We attended the IIFT Inquizition finals on the 28th of August, 2010 at my school auditorium Vidya Mandir along with most of the noted quizzers from the Kolkata Open Quizing circuit. We had taken part in the online prelims of the event from which two teams would qualify directly into the final, after my sister studying at IIFT Delhi had informed me about it.
With a lot of mutual ideas being exchanged, my sister's team "The Toddlers" from IIFT Delhi qualified for the finals at Kolkata along with a team from "The Great Lakes Institute of management", Chennai. We were a little way off in 6th position. But a few hours before the quiz the quiz organisers from IIFT informed us that the Chennai team had backed out and we would be taking their place in the finals. This was an unexpected piece of good luck.
Mr. Dhananjay Shettigar of Quizmonks started the prelims for all the other teams with a question about the Shifting of India's Capital from Calcutta to Delhi. The prelims questions were intelligent & of a very high standard requiring both in depth knowledge as well as working out skills. Me & Sarba having already qualified sat around during the prelims and answered the questions just for fun.
Then the answers were announced & the cutoff scores announced. We saw that we would have missed the cutoff by a mark so making it through the online prelims was even more valuable.
On stage joining us were most of the Kolkata quizzing stalwarts. Debanjan's team had also made it to the finals. We sat next to my sister's team from IIFT warning them it would be a fight for the last place between us.
Then Mr Shettigar started the show. The questions were especially framed keeping in mind the high level of Kolkata Quizzing and most of the first few questions went unanswered. But the questions were really good. Then teams started scoring and thankfully we also got off the mark with what else but a Sports question !!
At the end of the first half of the quiz CP Singh's team were leading and jokingly suggested terminating the event then & there. We had answered a few and were thankfully not bottom.
Then Mr. Shettigar started the theme round. We had been expecting a Kolkata theme and were delighted when after the third question we realised our assumption had been right as the theme was Satyajit Ray. With Sarba in a team there would have been very few questions on Ray that would have been missed and we top scored in the round and very very unexpectedly saw ourselves leading the likes of Jayshridi & Sounakda as well as the top seeds for the quiz Souvikda & Soubhadrada.
But our lead was unexpected for a reason and that reason became clear as the big teams suddenly started scoring big and we got into a rut not answering anything for what seemed like ages. Souvikda & Soubhadroda who had been languishing near the bottom in the first half of the quiz raced into the lead with a flurry of incredible answers & even Jayshridi & Sounakda left us lagging behind with some great answers.
As the quiz ended Sudipda's team also overtook us so we finished a respectable 4th instead of 8th as we had expected.
Mr. Shettigar did a fantastic job and taking part in this quiz was a privilige. The Questions once again were splendidly framed and required both deduction & awareness.
Looking forward to more quizzes from him.
Some questions :
Q. Whom did Peter Drucker credit with introducing the first Hard Hat for worker protection while employed by the Worker's Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia ?
Ans: Franz Kafka
Q. Which place has 4 metals named after it ?
Ans: Ytterby in Sweden
Q. Who was India's captain when they won their first Olympic hockey Gold & politically what was he the first to demand ?
Ans: Jaipal Singh who demanded the Jhadkhand state
Q.The dance of seven veils or Ishtar was the precursor to what ?
Ans: Striptease
Monday, September 13, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Lone Wolf Mcquade 2010
I have been meaning to write about this highly enjoyable & different quiz for quite a long time now but something or the other always came up that prevented me from doing so. Finally now I have found some unexpected free time with everyone busy watching the Champions League T20. And that includes my TV serial addict mom & sis who are right now gushing over Enrique as he croons his way into the cricketing world. The only reason I watch T20 (the cheerleaders) have not taken over as yet and so here I am typing away.
Everyone at Enquiry had been mulling over a mastermind format quiz for quite a while and we found the best time to do it was during the semester break, when all of us had ample time to search for suitable topics, read up & refresh our knowledge of the said topics & also for the two quiz masters, Debanjan & Boss, to set questions on a vast range of choices. The date was fixed on the 5th of June, 2010 & the venue was the Worldview bookstore at Jadavpur University.
The preparations for the event began almost a month before June 5th with all of us sending in three different topics to the Quiz masters by email. They had the freedom of choosing any one of the topics on which to set questions. This was a two part solo quiz like the famed Mastermind India Show we had all grown up watching. The first part was of course the topic round that was different for all the participants. The second part was a General quiz set common to all. The entire quiz was written.
The topics started pouring in since the day we announced the quiz was happening. I wanted to be one of the quiz masters as setting questions on so many colourful topics would have been fun & I would have learnt a lot. But since Debanjan & Boss were already doing the question setting I reluctantly backed down & started deciding my own three topics.
After a lot of chopping and changing which must have irritated the quiz masters a lot I finally decided on "Friends the TV show", "Manchester United's 1999 Treble season" & "Archie comics". I read the Wiki pages for "Friends" & "Archies" and watched the "1999 Treble season" video for the millionth time as part of my preparations for the quiz.
A couple of days before the event Boss & Debanjan entrusted me with the task of setting questions on a few topics as they were short on time. I was overjoyed. I would be both a participant & a quiz master as well. In true Mithunda & Rajnikanth style I had successfully killed two goons with a single shot.
The topics I set questions on were "Woody Allen", "IPL 2010", "Brand name origins" & my personal favourite "Sir Alex at Old Trafford".
Then the big day arrived and we all piled into the Worldview bookstore for the event to unfold. Around 30 people had registered for the event but unfortunately only around 25 showed up which meant five of the topic sets and a lot of the quiz master's time was wasted. The quiz masters handed each one of our question sheets and the answering started.
