Rounds

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

The Indian Express describes X as a place that once thrived on agriculture and later moved on to industries due to modernisation.
X when translated to English means "Misty Mountain".
In 2006, a person who hails from X saved his friend, the memory of which has been renewed in our minds by a piece of popular media.
Where is X?

X - Manjummel

Question 2

Eustachius Benedictus de Lannoy was a skilled military strategist and commander who originally worked for the Dutch navy. When the Kingdom of X defeated the Dutch, he switched sides and served as the Commander-in-Chief for 37 years.
The inscriptions on his tomb at the De Lannoy Fort can be seen in the image below.
Identify this kingdom.

Kingdom of Travancore

Question 3

Explain the connection among the following individuals.

Stephen Hawking, Michael Jackson, Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and David Copperfield were all recently mentioned in the Epstein List.

Question 4

X has a prominent banking industry because of its production of gold jewelry.
X’s name comes from the name of the deity in one of the most prominent temples in the city. Recently the city X has been in the news as a particular flower had unexpectedly bloomed here when someone finally “took X from the public”.
Identify X.

X - Thrissur

Question 5

A list has recently been circulating on the Internet where netizens cite that the individuals shown below are lucky charms for a particular team.
Find the missing person in the following series.

Sreesanth was instrumental both in 2007 and 2011 squads.

Question 6

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize Winner.
He was a keen popularizer of physics through his books and lectures and still remains one of the coolest physicists ever with his comical approach to physics and life.
The following is an excerpt from an interview. He is talking about something which at one point most of us would have seen, albeit not directly.
What is he talking about?

"They gave out dark glasses that you could watch it with. Dark glasses! Twenty miles away, you couldn't see a damn thing through dark glasses. So I figured the only thing that could really hurt your eyes ( bright light can never hurt your eyes) is ultraviolet light. I got behind a truck windshield, because the ultra Violet can't go through glass, so that would be safe, and so I could see the damn thing."

Feynman was the only person to watch the Trinity Test with his bare eyes.

Rules

1. There will be 6 sets of topics with three questions each.
2. The three questions will be worth 10, 20 and 30 points each.
3. The team which gets the lot gets to choose the topic first and then choose one of the three questions.
4. Any team other than the team with the direct question can buzz in to answer it.
5. The points are +30/-15, +20/-10 and +10/-5 respectively for the team that buzzes in for the question.
6. The team with the direct question can answer with no negatives.

Question 1

The two videos shown below are Advertisements from two rival
companies with two different outlooks.
Identify the companies.

First Ad - Apple
Second Ad - Samsung

Question 2

A famous brand X, created an ad that humorously demonstrated a way to skip Valentine's Day in a minute.
The plan involved using a ship called "Cringe Vinash" to cross the International Date Line and bypass the day entirely. The explanation was provided by a very famous scientist.
Interestingly another company owned by X's parent company is known for their Valentine's day programmes. Identify X.

Cadbury 5 Star Scientist - Nambi Narayanan

Question 3

X is an Australian public campaign made by Metro trains in Melbourne, Victoria to promote railway safety.
The video featured characters Numpty, Hapless, Pillock and Dippy (The Four Bears) dying as a result of their own stupidity from acts like setting their own hair on fire, getting toast out with a fork, provoking a grizzly bear, etc.
Which famous ad campaign/meme are we talking about here?

Dumb ways to Die.

Question 4

Identify the famous person that this movie portrays.

Julian Assange

Question 5

Crush the Castle is a physics-based broswer game developed by Armor Games.
It involved killing the inhabitants of various castles by using a trebuchet to fling
large rocks or bombs.
The mechanics of this game served as an inspiration for another memorable game.
Which game are we talking about?

Angry Birds

Question 6

Connect the following people to a revolutionary company in the field of computer architecture that is single handedly responsible for the rise of the ‘Age of AI’ in recent times.
This company has grown over the years to one of the most valuable companies in the world (having recently overtaken Microsoft). Identify the company and identify the connection among the photos.

Nvidia. Nvidia architectures are named after these people.

Question 7

What did these two athletes do in 2021 that has never been done
before in the history of the Olympics?

Two athletes tied for gold in men's high jump.

Question 8

X is a company which started off by selling Krating Daeng, a Thai beverage. It later diversified into a marketing company because they wanted to create a market for the above product.
They focus mainly on extreme sports, and creating avenues of competitions.
They ventured into football when Franz Beckenbauer, the then president of Bayern Munich advised the owner of X, Dietrich Mateschitz to buy a football club in Salzburg.
Which marketing company are we talking about?

