Rounds

Here comes the Sun

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 questions will go clockwise.
4. +20/-10 on the Pounce.
5. +10/-0 on the Bounce.
6. There are 6 questions in this round.

Question 1

Founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa and designed by architect Roger Anger, X is an experimental township located in South India.
It was envisioned as a place where people can coexist.

Identify X, where the main attraction resembles a golf ball.

Auroville

Question 2

‘Murder on the Orient Express’ is a spine-chilling thriller wherein a murder is committed inside a train. It explores the psychological aspects of a murderer’s motive.

What inspired the scene given in the next slide?

Identify the inspiration for this scene

Question 3

Given below is the old logo of a very famous company. Identify the company.

Question 4

Eustace Fernandez worked with disadvantaged children at Sneha Sadan for about 45 years.
He wanted to draw a character that would be different and at the same time, someone that the underprivileged could look up to. He had only five markers, and so came about an orange face, blue hair, red polka-dots in the dress, black for the outlines and green for the headline.
What did he create?

Question 5

A bisht is a traditional men’s cloak made of camel hair and goat wool, popular in the Arab world.
It is a garment worn by royalty or religious leaders. According to ancient Christian and Hebrew paintings, a similar robe was worn in the days of Jesus, by the people of the Levant.
Recently, a bisht was presented to an international icon as he ended a 36 year drought.

Name the international icon.

Question 6

The Memorial Necropole Ecumenica in Brazil is the tallest one in the world.
St. Thomas Christian ________ in Tughlaqabad, Delhi is another example.
In cities where residential space is shrinking rapidly, these have proven to be a major step forward in solving land availability problems.

Identify these special 'buildings'.

Cemeteries

Rules

1. There will be a set of topics from which each team can choose.
2. Team with the lowest score gets to choose first.
3. Each topic has 9 items out of which a few satisfy the condition given.
4. +10 for every correct item selected.
5. +10 bonus if all correct items are selected.
6. You lose all your points if you choose at least one wrong element.

GI Tags

Flowers

Tennis

Football

Periodic Table

Movies

Rules

1. There will be 9 questions in the round.
2. You can bid between 10 and 50 in the multiples of 10.
3. You’ll get the points you bid for, if you’re answer is correct.
4. You’ll lose half of what you bid for if you get it wrong.
5. Only the highest bid will be considered.
6. If more than one team goes for the highest bid, they’ll be required to write down the answer.

Question 1

Neytt by Extraweave was in the news recently owing to it’s role in an International event held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Put Funda.

Question 2

William Brodie was a Scottish cabinet maker by day and a housebreaker and thief by night. His life inspired the plot of a famous book. Name the book.

Question 3

Resusci Anne is a model of the medical simulator used for teaching both emergency workers and members of the general public, which later inspired one of Michael Jackson’s most famous songs.

Name the song.

Question 4

The original memento comprised of a player in gold. He is shown next to the map of India.

On the map, the names of all the participants have been engraved, symbolised by eight rubies.

The present version of this memento resembles its counterparts in being a cup-shaped structure with the phrase Yatra Pratibha Avsara Prapnotihi, which translates to ‘where talent meets opportunity'.

What are we talking about?

Question 5

Mary Anning was a pioneering English paleontologist who regularly risked her life to collect fossils. From age 12, she discovered complete fossils and sold them on the beach.
As a woman she was not given credit in the scientific circles but later had many species named after her. She also became famous due to a certain tongue twister about her.

Identify the tongue twister.

Question 6

On May 28, 1991, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, X proudly revealed that it was working with Nintendo to create a version of the Super NES with an in-built CD drive.

The two companies had been working together in secret on the project, since 1989.

Ken Kutaragi, the engineer who initiated the whole project, saw the partnership as the first step to achieving his dream of getting X to start making game consoles.

What are we talking about?

Question 7

Nike’s Air Mag shoe, released in 2011, was inspired by a 1989 film where a similar pair of shoes with self-fastening laces was worn by the lead protagonist.

The shoes were created after Tinker Hatfield saw an online petition to produce the shoes, and after half a decade, 1500 pairs of the shoes were released.

Identify the film which inspired these shoes which look pretty futuristic.

Question 8

When Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt won the grueling 24 hours of Le Mans race in 1967, they went to the winner’s podium with something in hand.

Gurney looked down and saw teamowner Carroll Shelby and Ford Motors CEO Henry Ford II standing with some journalists and decided to have a bit of fun, leading to a sort of tradition now.

What is this tradition?

Question 9

Identify this person

Rules

1. Each question is a direct question. And will be passed on to the next team in case they do not answer.
2. You are supposed to connect all the answers to a single thing/topic.
3. The connection is supposed to be written down.
4. Yelling out the connection will be penalized.
5. The connection starts at +50 and goes down by 10 for every question revealed.

