marketing.
The plan worked and now the HFPA consists of about ninety
members from approximately fifty-five countries with a
combined following of more than two hundred and fifty
million. They now play a major role in film marketing
throughout the world.
61.
62. Connect the ‘concept’ from Slide 1 to the sportsmen from Slide 2 based
on a word which you could soon see associated with the man on the
left and which the man on the right was famously associated with until
recently.
64. THEY ALMOST DID IT!
BUT NOT QUITE THERE.
In 1944 the HFPA created the Golden Globes. The actors who played
these sportsmen in movies were all ‘nominees’ for their respective
roles at the Golden Globes.
Muhammad Ali: Will Smith in Ali
Niki Lauda: Daniel Bruhl in Rush
James J. Braddock: Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man
Francois Pienaar: Matt Damon in Invictus
Micky Ward: Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter
