LitSoc Buzzer Quiz Finals 2012

LitSoc Buzzer Quiz Finals
2012
Aravindabharathi R and Vedanth
Nair
Round 1
• All questions on the buzzer.
• +15/-10 for all buzzed questions.
• Questions answered wrongly will go to
the audience.
• Questions which no teams buzz for will
go on bounce, with a marking scheme of
+10/0.
ID the oft-parodied ads.
• This is a 2005 noir crime-comedy film directed by
Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr. and
Michelle Monaghan.
• It gets its title from film critic Pauline Kael’s second
book. According to her, it is "perhaps the briefest
statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies.
This appeal is what attracts us, and ultimately what
makes us despair when we begin to understand how
seldom movies are more than this.”
• The title itself is a reference to James Bond, and the
moniker has been used to refer to him in
international markets.
• X is perhaps the most influential martial artist of all time.
In addition to being a martial artist and teacher, he was an
actor, philosopher, film director, producer, and screen
writer.
• X’s lasting contribution is the art of Jeet Kune Do, which he
created by combining different fighting styles. X has been
the star and subject of numerous films.
• Y’s worldwide fame increased considerably after a 2008
film loosely based on his life, in which he was played by
Donnie Yen.
• Y’s legacy is the global practice of Wing Chun Kung Fu,
although he is perhaps most well-known today for being
X’s martial arts teacher.
• ID X and Y.
Bruce Lee / Ip Man
• X has been controversially nominated for the
Nobel Prize in Literature since 1997.
• The former British poet laureate Sir Andrew
Motion has argued that X’s lyrics should be
studied in schools. His lyrics have been
compared to the poetry of Eliot, Keats and
Tennyson.
• X’s songs have often been used as protest
anthems, especially during the US Civil rights
and anti-war movements. ID X.
• _____ is a German sports clothing company
founded in 1948 by Adolf Dassler, following
the split of Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik ,
which he owned along with his older brother
Rudolf. It was registered in 1949 and is
currently based in the German city of
Herzogenaurach.
• After a misunderstanding during World War 2,
Rudolf left GDS to found his own company,
which is also based in Herzogenaurach. Name
this company.
• The word ______ is commonly used in
modern English as a mild exclamation or
insult.
• The word was derived from the French
“bougre”, from “Bulgar”, a term used to refer
to Bulgarians. This was due to the medieval
sect of the Bogomils, who originated in
western Europe and was accused by the
church of being devoted to the practice of
sodomy.
• What’s the good word?
Buggery
Connect.
• This song by Simon and Garfunkel was written for the
soundtrack of The Graduate (1967).
• One of the most discussed aspects of the song is the
mention of baseball star Joe DiMaggio’s name in the
last verse.
• When asked why he chose his name, Simon replied,
"It's about syllables, Dick. It's about how many beats
there are."
• DiMaggio initially complained that he had not gone
anywhere, but soon dropped his complaints after a
cordial meeting with Paul Simon when he explained
what the lines meant.
• Which song are we talking about?
Mrs. Robinson
• _______ was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in
1947 and named after his son ____.
• He set up the ______ laboratory in 1975
which worked on scientific problems related
to brewing.
• The species of yeast used to make pale lager,
Saccharomyces _______ensis, was isolated
at the Laboratory and was named after it.
The _________ line is a 10-km long defensive line made
of dragon's teeth that was built during the second
World War between Bassins and Prangins, in the
Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Their purpose was to stop
tank invasions. 2,700 9-ton concrete blocks make up
the defences.
Toblerone
In the advanced teachings of ________ is the story of
Xenu (sometimes Xemu), introduced as the tyrant ruler
of the "Galactic Confederacy." According to this story,
75 million years ago Xenu brought billions of people to
Earth in spacecraft resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners,
stacked them around volcanoes and detonated
hydrogen bombs in the volcanoes. The thetans then
clustered together, stuck to the bodies of the living, and
continue to do this today.
Scientology
• The _______ tower is located on Viðey Island in
Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland.
