General Rules

This quiz consists of 4 rounds
Listen carefully to the rules before each round.
Two teams will be eliminated after Round 2.
Shouting out answers will be penalized.
Rules for corresponding rounds will be specified before the round begins.
Quiz Master is Batman.

Rules

This round is a Pounce and Bounce round.
There are 6 questions in this round.
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.
The questions will go clockwise.
+20/-10 on the Pounce.
+10/-0 on the Bounce.
There will be a final connect question worth +50/-0

Question 1

On 29 October 1886, a lease indenture for 999 years was made between the Maharaja of Travancore Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma, and the British Secretary of State for India to construct X. A study conducted by The Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram, had reported that the structure would not withstand an earthquake above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale.

Identify the entity made with "surki", which includes jaggery, lime, and other materials.

Question 1

Mullaperiyar

Question 2

Blaise Metreweli has recently been appointed as the first woman to reach a certain position. So far, she has been playing the role responsible for technology and innovation in her organisation.

Identify this organisation, for which both Mycroft Holmes and Johnny English worked for.

Question 2

MI6

Question 3

Alex Hirsch was inspired by the Eye of Providence to make his character Bill Cipher, who is the main villain of the series Gravity Falls. The Eye of Providence is also linked to a very famous entity that is said to influence major turning points in history. The name of the entity is also referenced in a very popular song from a gangster movie.

Identify the entity.

Question 3

Illuminati

Question 4

Founded in the pre-independence era, this company licensed a British design—originally based on the Morris Oxford Series III—and re-engineered it for Indian roads. Though its flagship model remained largely unchanged for decades, its ubiquity made it an enduring symbol—from government convoys to Kolkata taxi ranks. At its peak, this company ran the first integrated automobile plant in India, located in Uttarpara, West Bengal. While it eventually faded into obscurity due to liberalization and the influx of modern competitors, its legacy remains etched in India’s automotive folklore.

Which Indian automobile company is being described?

Question 4

Hindustan Motors

Question 5

X was a movie that was screened in the Library Building of the Parliament of India. It was watched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with many Cabinet ministers. The movie was based on a tragedy that killed 59 people. The commission that probed into this incident was the Nanavati-Mehta commission. The name of this movie is ironically related to a place connected to Mahatma Gandhi. Identify the movie.

Question 5

Sabarmati Report

Question 6

a) Add PM Modi’s quote
b) Remove Lotus
c) Business woman to business person
d) “Michael Jackson” to “Lovebirds” in subtitles
These are a series of ‘changes’ that an authority directed the
makers of a recent movie to make.

Identify the authority

Question 6

Censor Board

Overall Connect

Mullaperiyar
MI6
Illuminati
Hindustan Motors
Sabarmati Report
Censor Board

Overall Connect

Mullaperiyar
MI6
Illuminati
Hindustan Motors Sabarmati Censor

Empuraan

Rules

There will be 16 questions in the round.
The order for selecting tiles goes in an anti-clockwise order.
The points for each tile will be revealed along with the question
With each question, a section of the grid can be revealed.
The overall goal of the round is to identify the person behind the picture.
Identify the person shown in the picture right after revealing the first tile to win an extra 200 points.
For every question attempted, the maximum possible points reduces by 10
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 (5/-2)

Consisting of 13 chapters, this work of literature said to have been penned in 6th century has been tremendously influential. Many leaders in history including Takeda Shingen (Sengoku era), Mao Zedong etc. During the Vietnam War, some Viet Cong officers extensively studied this work and reportedly could recite entire passages from memory. Brazilian association football coach Luiz Felipe Scolari actively used this work for Brazil's successful 2002 World Cup campaign. During the tournament, Scolari put passages of this work underneath his players' doors at night. However, it has evolved into a meme in modern day where random statements are stated followed by quoting the author of the literature.

What is the literature in question and who is its author?

Art of War - Sun Tzu

Question 2 (10/-5)

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

Kerala Police

Question 3 (10/-5)

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

Question 4 (5/-2)

"X was an accidental company... Eternal scares me", said the CEO of the company, explaining reason behind the name change from X to ‘Eternal’. The rebranding reflects the company's growth beyond its core ____ ________ business. This is due to the recent broadening of its offerings caused due to acquisition of Paytm Insider and Grofers.

Identify the company X?

Zomato

Question 5 (10/-5)

Ingredients:
Sugar: 1 tbsp
Baking Soda: ⅛ tbsp

Instructions:
Melt sugar over medium heat until golden brown.
Add baking soda, stir and pour onto mat.
Flatten, cool and carve shapes. Maybe a triangle or a circle.

What is this recipe for?

Dalgona Candy

Question 6 (20/-10)

Francisco de Asia Tarrega Eixea was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period. He is often called “The Father of Classical Guitar” and is considered one of the greatest guitarist of all time. His composition Grand Val inspired one of the most recognizable sounds in modern history.
ID the tune inspired from the composition.

