Rounds

Prelims

Enter the Colosseum

An Offer You Cannot Refuse

Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That....

Choose your Pill

Helter Skelter

Rules

1. There will be a total of 20 questions
2. Questions 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 will be star marked questions worth two points each
3. All other questions are worth 1 point each

Question 1

L was a mythological figure who supposedly sprang out of his/her father’s head fully grown and in armour. This peculiar incident made him/her the deity of ___ and ______.
In the popular video game series, God of War, L is shown to help Kratos defeat all the other gods and is rumoured to return as the main villain in God of War: Ragnarok.
L’s statue adorns Austrian Parliament as an embodiment of the political rise of the Parliament over the power of the Emperor Franz Joseph.
Identify L.

L - Athena

Question 2

A was a footballer who used to play for a local club in South America when he was young. Later due to his promising skills, he was a selected by a much bigger team in Europe which saw him getting listed on the popular video game ‘Football Manager’.
Former Scottish footballer and ex-Rangers coach Alex McLeish was informed about this player by his son Jon according to whom the player ‘A’ was always scoring for him in the game. Alex dismissed the prospect of Rangers signing in the player.
Identify A, who would have changed the face of Scottish football had Rangers signed him way back then.

A - Lionel Messi

Question 3

"Dogs on Fire" is a song that is closely associated with this particular TV Show. The song gets remixed when the host changes.
The last time the song was remixed by Timbaland when a South African (he no longer works there) took over the show.
Name the Show and the South African.

The Daily Show

Trevor Noah

Question 4

In the following excerpt from the song ‘Oru Murai Vanthu Pathaya’ from Manichithrathazhu is the name of a historical figure [whose name we have removed from the audio - clearly] who gave ‘Nagavalli’ a ‘chilanka’.
This historical figure was a Jain monk, a Chera prince, and a poet. He is traditionally credited as the author of one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature. In a patikam (prologue) to the epic poem, he identifies himself as the brother of a famous Chera king.
Identify him and the novel for which he was famous.

Illango Adigal

Silappathiikaram

Question 5

"The legends include tales that 'it' was invented in Europe to celebrate the defeat of the Umayyad forced by the Franks at the battle of Tours in 732, with the shape representing the Islamic crescent; that it was invnetd in Buda; or according to other sources, in Vienna, in 1683 to celebrate the defeat of the Ottomans by the Christian forces in the siege of the city, as a reference to the crescents on the Ottoman flags, when bakers staying up all night heard the tunnelling operation and gave the alarm. "
What is this wikipedia excerpt talking about?

Croissant

Question 6

The year 46 BC was nicknamed the year of confuction and it was also the longest recorded calendar year. This was because the famous Roman leader, Julius Caesar introduced two extra months to the calendar so that it matched up with the seasons at the time.
What was the name of these two months

January and February

Question 7

Having started as Moore Noyce Electronics in 1968, this company quickly changed its name to the one we know today because they felt that their original name sounded too much like 'More Noise'. Identify the Company.

Intel

Question 8

X is a relatively unknown youtube creator. He has only one video in his channel with approximately 227 million views and 11 million likes. The channel has a total of 2.8 million subscribers.
X does not have any other social media presence and uses the description of his sole video to voice his opinion on the current state of the world.
Identify X and his most famous creation.

Jawed Karim - Youtube

Question 9

The Lasker Award instituted in 1945, is awarded to living pioneers in science and has earned a reputation for awarding future Nobel Prize winners.
In 2007, it was awarded to an American scientist in the branch of 'Public Service' for his role as the principal architect of two programs, one in biodefence and the other in AIDS.
Identify this scientist who was trending on American News for the better part of 2020 and 2021?

Anthony Fauci

Question 10

This phenomenon ended in 1994 signalling a victory for humanity all over the world and creating one of the best Constitutions in the world "If NCERT is to be believed."
Identify this phenomenon.

Apartheid

Question 11

This company was founded in 1886, and sold a product of the same name. The name has two parts, the first refers to a plant grown in South America that provided an ingredient which is no longer in the product. The other refers to the nuts of a tree found in the tropical rainforests of Africa. Derivatives of this ingredient are still in the brew today.
Which company are we talking about?

Coca Cola

Question 12

A famous Michael Jackson song shares its name with a famous tennis player who played in the famous Battle of the Sexes and won paving the way for equal pay for women in tennis.
Who are we talking about?