• The Tower consists of 15 searchlights with prisms that act
as mirrors, reflecting the column of light vertically into
the sky from a 10-metre wide wishing well.
• The tower is lit every year from 9 October, through 8
December.
• A panel beneath it reads:I dedicate this light tower to ___X____
my love for you is forever
____Y____
October 9th 2007
ID X and Y.
X – John Lennon
Y – Yoko Ono
The imagine peace
tower
• The __X__ test is a psychological test in which
subjects' perceptions of ___X__ are recorded and
then analyzed. Some psychologists use this test to
examine a person's personality characteristics and
emotional functioning. It has been employed to
detect underlying thought disorder.
• The test is named after its creator, Swiss psychologist
Hermann _____X____.
• ____X___ is also Walter Kovacs’ alter ego.
Rorschach
Sibir newspaper, July 2, 1908
On the 17th of June, around 9 a.m. in the morning, we
observed an unusual natural occurrence. In the north
Karelinski village the peasants saw to the north west,
rather high above the horizon, some strangely bright
(impossible to look at) bluish-white heavenly body, which
for 10 minutes moved downwards. The body appeared as
a "pipe. As the body neared the ground (forest), the
bright body seemed to smudge, and then turned into a
giant billow of black smoke, and a loud knocking (not
thunder) was heard, as if large stones were falling, or
artillery was fired. All buildings shook. At the same time
the cloud began emitting flames of uncertain shapes.
This is an article depicting which event?
Tunguska event
This is an English translation of an excerpt from a
song by Swedish DJ Basshunter.
“We're sitting here in Ventrilo and playing a bit of
__X __.
And pushing on and owning
With the opponents we're playing
We're sitting here in Ventrilo and playing a bit of
___X__.
And running around and creeping
And the opponents we're sleeping.”
An English version of the song called "All I Ever
Wanted" was released on July 7, 2008.
What is X?
DOTA (Defence Of The Ancients)
• The Pokémon Jynx first
appeared in the episode
"The Ice Cave!“ but this
episode was later banned
and not aired in most
countries including the US.
• Jynx was later redesigned
and coloured purple to look
like this->
• Why was the episode
banned in the first place?
Jynx’s resemblance to Blackface
Leader:
Ringa pakia!
Uma tiraha!
Turi whatia!
Hope whai ake!
Waewae takahia kia kino!
Leader:
Team:
Leader:
Team:
All:
Ka mate, ka mate
Ka ora' Ka ora'
Ka mate, ka mate
Ka ora Ka ora "
Tēnei te tangata
pūhuruhuru
A Upane! Ka Upane!
Upane Kaupane"
Whiti te rā,!
Hī!
Slap the hands against the
thighs!
Puff out the chest.
Bend the knees!
Let the hip follow!
Stomp the feet as hard as
you can!
I die, I die,
I live, I live
I die, I die,
I live, I live,
This is the hairy man
Up the ladder, Up the
ladder
Up to the top
The sun shines!
Rise!
Why is this well known in the world of sport?
The Haka
• Kuru is an incurable nervous disorder caused by a
prion found in humans, which was first
discovered among the tribes of Papua New
Guinea.
• ‘Kuru’ means to shake in the local language, a
reference to the body tremors which are typical
of the disease.
• Beginning in 1961, Dr. Michael Alpers conducted
research into its transmission and found out that
a local funerary rite was responsible. When this
practice was curbed by the colonial government,
rates of infection plummeted.
• What was this unique dietary preference?
Cannibalism
• In ancient India, cutting off the nose was one of
the common punishments prescribed for
adulterers.
• To help rehabilitate them, __X__ invented the
practice of Rhinoplasty, a procedure in plastic
surgery used to correct and reconstruct the form
and function of the nose.
• He was also a pioneer in cataract surgery, and
would practise on pickled onions for the same.
• ID this man who also introduced the concept of
dulling a patient’s pain with wine during surgery.
Sushrutha
ID the fast bowler.
Lasith Malinga
THE END