Audience

FITB (Fill in the Blank(s))

Question 1

The cocaine hippos are a group of hippos in Colombia, where four hippos escaped from an estate after the owner’s death. Recently, there’s been an incident where the population of the hippos has increased exponentially. Who was the owner of the estate?

Question 2

X first rose to prominence as he played a psychopathic criminal kingpin in the 1995 film “The Kiss of Death”. He was also there in the 2013 movie, the Croods. Identify this actor whose first name might be reminded by a nearly headless character in Harry Potter.

Question 3

A right-handed opening batsman, he is considered one of the best young cricketers in the world. He holds the record for youngest cricketer to score a double century in One Day International cricket. In 2022, he was also part of the Championship winning IPL team Gujarat Titans. Identify him.

Question 4

He has been a crucial part of the entertainment industry since his first book. His famous catchphrase “Excelsior” has made appearance in many movies. Identify this famous person who you might associate with your favourite movie characters.

Rules

1. This round has 12 questions.
2. The quiz will be on the buzzer.
3. Generally, the points for a question is +10/-5
4. There are three life lines: 2X, Immunity and Pressure Cards.
5. The 2X Card enables you to double the stakes to get +20/-10 for a question.
6. The Immunity Card will enable you to get +10/-0 for a question.
7. The Pressure Card will make your opponent answer the question for +20/-20.
8. Each helpline can be used only once by a team.

Question 1

Salar de Uyuni, amid the Andes in southwest Bolivia, is the world’s largest salt flat, nearly 11,000-sq. km. Satellite orbits are often calibrated using its water-smoothed surface. During the rainy season, from December to April, tourists flock to the area to witness a certain phenomenon. For this phenomenon, the salt flats are also called ‘God’s __________’. What record does this salt flat hold which might remind one of an item which is associated with makeup?

Earth's Largest Mirror

Question 2

Born in Trivandrum in 1934, Bhaskar Menon was an influential figure in the music industry, closely associated with artists like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Queen and a lot of others. His most significant contribution was to a 1973 album which is hailed as one of the best albums of all time. Identify this album whose name might remind one of Chang’e expedition to the far side of the moon.

Question 3

Mother India is a 1957 epic movie which portrays Indian nationalism in the post-independence stage. The movie, which was directed by Mehboob Khan, is a remake of his 1940 film, Aurat. The movie revolves around a poverty-stricken village woman named Radha (Nargis), who in the absence of her husband, struggles to raise her sons and survive against a cunning money-lender amidst many troubles. Adjusted for inflation, the film ranks in the all-time Indian box office hits and is considered one of the best Indian films to date. What is unique about this film that made it the first of its kind from India?

Question 4

In August 1974, the CIA published a report on a problem which they pointed out could lead to political unrest and mass migration. According to the article, this problem started way back in the 1960s and was believed to be the cause of food shortages in India and Russia in the 1960s, and later in Japan, Honduras and the Philippines. As the Western world saw a period of growth in the fields of medicine, energy and technology, this report went unnoticed. What was this report about, which has generated wide interest in recent years?

Question 5

While visiting the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in March 2022, Chef Ernst de Witte noticed something wrong with the Dutch artist’s 1887 still life Red Cabbages and X— namely, that the painting did not portray any X. With nearly 20 years of professional cooking experience, Chef Witte let the museum know of their mistake, who corrected it later on. Identify the name of this painting, in which X was renamed to something of the same Liliaceae family, which has around 10-20 cloves per plant.

Question 6

Ken Allen was a Bornean orangutan, at the San Diego Zoo. He became one of the most popular animals in the history of the zoo because of his many successful escapes from his enclosures, which had been thought to be escape-proof. Ken Allen's ability to outwit his keepers, as well as his docile demeanour during his escapes, resulted in fame. What nickname (punning on the name of a famous personality) was he given due to his escapades?

Hairy Houdini

Question 7

According to historians and researchers, this was often found in old photos because of the long exposure time of old cameras. What is being talked here, the opposite of which are the words a photographer says before a photo?

People did not smile.

Question 8

Popularised during the 1918 flu pandemic, the etymology of the word is “dissolution oil”. It is also a staple in most households, marketed under a different brand in India. Identify this product whose popularity surged during the pandemic

Question 9

Name the movie, the poster of which is shown. The title was supposed to be the year when the Mayan calendar ended.

Question 10

X is a sport from Finland where people gather to throw something we all use everyday. Identify this sport which is associated with something Finland is famous for?

Question 11

In olden days, mattresses were supported by ropes. A certain action perfomed to make a stable mattress and a good night’s rest, gives origin to a simple phrase. What is the phrase?

Sleep Tight

Question 12

E. K. Nayanar and K. R. Gowri Amma in 1990, established something which is very significant to most people. Dedicated to the Prime Minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao, this has now become one of the largest sources of employment in Kerala.

Question 11

Put Funda.

Question 12

Put Funda.