Billie Jean King

Question 13

Built on what was once an archipelago of 7 islands, this city which was originally a Portuguese stronghold on the Indian coast later changed hands to the English as a part of Catherine de Braganza's dowry.
Originally called 'Kakamuchee' or 'Galajunkja', the name it was known by prior to 1995 is a conjugation of the Portuguese for 'Good Bay', describing the geography of this particular spot.
Name this city.

Bombay/Mumbai

Question 14

This Indian daily acquired its own fleet of Heron aeroplanes in September 1963 for delivering copies of the paper to its far-flung readers in various destinations. The use of aircraft for distribution of the newspaper, was a first for the newspaper industry in India.
There were also one of the first newspaper companies to send a satellite to space to ensure that news gets delivered to all of its branches at the right time.
Identify this newspaper?

The Hindu

Question 15

This company was started in India on September 15, 1959 when UNESCO gave the Indian government $20,000 and 180 Philips TV sets.
Their signature tune was composed by Pandit Ravishankar and Ustad Ali Khan in 1976.
Identify this company which started ints main operation during the Asian Games in 1982.

Doordarshan

Question 16

'Born Rich' is a documentary film created by Jamie _______ an heir to a global organization.
The film is an interview of 10 other young heirs.
He made this film as he had observed that a lot of people including members of his family, 'live unproductive lives, and even in some cases tragic and miserable lives'. Identify the family/company to which the film-maker belongs.

Johnson & Johnson

Question 17

The following stadium was created for the Qatar World Cup.
This particular architecture was created as an alternative to what other stadiums use (which was invented by Mr Carter).
This is meant to resemble, a specific clothing worn by people of the Middle east.
Put funda

Kufi(Muslim Skull Cap) design as an alternative to air conditioners (invented by Carter)

Question 18

This is the flag of a US-backed nation which emerged after a French withdrawal from the region.
Along with its rival conveniently denoted by the opposite cardinal direction, they are an example of where American nation-building and propaganda failed spectacularly, and visibly to the American public.
Movies like 'Fullmetal Jacket', 'Apocalypse Now' and others capture this shock the American public felt when the details of this faraway war were revealed to them. Identify the nation occupying this region today.

Vietnam

Flag - South Vietnam

Question 19

This subsidiary fo Proctor and Gamble which specialises in men's grooming products (and to a certain extent women's too) has the tagline, 'The Best a man can get' signifying their expertise in the filed mainly because they were the first to indtroduce the 'safety ________'
This company enjoys near-monopoly status. Identify the brand and the product they are famous for.

Gilette - Razors

Question 20

The down-ballot effect is the tendency for a popular political leader to attract votes for other people of the same party in an election.
It is witnessed when the main candidate is exceptionally popular among a mass of people. The effect also has another name known as the 'X' effect which is not only used in lieu of politics but also in a more general sense.
For instance, a person living off another's success and achievement (Rahul Gandhi, Siddharth Mallya, :P) are said to ride on theri father's 'X'
What is X.

Coattail effect

Rules

1. This round is a Pounce and Bounce round
2. Those who want to attempt the question on the Pounce can raise their hands. The quizmaster will come to you and check whether your answers are correct.
3. The question will go clockwise for the Bounce.
4. +15/-5 on the Pounce
5. +10/-0 on the Bounce
6. There are 14 questions in the round.

Question 1

On May 1947, two of India’s greatest scientists, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and Homi Bhabha – boarded an Air India flight at Bombay and headed out on a critical mission to negotiate with a power - X that controlled the world’s largest and richest deposits of thorium.
While the ‘owner’ – Y of these deposits lay in his ‘infinite cosmic sleep’, the ‘custodians’ who ruled on his behalf were carrying out clandestine negotiations for the enrichment of thorium and uranium.
The Americans and the British, tried to attain these nuclear deposits and Pt Jawaharlal Nehru was so alarmed that he even proposed the aerial bombing of X to bring them to their heels.
Identify X and Y.

X - Travancore

Y - Sree Padmanabhaswamy/ Vishnu

Question 2

The company X is often associated to photocopying like how 'Google' is associated to 'surfing the internet'.
X has a subsidiary Y at Palo Alto where they were doing cutting edge research including but not limited to the first computer mouse, the first GUI, etc which was later in a way copied by Apple and Microsoft for their computers.
Identify X and Y.