Nokia Ringtone

Question 7 (20/-10)

In 2023, X was fed up of people claiming that he was wrong about something, so he hired a hypothermia expert and two stunt doubles to fact-check his theory. A documentary on the experiment was released on NatGeo named '_________: 25 Years Later'.
Why was the experiment conducted?

James Cameron disproving that both Rose and Jack could fit on the door.

Question 8 (10/-5)

X is the name of a species of fungus found in Malaysia in 2011. It produces rubbery orange fruit bodies that have a fruity and musky odour. If it is moist, it can resume it's original shape if the water is squeezed out. Interestingly, the scientists who named this fungus, observed that under a microscope, had a spore bearing surface that looked like a particular home.
Who or what is it named after?

Spongiforma squarepantsii (Spongebob)

Question 9 (10/-5)

The Jewish Town Hall of Prague had a Jewish ______ built in the 18th century. It uses Hebrew numerals, and just like how Hebrew breaks convention with it's alphabet being written from left to right, this _____ also breaks convention in a particular way. Most people claim that this convention exists due to a global bias towards the Northern Hemisphere.( Put Funda )

Clockwise and Anticlockwise directions

Question 10 (20/-10)

An explanation for the existence of a particular phrase, which sounds a bit absurd, is that it may be a corruption of the Greek word Katadoupoi, referring to the waterfalls on the Nile. However it came true for the residents of the island of Borneo in 1960.
In the 1950s, DDT was sprayed on the malaria-stricken lands of Borneo. This caused a chain of reactions which disturbed the ecosystem of Borneo and led to the death of many small animals and their predators, barring a few which were crop destroyers. This led to 14000 ____ being airdropped (allegedly) on the island to restore the ecosystem. (Put Funda.)

Cats which led to the phrase "raining Cats and Dogs"

Question 11 (20/-10)

BBC released this video in early April of a harvest in rural Italy.
Identify what the farmers are harvesting.

Spaghetti

Question 12 (10/-5)

In his early 20s, he traveled barefoot through India seeking spiritual enlightenment and returned a practicing Buddhist. He took a job at Atari, slept on the floor of friends’ dorm rooms, and lived off free meals from a local Hare Krishna temple. In 1986, he bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm.
Identify this person well known for revolutionising technology, with his staple product being something currently hated by many for being overpriced.

Steve Jobs

Question 13 (5/-2)

It was designed and built under Walthew Clarence Barton, the then chief engineer of Travancore and incorporates elements of Roman and Dutch architecture. The construction was supervised by the then Dewan, T. Madhava Rao, whose statue now stands across the road opposite the building. His Highness Chithira Tirunal, the last king of Travancore, was crowned king in a ceremony held at the ___________. The ______________also housed the Kerala State Legislative Assembly from 1939 before it moved to the new building. Lord Willingdon, the then Viceroy laid the foundation stone for the new Assembly Building on 12 December 1933 and it was opened on 6 February 1939 by Dewan Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer and the Second Sri Mulam popular Assembly convened in this building that year. Known during the princely era as the Huzur or Puthen Kacheri, it was renamed the Government ____________ in 1949.

Secretariat

Question 14 (10/-5)

He declined the role of Superman in Superman Returns (2006), allegedly due to the "Superman curse" and the celebrity associated with the role. A car enthusiast, he competed in the Redline Time Attack racing series in which he raced on the AE Performance Team driving a BMW E92 M3.
Identify this person, popularly associated with cars due to his role in a popular racing action franchise.

Paul Walker

Question 15 (10/-5)

To play a ‘X’, one would place it on a ______ having a rotating base and a long, thin tonearm. This tonearm has a cartridge at the end with a stylus made from either diamond or sapphire. The stylus vibrates in the grooves, generating an electric signal which is fed out into the amplifier. X is round in shape, and comes in sizes of 12 inches, 10 inches and 7 inches, spinning typically at an rpm of 33 ⅓ when in use.
Identify X

Vinyl Record

Question 16 (5/-2)

X is an app launched in 2012, which was named “Matchbox” Initially but was later changed. Interestingly, the first documented successful usage of this app occurred in Antarctica in 2013 where two people ‘connected’ with each other through this app.
Identify X.

Rules

This round has 8 questions.
The round will be on the buzzer.
First 3 teams to buzz do not have to answer. However they incur a penalty of -5 points.
Any team that does not buzz / the last team to buzz have to answer the question
If nobody buzzes, everyone has to answer.
The questions are worth +50/-30 points.