Red Bull

Question 9

X and Y are both considered one of the greatest in their own respective fields of sport. They are known for their aggressive style of play.
One of them has 6 championship rings while the other fights in a ring. They share a lot in common, including the same first name,both born at Cumberland Hospital in the Forte Green section of Brooklyn, New York.
(Y was considered the baddest man on the planet )
Identify X and Y.

X - Michael Jordan
Y - Mike Tyson

Question 10

This meme shows the number of annual deaths related to X.
X has inspired many books, plays, films, songs, poems, movies and works of art.
A movie based on it was made in 1997 but a movie based on the recent incident (2023)
is yet to be made.
While the accident in 1912 may have been caused by Edward Smith, the one in 2023 was
caused by Stockton Rush.
What is X?

X - Titanic

Titanic sunk in 1912 and OceanGate imploded in 2023

Question 11

NH 47 is a Indian Malayalam language crime thriller film directed by Baby and produced by Sajan.
The film stars TG Ravi, Sukumaran, Balan K Nair, CI Paul, Jose, Shubha and Prathapachandran. It is famous for having portrayed a particular incident that was fresh in everybody's minds. Sukumaran played the role of Chacko. The story revolves around India’s most notorious “wanted criminal”.

What role did TG Ravi play?

Sukumara Kurup

Question 12

X is an author who was the first awardee of the JCB Prize for literature(Jasmine Days). He also won the Vayalar Award for his Novel “Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal” among several others.
One of his other books was recently made into a movie. The role of the main character was first offered to the Tamil actor Suriya but then a pan-Indian Malayalam actor decided to take on the role which involved a lot of hard work on the actor's part.
Who is X and which movie are we talking about?

X - Benyamin (the Author)

Adujeevitham / Goat Life

Question 13

X is an Indian author best known for her novel set in Kottayam,
which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997.

X is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes. X now runs the school “Pallikoodam” in Kottayam which was set up by X’s mother.

Identify X.

X - Arundhati Roy

Question 14

The first book in this series deals with a kid inheriting a factory and the second book explores the kid and his family’s extraterrestrial adventures.
The third book in which the protagonist visits the White House never moved past the manuscript stage because the author died before it could be published.
Who was the author of this “delectable” series?

Roald Dahl

Question 15

This short poem by a famous malayalam poet known for his works for children, begins with “How to write 1”, and towards the end, talks about the importance of being one or united.
He is even more famous for a proverb which when translated to English means, “We will grow up any how, with or without any knowledge but if you want to reach higher, the only way is through the knowledge you gain through reading.”
He died in the year 2006.
Who is the poet?

Kunjunni Mash

Question 16

Dewan Bahadur Sir C P Ramaswamy Iyer, popularly known as Sir C P was an Indian lawyer, administrator and statesman, acknowledged as the most powerful man in the Madras Presidency in the decades immediately prior to Indian Independence.
X, situated in Thiruvananthapuram served as his official residence. X has still managed to maintain its field of relevancy as a venue for many cultural meetings and programmes.

Identify X.

Kanakakunnu Palace

Question 17

X was an Indian sports and tourism promoter and administrator, pilot, sportsman and Sanskrit scholar. He was the Prince Consort of the Royal Family of Travancore and the father of the current titular head of the Raja of Travancore.
He played a key role in the establishment of the Trivandrum Tennis Club and the development of Trivandrum International Airport. He was the founder President of the Kerala State Sports Council, Kerala Cricket Association and many other sports clubs.
He was also the first Keralite to become the Vice-President of BCCI.
His birth anniversary, October 13, is observed as “Kerala Sports Day”.
Identify him.

G V Raja

Question 18

X is the first forest produce to attain a GI tag in India. The town where X is found hosts one of the oldest plantations of X, the ‘Connolly plot’ which was started in 1846.
X is widely used for ship building and manufacturing yachts. It has been used even in the Kaaba mosque in Mecca, the Titanic and in Rolls Royce cars.
What is X?

Nilambur Teak

Rules

1. There will be 16 questions in the round.
2. Each tile is worth +20/-10
3. The overall goal of the round is to identify the person behind the picture.
4. Identify the person shown in the picture right after revealing the first tile to win an extra 100 points.
5. For every question attempted, the maximum possible points reduces by 5
6. Shouting out the name of the person in the picture will get you a negative of how much ever the picture is worth at that moment.