X - Xerorx

Y - Palo Alto Reasearch Center (PARC)

Question 3

Fermat once wrote on the margin of his book, a theorem which we now call Fermat’s last theorem not because it was his last theorem, but it was the last theorem left for us to prove.
It states that there is a maximum value of n for which x^n + y^n = z^n,
for which x, y and z are positive integers.
What can be the maximum value of n?

2

Question 4

This painting, by Jose Veloso Salgado, depicts a Portuguese explorer presenting himself to a certain ruler.
Called the Shamitihsi in Mandarin, this ruler had a near-monopoly on the trade of printed cotton cloth, called calico, after the port city from which it entered the Arab trade networks to the West.
What was this ruler’s title?

Zamorin of Calicut

Question 5

X is one of the oldest fraternities in the world whose members included:
Motilal Nehru, Vivekananda, JRD Tata, King George VI and George Washington among many others.
Their temples and lodges are specimens of grand architecture and their arcane rituals have inspired as much curiosity and fear.
Identify X.

X - Freemasons

Question 6

A parabola is a particular type of arc that is defined by the exact curvature of its sides. Unlike most curves, which scatter incoming light in many directions, the reflected beams bounce from a parabola and all concentrate at one point called the focus.
The Skaphis is a parabolic mirror in Greece that is used to start a very particular fire. This Fire can withstand winds up to 125 kmph and temperatures upto -30 degrees Centigrade. How do we know this particular fire that was last lit in 2021 but was not lit in 1916,1940 and 1944?

Olympic Torch

Question 7

In August 2006, a man named Richard Stallman met with the Kerala government and persuaded the then V S Achuthananthan led government to switch out of a particular X and instead move to Y.
This was widely celebrated in a specific community that Stallman was a prominent member of, making Kerala one of the first few states in India to undertake this change.
This change spearheaded by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) saw the Kerala government saving more than 3000 crore a year which they would have to pay as license fee if they continued to use X.
Identify X and Y.

X - Windows

Y - Linux/Linux based operating systems

Question 8

The Tuman Show is a 1998 American film directed by Peter Weir.
The film stars Jim Carey as Truman Burbank, a man who grew up living an ordinary life that - unbeknownst to him - takes place on a large set populated by actors for a television show about him.
When he finally realises this, he decides to leave the large set on a boat to cross the artificial waters and reach the outside world which was 'new' to him.
What was the name of the ship.
Clue: A ship with the same name was involved in the discovery of the 'New World'.

Santa Maria (used by Christopher Columbus )

Question 9

Connect the following images to something in the world of literature:

JCB Prize for Literature

Question 10

Contrary to popular belief, the actual hero of the Mahabhrata is not Arjuna or Krishna but Karna. Ved Vyasa's Mahabhrata is centered areound the journey of Karna.
However the 6th book is the only book in which Karna is not the hero but X is. Thus this book is also called 'The Book of X'. This part of the Mahabharata contains the Bhagavat Gita.
There is also a very famous Malayalam movie that shares its name with this book albeit the movie is heavily influenced by 'Godfather' of Hollywood fame.
Identify the book.

The book of Bheeshma - Bheeshma Parvam

Question 11

Trigeminal Neuralgia is a specific disease a condition that causes painful sensations similar to an electric shock on one side of the face. The chornic pain affects the trigeminal nerve.
Historically it has been called the ‘Suicide disease’.
It is associated with extreme excruciating pain. What Edward Munch creation would you associate with the people having trigeminal neuralgia?

The Scream

Question 12

Find a billionaire from this video.

Question 13

The following is an ad by a specific company.
Identify the hero of the ad.
Put funda to the different dialogues given by the people in the ad.

Mikhail Gorbachev

He was responsible for the fall of the USSR or the breaking off of the Soviet Republics

Question 14

This is a fictional book turned even more famous movie. The movie was arguably one of India’s best representatives in the international stage and is about a boy from Mumbai.
It has 13 chapters. The name of each chapter is prefixed with a number as follows:
1000
2000
5000
10000
50000
100000
200000
500000
1000000
10000000
100000000
1000000000
Identify the book or the movie.

Book: Q & A

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire

Rules

1. This round is a Point Auction Round.
2. Once the quizmaster finishes reading the question, he will open the auction at 10 points
3. The bids can be multiples of 10 upto 50 - 10,20,30,40,50
4. The highest bidder will get the question
5. If two people bid the same higest bid, they will be asked to write down their answers
6. If you get it right, you get the points you bid
7. If you get it wrong, you lose the number of points you bid
8. If you answer part of the question, you get part of what you bid for
9. There are 12 questions in this round

Question 1

Identify this person.