Question 1

Waltz No. 2 is a Jazz song composed for the State Jazz Orchestra in 1938 and was first rehearsed in Moscow. The script was lost during Hitler’s Invasion of the Soviet Union and was refound in 1999. Still, not being even part of the choral version, the "words" __,__,__,__ were remembered, popularised by this song and ending up as one of the most popular music terms in the world, where later in Waltz No. 2 it was used in place of the choral version. The first such recording was of “King of Waltz and Romance” André Rieu and Johanan Strauss Orchestra, in Mastricht, Netherlands in 2012 and got 73.6 Million views on YouTube.

What are these terms, which everyone uses as part of any wordless song?

la,la,la,la

Question 2

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 rectangle? (Post shown below)

Question 3

"_____ in Paris" is a popular piece of media. It drew criticism for being prejudiced targeting a certain group, which is stereotypically represented as rioters and lazy people, and for propagating the image of a superior white person. In France, this piece of media was chastised for stereotyping Parisians and French people in general.

Fill in the blank.

Emily in Paris

Question 4

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. This song from Jim Carrey (made in 1992) was brought back because the themes mentioned in the song were similar to the terms of the above mentioned feud.

What are we talking about?

Kendrick Lamar
Aubrey Graham (Drake)

Question 5

Merian C. Cooper said he was very fond of strong, hard-sounding words that started with the letter "K". Some of his favorite words were "Komodo", "Kodiak" and "Kodak". With this in mind, in 1933, he revealed to the world, X, the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

In 1981, a Japanese company would create a character, Y, inspired from X and Beauty and the Beast, and introduce it into America. However, they were sued by the owners of X for copyright infringement. The Japanese company won the lawsuit, cementing their place as a major force in the entertainment industry.

Identify X and Y.

X - King Kong
Y - Donkey Kong

Question 6

Drip painting is a technique in Abstract Expressionism where paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas, rather than being applied with precision.

Jackson Pollock, a leading figure in the Abstract Expressionism movement, created his iconic masterpiece "Number 5" in 1948. He became so closely associated with drip painting that TIME Magazine famously referred to him as ____ ___ _______ which is derived from a very infamous person who plagued London in 19th century

Fill in the blank.

Question 7

X turned 20 this year and has been a big symbol of how the internet can be used to get information.

The picture below shows some context about how X looked like when it was 1 minute old. X has been a huge source of inspiration for Enquesta questions throughout the years.

Identify X.

Question 8

For over two decades, X’s iconic style and wardrobe choices have consistently drawn attention. At a recently concluded important sporting event in India, his ensemble was no different, though it stood out for its unusually symbolic flair. The reason behind this symbolism is attributed to the fact that X shares ties with both of the participating sides.

Identify X who is one of the most prolific athletes from his country.

Rules

This round has 8 questions.
The question will be directed to one team, and only they get to see the question.
The team can bid 40, 80 or 120 points
Ohter teams can shose to steal the question
If the other teams steal and get the question right they get 25% of the bid stolen from the directed team's account.
If the other teams steal ang get the question wrong, 25% is deducted from the stealing team and given to the directed team.
If no one steals, the team has to answer for +40/-20, +80/-40 or +120/-60

Question 1

Established in 1975 as the Gorky House in the city X, it currently provides sports training in gymnastics and chess. For chess, the Alekhine club, named after the all-time great Alexander Aleksansrovich Alekhine, operates on the centre’s premises. Some photos are added below.
Identify the city X?

Question 2

In 1917 the letter (given below) written by Lord Fisher to Winston Churchill had the first known use of the abbreviation “___”. Often used to express surprise, excitement, disbelief, etc with a bit of religious connotation this phrase has become a very common part of modern English.

Using OMG for "Oh My God"

Question 3

This screenshot of a fake listing of a certain something from the “Prince of Wales” on a website garnered much attention on social media.

What unusual thing is the listing about?

F-35B Fighter Jet

Question 4

On 6 December 1993, The Independent, a British news outlet released a new article about X calling him an anti-Soviet warrior, a ‘Saudi businessman’ overseeing the development work in Sudan. He went on to do something that would later change the course of human travel all around the world.

Identify X?

Osama Bin Laden

Question 5

“X, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations.” X is also a popular series where X, after abandoning his throne of a special kingdom and retiring to Los Angeles, indulges in his favorite things. Identify X who appears in almost all religious books.

Lucifer

Question 6

In March of 1993, a car bomb ripped through the heart of this city’s financial district, exploding in the basement of a building which was important for the survival of MNC’s. It was the beginning of a series of coordinated blasts that left over 250 dead and the entire nation in shock. Yet, somehow, the city picked itself up within hours and went back to work . The attacks proved that this city can’t be restricted from working. It has since been renamed, but back then, it was known by what name?

Bombay

Question 7

Identify this entity.

John Cena

Question 8

Three brothers from Swamimalai are credited with creating this representation, which was displayed at G20 summit in New Delhi. They were also the hands behind the same at CERN. This representation is famous throughout the world, and even has a connection to yoga and bharatanatyam. Identify this entity, which is synonymous with LA Fest.

Nataraja