Question 1

X is a 3 minute long Malayalam Political satire which addresses political situations in a humorous manner. It was first aired on 11 September 2000 and continues to air today. With more than 8000 episodes X is the longest running satire show in India.
This skit is known for its iconic soundtrack and the words of wisdom at the end of each episode. Identify X

Munshi

Question 2

X is an Indian Multinational cooperative society founded in 1946. In the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup, X sponsored USA, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
A competitor of X from another region of India, Y sponsored Scotland and Ireland for the same competition.
X and Y have been fighting for years over their competition when X started entering the region where Y primarily operated in. Both X and Y primarily produce lacticinia that are consumed all over the world.
What is X and Y?

X - Amul
Y - Nandini

Question 3

In 2024, a highly publicized feud involving a well-known Toronto-based individual and a Pulitzer Prize winner generated immense media attention.
This unexpected rivalry inadvertently sparked a significant increase in interest towards New Ho King, a renowned Chinese restaurant located in Toronto's vibrant Chinatown because the restaurant had somehow managed to feature in both sides of the story.
What are we talking about?

Kendrick Lamar (Pulitzer winner) and Drake (Toronto-based individual) feud.

Question 4

After the assembly elections in Kerala in 2011, Amul launched an advertisement as given below.
This was released after a Kerala politician X called Rahul Gandhi an Amul Baby.
X was one of the longest serving Opposition Ministers in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and is the senior most CPI(M) leader.
Who is X?

X - V S Achuthanandan

Question 5

Between 26th and 27th June 2024, something happened
in the NBA that added one duo directly to the top of the list.

Who were they and what did they do?

Lebron James and Bronny James become the first father and son
duo to play together in the NBA and hold the record for the most points scored by a
father-son duo in the NBA.
Lebron - 40000+
Bronny - 0

Question 6

Started in 2019 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka, this company rose to fame during the 2019 farmer’s protests when many members of the Indian Cabinet decided to shift their user base to this app.
On July 3, 2024, the company announced its decision to shut down because of funding issues.
What are we talking about which is the “yellow bird” version of another app with similar user base and functionality?

Koo - an Indian Twitter Clone

Question 7

The Grumman F11 Tiger is a supersonic single-seat carrier-based US Navy Fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s.
While the F-11’s fighter career was short, it was used by the Blue Angels from 1957-1968. On 21st September 1956, this plane set a record for being the first one to perform something which can be attributed to its speed and very bad luck.
What was the record which was set by pilot Tom Attridge during a test firing of its cannons?

The plane managed to shoot itself.

Question 8

Following Mbappe’s nose injury in a game against Austria, fans suggested that Mbappe wear a mask which would help showcase his resemblance to an animated character from a prominent tv show.
Hilariously, PSG’s Thiago Silva had gifted him a full face mask of the character in 2017. Identify the TV Show.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Question 9

Krishna Pandit Bhanji is a famous actor who starred in a popular biographical film which won multiple Oscars.
Recently this movie came under a lot of fire as one of the leaders of the nation claimed that this movie was the sole reason a particular person of national importance was famous all over the world.
Identify the movie and its director.

Krishna Pandit Bhanji is Ben Kingsley
Movie - Gandhi
Director - Richard Attenborough

Question 10

In 2017, the company "X" (formerly known as Twitter) doubled its character limit from 140 characters to 280 characters, to which Man City tweeted a response and attached a video. What was the response hidden by the red rectangle? (Post and video shown below)

Question 11

If a judge were to punish you for lying in his court using Section 191 of the Indian Penal Code (Punishment for false evidence) today, he would be making a technical mistake.
However, if he would have given the same punishment a week ago, the judgement would hold.
What mistake are we talking about?

Indian Penal Code is no longer followed for cases after July 1, 2024

Question 12

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese mecha anime television series set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm.
The protagonist, Ikari Shinji is recruited to fight in biomechanical robots called Evangelion units against certain beings like Sachiel, Shamshel, Gaghiel, etc. X, the first such being, came to earth to propagate its progeny.
Interestingly, these ‘Eva’ units were made from the body of X. What is X's name?

X - Adam

Question 13

Which institution under the government of Kerala is based on the principles
mentioned in the song?

Mrudhu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye - Motto of the Kerala Police

Question 14

Put funda.

Toblerone

Question 15

While filming Fast and Furious:Tokyo Drift, they couldn't get a permit to film a scene.
They filmed it anyway, and the studio hired a ____ ___ to claim to be the director and spend a night in jail. In this scene, Sean Boswell, the protagonist, races through a specific street in Tokyo, causing chaos and evading the police.
A movie of the same name as the person they hired was released recently. FITB (Fill in the Blanks).