Yao Ming - Chinese Basketball Player

Question 2

X is a particular species of jumping spiders that feed on other spiders. They are remarkable for their intelligent hunting behaviour.
The species is named X after a specific character of a very famous classical play. This character is well known for having more intelligence than contemporaries in the play and had to disguise as someone else to save the day.
Identify X.

X - Portia

Question 3

This 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics winner, is known for his extraordinary research in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He was a longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan.
He is known especially for his work on black holes.
He is also famous in a completely different field where he works as scientific consultant and adviser.
Identify this scientist and the *other* thing he is famous for.

Kip Thorne

Interstellar

Question 4

During an ODI against New Zealand, Team India fielded a team consisting of
Purnima, Pramila, Nalin, Davaki, Tara, Surinder, Lakshmi, Mandakini, Saroj and Sujata.
What was so unique about the match?

Team India sported their Mother's name on their jerseys

Question 5

X was a film released in 1990 starring Amitabh Bhachan as Vijay Deenanath Chauhan.
This movie has a strong cult following and talks about the Mumbai Underworld, riots and much more. Recently, the name X came into limelight due to an entirely different issue. What is X?

Agneepath

Question 6

LOLcat films are abundant on the Internet. They show cats doing wacky, funny and unusual things.
The first ever LOLcat video is called ‘Boxing Cats’ and features two cats wearing boxing gloves and having a go at each other.
Shot in July 1894, who was the ‘unlikely’ mastermind behind the first ever such video which has influenced years of funny cat memes, videos and images.

Thomas Alva Edison

Question 7

The following is a description of a city X.
Known for its ancient Shiva temples and colourful festivals, the city of X has its name coined from the words which stand for ‘The city with the name of the Lord Shiva.’
Another Explanation says that it literally means a large expanse of land with three Shiva temples.
Identify the city X.

Thrissur

Question 8

When talking about media inspired from Norse mythology, one of the things at the forefront is the Souls Games, characterized by their immense difficulty and emphasis on environmental and visual storytelling.
In the past ten years the genre of games inspired from the Souls Series have been unofficially been called Souls Games of Souls-like games.
Identif a very recent Souls video game the story material for which was provided by George R R Martin.

Elden Ring

Question 9

The following is an image of a monument in a capital city of a particular country. It is a tribute to a particular something that released in 2012.
Identify the monument and what is it a tribute to?

Gangnam Style Monument

PSY's Gangnam Style broke records worldwide.

Question 10

In 2007, South Korea hosted what was called as the world’s first Solo High Wire Championships in Seoul, in which participants had to cross the river Han.
The Washington Post, while reporting this information came up with a punny headline that contained the surname and the full name of two central characters from a world famous franchise related to *space*.
What was the headline given to that article?

"Skywalkers" cross river "Han Solo"

Question 11

VistaGlide was a robotic, motion controlled camera system that allowed an actor to play two or more parts in a single scene, with a computer controlling the movements of the actor during each pass.
It was developed for a franchise where several instances of multiple characters or 'other selves' are shown side by side, thus enabling the actors to seemingly interact with themselves, walk around themselves and even pass objects between themselves.
Which movie/franchise needed the development of this novel system?

Back to the Future

Question 12

Gebruder Dassler started the company by providing for people like Jesse Owens
His two sons, Adolf and Rudolf quarrelled and split the company effectively creating a rivalry that spread across the workers and the village and perhaps across the entire world.

Rudolf Dassler created Puma (earlier called Ruda)

Adolf 'Adi' Dassler created Adidas

Rules

1. This round is a connect round
2. There are 6 questions, each with 3 clues that all lead to the same answer
3. If you get the answer you can press the buzzer and attempt the question
4. If wrong you will be allowed to attempt only at the next clue
5. +30/-15 for the first clue
6. +20/-10 for the second clue
7. +10/-5 for the third clue
8. In the end, you will be asked to connect all the 5 answers together for a Mega Connect
9. +50 for the Mega Connect, No negatives

Question 1

Clue 1

Clue 2

Clue 3

Connect!

Andy Serkis

Question 2

Clue 1

Clue 2

Clue 3

Famous dialogues:
“You And I Remember Budapest Very Differently.”.
“... But if You step out that door, you are an avenger.”
“ More Cookie Please, Thank you.”

Connect!

Question 3

Clue 1

Clue 2

Famous dialogues:
“I’m not a psychopath, Anderson. I’m a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.”
“Anderson, don’t talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the Whole Street.”
“Elementary....”

Clue 3

Connect!

Benedict Cumberbatch

Question 4

Clue 1

 His career spans seven decades, having performed in genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.
Over his career he has received numerous awards including
seven Laurence Olivier Awards
a Tony Award
a Golden Globe Award
and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
He has also received nominations for two Academy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and four BAFTAs.

Clue 2

He is known for a lot of movies related to mythical creatures and places.
Often misinterpreted as the actor who plays Dumbledore.

Clue 3

Connect!

Ian Mckellan

Question 5

Clue 1

His mother was an Italian countess, and through her he descended from the Emperor Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire and was related to Robert E Lee, the confederate General.
Speaking both French and Italian, he spent his time after World War II hunting Nazis with the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects until he decided to give acting a try at age 25.

Clue 2

Kevin Bacon is known by his 6 degrees, that is you can connect any actor to Kevin Bacon using 6 movies.
However, our guy here can be connected to any actor through 2.59 steps, thus beating Kevin Bacon.
If you don't know what degree is. Example follows.

Clue 3

He is known for his portrayal of Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein monster.
Count Dooku in Star wars and multiple villainous roles including Fu Manchu, Rasputin, Lord Summerisle of the Wicker Man, James Bond Vliiain Scaramanga, Mephistopheles and Death himself.

Connect!

Christopher Lee

Question 6

Clue 1

This country has three official languages:
English
Maori
Sign Language

Clue 2

It is the last country in the world to be inhabited by humans.
It just dates back a few hundred years, specifically 800 years ago.
It was the Maori who came first.

Clue 3

Connect!

New Zealand

Mega Connect

Connect them all

Connect the answers to an author responsible for a very famous book series.

Answers till now

Answer 1: Andy Serkis
Answer 2: Hawkeye
Answer 3: Benedict Cumberbatch
Answer 4: Ian Mckellan
Answer 5: Christopher Lee
Answer 6: New Zealand

Connect!

JRR Tolkien

Rules

1. There are 6 topics to chose from
2. Each topic has two questions
3. The team with the lowest points gets to chose the topic first
4. Once a person choses a topic, they will get the first question
5. If they answer correctly, they will get the second question
6. Failing to do so, the question will open on the buzzer and if they are right, they will get the second question too
7. +30/-0 for each question

Question 1

X was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.
X derives from a word meaning “to satiate, to feed” because the goddess was linked to pastoral, agricultural fertiltiy.
A common English word Y derives from X, commemorating her association with edible grains.
Name X and Y.

X - Ceres

Y - Cereal

Question 2

X , just like the other members of the poison ivy family contains urushiol than can cause dermatitis in susceptible people.
X is also a distant relative of cashews and pistachio recommended not to eat with the skin on although it is the preferred method of eating some varieties.
Identify X

X - Mango

Question 3

According to one theory, this highly popular sweet is derived from a fritter that the Persian-speaking invaders brought to India.
Another theory suggests that it was a Mughal chef who accidently made this sweet.
The first part of the name of this sweet denoted 'flower' and the second part 'water'.
Identify the sweet.

Gulab Jamun

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Question 1

This word comes from a Greek word meaning to 'tear flesh, bite the lip in a rage, sneer'
Today it refers to a practice of speech, not as fatal as its ancient Greek meaning. It entered English as late as the 17th century.

Sarcasm

Question 2

In the Greek mythology, the 9 ______ were the goddesses who inspired literature, science and arts and were the source of knowledge embodies in the myths of the Greek culture.

Muses

Question 3

This is a double loaned word from Japanese.
'Double loaned' means that this word was originally taken from English to Japanes, modified and then converted to English.
Identify this word that is now incorrectly associated with being only Japanese.

Anime

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Question 1

T Madhava Rao was a former Diwan of Travancore, Indore and Baroda. He was a very famous Indian statesman.
Why is his Sculpture famous in Trivandrum?

Statue in Statue Junction

Question 2

Two people behind this specific audio have their statues set up at two sides of a specific street.
It’s a very famous cultural street in Trivandrum.
Identify the street and the two people.

G Devarajan

Vayalar Rama Varma

Manaveeyam Veedhi

Question 3

In 2011, the then Russian Consul to India installed a statue of a very famous person in front of the Russian Cultural Centre, Vanross junction, Trivandrum.
It was to commemorate 50th year of the person creating history in his field.
Identify this person.