Fall Guy - A person who takes the blame for you.

Question 16

The casting of a particular character in a movie from the past decade was an elaborate process. The person in charge for finding the right cast recalled: "There's this thing about them, they're just cute. They're not overly large or small, they're just a cuddly ___ with those big sad eyes."
Two dozen suitable candidates were screened before the final one made the cut.
While the total screen time of this character is less than 10 minutes, it managed to create a successful franchise of action movies.
Which character are we talking about?

John Wick's dog.

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

X is an essential process of the human body. The adjoining infographic is based on a survey conducted amongst people aged 10 and above in Japan, showing the average amount of time this process occurs. What is this process?

Sleep

Question 2

Why was this flight the most tracked flight in the world about 3 weeks ago?
Hint: Even the CBI were camping at Bengaluru Airport waiting for it.

Everyone was tracking Prajwal Revanna's return to India.

Question 3

What is this route map associated with?

Planes used for 9/11 attack.

Question 4

Who did this actor find so hectic to voice in the game Metal Gear?

Hideo Kojima - Japanese video game designer.

Question 5

X is a famous Hollywood actor, who is one of the highest grossing actors of all time, having starred in Avengers, Pulp Fiction, etc.
However before becoming an actor, he was a student at Morehouse college in Atlanta, where he was a passionate activist against racial discrimination.
In an attempt to introduce a black studies class, he kidnapped board members, one of whom happened to be the father of Y, a prominent civil rights activist.
X was also an usher at Y’s funeral along with famous actors Bill Cosby and Robert Cult.
Identify X and Y.

X - Samuel L Jackson Y - Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 6

Luxo Jr. is a semi-anthropomorphic toy desk lamp character used as the primary mascot of X.
At one point of time, Steve Jobs was the largest shareholder of X. X was initially a part of the Lucasfilm computer division. It was later acquired in 2006 by a company which celebrated its 100 year anniversary last year. Recently they made a movie that was one of the fastest to reach 1 billion dollars in revenue.
Identify X?

Pixar

Question 7

In March 2017, X launched a range of perfumes called "Threat de Toilette", featuring a number of scents, including - "Social Enginoir", "Mal-wear", "Ransom", and "Phish".
In a press release, X said that - "Fear awakens our senses. The men and women who wear Threat de Toilette understand today's online threats and protect themselves against them. Fear is no longer felt only in the physical world – it's all around us in our connected lives too and we need to make sure we're constantly protected."
Identify X?

Kaspersky

Question 8

This specific question phrase has been used as a caption and an opening line to almost all websites discussing a specific paradox which takes its name from the Nobel-prize winning physicist Enrico ___.
The paradox deals with the possibility of whether movies like ET, Independence Day, PK, etch would stop being fiction one day.
Name the paradox and the specific question phrase.

Enrico Fermi - "Anybody out there?"

Question 9

This popular beverage was originally named using the Scottish/Irish slang for moonshine (probably from the mountains and the forests) as referenced in the Irish folk song : “The Rare Old ______”, dating from 1882.
A campaign was launched by them in 2007 called dewmocracy, a pun on the word democracy, where the public could elect new flavors of the drink.
Identify this drink, which in India, has the tagline, “Darr ke Aagey Jeet hai.”

Mountain Dew

Question 10

Sid Meier’s Civilization is a series of turn based strategy video games. According to popular game legend, X was the only leader in the game with the lowest possible aggression rating of 1. Once the AI changed its government form to democracy, its aggression level decreased by 2 leading to an aggression level of −1.
The aggression level was stored as an 8-bit unsigned integer and the negative value would therefore result in an integer overflow, with the value being stored as 255 and X supposedly becoming about 25 times more aggressive than the most aggressive leaders in the game giving X a tendency to use nuclear weapons.
What was the nickname given to this legend?

Nuclear Gandhi

Question 11

This incomplete list of comic book characters have attended a particular college, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s go to when it comes to superheroes’ and supervillains’ college education.
One of the factors due to which Spider-Man asks Dr. Strange for help is when he does not get into this college.
Which college are we talking about?

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Question 12

These two brands owned by two brothers from Alappuzha have been undisputed kings of a certain industry that deals with protection from weather.
The name of one of the brands comes from a version of a popular candy, previously priced at 2 rupees per pack.
Identify the two brands which record significant sales in June and July in Kerala.

Popy - named after Poppins and John's