Yuri Gagarin

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Question 1

Saliminus brasiliensis is a large, predatory south-water fish found in South America which is named so because of its striking coloration.
What is its actual name which it shares with something you would no for sure if you saw KGF.

The Golden Dorado

Question 2

Megalopyge Opercularis is a moth of the family, Megalopygidae. This particular moth species goes by numerous common names.
Symbolic for its fuzzy yellowish-orange hair, this caterpillar is known to be extremely dangerous due to its stings.
However, it is famous for a completely different reason.

Donald Trump's hair

Question 3

Ivory Billed Woodpecker
Spix's Macaw
Splendid Poison Frog
Smooth Handfish
Jalpa False Brook Salamander
Connect.

Species declared extinct in 2021

Topics

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Question 1

Identify the search term from the following Google Search image:

define anagram

Question 2

In which movie can you see the following credits:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Question 3

The world's first video game Easter egg is wrongly credited to be in this Atari Game.
The creator was not allowed to publicize the name of the programmers and in retaliation, Warren Robinett added his name to the game in a secret room.
Identify the game.

Adventure

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Question 1

The book in discussion, made history in 2018 when it was kept at the dashboard of a specific car which is the only production car in this place.
The car still moves in that place approximately at a speed of 121000 km/h.
The owner of the car loved the book and even kept the words ‘Don’t Panic’ written on the dashboard.
What are we talking about here?

Elon Musk sent his Tesla Roadster to space and he kept the book inside the glovebox.

Question 2

What in modern technology did the Babel fish inspire?
A specific company, a specific product, most of the features shown in the video are there in the real life thing except maybe infinite battery life

Google Buds

Question 3

What in popular culture is the answer to the life, universe and everything?

42

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Rules

1. Question will be read by the quizmaster, not displayed (As this is the archive - questions will be displayed :)
2. The questions are on the buzzer
3. If the quizmaster is stopped in between by any team, the question will not be completed and that team will have to answer the question
4. +50/-25 for each question

Question 1

This fest marks the anniversary of the wedding of the Bavarian Crown Prince Louis I and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen.
It has gone on to become a fixture of Gernam culture as a whole. Unlike what the name suggests, the fest start in September. What are we talking about here?

Oktoberfest

Question 2

Gosta Mittag Leffler. This Swedish mathematician is famously regarded as the reason why a certain award for Mathematics does not exist.
The Wikipedia article regarding the feud dismissed this claim. However, it states in the end that "The sotry of some rivalry over a woman is obviously much more amusing, and that's why it will probably continue to be repeated."
Which prize are we talking about here?

Nobel Prize

Question 3

INS Garuda is a Naval Air Base that is situated on an artificial island named after a former Viceroy of British India. The material for constructing the island camed from dredging activity done to improve a nearby facility.
Name the island.

Kochi Wellingdon Island

Question 4

This play, referred to while inside a theatre as the Scottish Play or the Bard's Play is a popular tragedy. This play, with an army that was a forest, a man not born of a woman, and enough witches to prove that three's not company, is well known and widely performed. The curse is believed to be a product of the fact that struggling theatrical companies would put it on, sure that it's popularity would rake in some money.
Which play are we talking about here?

Macbeth

Question 5

On April 3, 1973, one Mr M. C. called his rival Joel Engel of AT&T to brag about his latest invention he made for his company. He said, "Joel, I'm calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone."
Expand M. C.

Martin Cooper

Question 6

The American company MARS Inc is well known for making X chocolate bar which was named after the horse of the founding family.

Snickers

Question 7

This fabric derived from dungaree, is a warp-faced cotton textile, similar to serge, first produced in its modern form in nimes France. Name this iconic fabric that has gone from a symbol of the proletariat to a bulwark of early 21-st century fashion.

Denim

Question 8

Detinets or fortress complexes built at the centre of a town are common features of Slavic cities.
The most well-known detinet is also a metonym for the Russian Government.
Name this well known symbol of Russia.

Kremlin

Rules

1. Teams will be presented with a grid of 12 questions, a maximum of 8 questions can be uncovered
2. There will be a picture behind the grid, which the participants will have to identify
3. Each subquestion will have +25 for correct answer and -5 for wrong answer
4. The questions will go clockwise
5. In case a subquestion is wrongly answered, that tile will not be unlocked but will remain there
6. The points for the final image will start at 120 and the points will reduce by 10 after each tile is removed