My "Friends" set was moderately tough but I had watched each & every episode of the show at least a dozen times. I was sure I was getting 15 on 20 even before they revealed the answers.
After the round was over & the corrections done I saw I had narrowly edged out Jishnuda to claim top spot. His topic was "Tenida". Gairik finished third and his topic had been "Indian classical instrumental music in the last 50 years".
Everyone did reasonably well in their respective topics but even while we were all writing the answers I could see Sumantra AKA Central having difficulty with the "Sir Alex at Old Trafford" set I had cooked up. He was under the impression he would be getting the "KFC Big Bash T20 tournament" and had read up on nothing else. Apparently Boss had been feeling a little mischievous and had hinted Central might get KFC just to tempt Central. And Central had taken the bait not even reading the Wiki page for Sir Alex, from which I had set around 15 of the questions. He still managed to answer a few of the questions & with a little guidance from a guilt-ridden me managed a respectable score.
We took a little break after the topic round and all of us participants walked to 8B, had some food and enjoyed ice cold nimbu paani before heading back to Worldview for the General set to start.
It started in due time & Debanjan started with his half of the questions. We got busy thinking as it was a workable set, took a few guesses & left a few blank as usual. Then Boss took over for his set. Again it was a workable set which got our imaginations going. The exhaustive theme was very nicely concealed and I was really glad when I realized it on the third clue. Most of the others also got the theme right but the individual answers to the theme were not that obvious so we all missed a few points there. Then it was correction time again and fortunately after getting a lot of guesses right I was top again, this time getting the better of Gairik in second and Jishnuda in third. Monishita Dey topped the quiz in the school category. Her topic had been "Films of Satyajit Ray" where she had scored well.
So the final verdict saw Jishnuda third, Gairik second and myself finishing first. The quiz masters had done an awesome job and received a standing ovation from everyone. We all agreed this must become a regular fixture and were all thinking of doing a couple of Lone Wolf Mcquades every year during the semester breaks.
The Worldview bookstore was a great venue & we thank them for their co-operation.
Here is a full list of the people who registered and their topics :
FORMAT: NAME-INSTITUTE-TOPIC1,TOPIC2,TOPIC3
ANAGH ST. XAVIERS JOHNNY DEPP ITALIAN FOOD PINK FLOYD
ANUBHAB FIEM TINTIN SUPER CARS POST '60 POTTER
ARINDAM JU WC 1987 1992 LEONARD COHEN ALAN MOORE
ARPAN FIEM FAUNA OF PLANET EARTH X-MEN LINKIN PARK
ATMADEEP ISB&M F1 POST 2008 ALCOHOL INDUSTRY Q T MOVIES
DEBANJALI MHSG BOB DYLAN CHARLES DICKENS AUDREY HEPBURN
GAIRIK JU INDIAN CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SWAT KAT FRIENDS
JISHNU IIM B TENIDA SACHIN TENDULKAR HARRY POTTER BOOKS
JISHU JU LEONARDO DI CAPRIO PULP FICTION RADIOHEAD
KIRAN RCCIT COMPUTER SRK 3G TECHNOLOGY
KUNAL JU INDIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INDIAN FOOD LOGOS
MONISHITA AHG OSCARS SATYAJIT RAY GREENDAY
NAIRIT PRESIDENCY PAGLA DASHU LORD VOLDEMORT HIGGS BOSON
NEIL BESU FIFA WORLD CUP INDIAN MYTHOLOGY COMICS
NRISINGHA XAVIERS FIFA PLAYER MALE ECO NOBEL PERCY JACKSON
PANCHU PRESIDENCY THE BEATLES BATMAN
RAKTIM ST. XAVIERS ITALIAN CINEMA IT BUSINESS
ROBIN JU F.R.I.E.N.D.S TREBLE CHARACTERS OF ARCHIES
SARBAJIT JU DON BRADMAN JAYANTA MANIK TARINIKHURO
SASWATA CU SIMPSONS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES LOTR
SHIBARJUN ISB&M REAL MADRID AUTOMOBILES WOODY ALLEN
SHREYA LSA WALL STREET COLLAPSE HARVARD WARREN BUFFET
SID JU WOMEN NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS FELUDA HARRY POTTER
SOUVIK JNU 19TH CENT BENG WOMEN BOND ODBHUTURE
SUMANTRA PRESI SIR ALEX AT OLD TRAFFORD KKR KFC BIG BASH
TIRTHA JU BOLYWOOD POST 2000 COMPANY NAME ORIGIN KKR
ABHISHEK XXX ARTEMIS FOWL VAN GOGH P G WOODEHOUSE
ABHISHEK IMT LOTR STAR WARS MARKETING THEORY
SUMIT ST. XAVIERS FRASIER WEST CLASSICAL EAST CLASSICAL
APRATIM DBL ALBUM COVER WORLD CUP POLITICS
Everyone at Enquiry had been mulling over a mastermind format quiz for quite a while and we found the best time to do it was during the semester break, when all of us had ample time to search for suitable topics, read up & refresh our knowledge of the said topics & also for the two quiz masters, Debanjan & Boss, to set questions on a vast range of choices. The date was fixed on the 5th of June, 2010 & the venue was the Worldview bookstore at Jadavpur University.
The preparations for the event began almost a month before June 5th with all of us sending in three different topics to the Quiz masters by email. They had the freedom of choosing any one of the topics on which to set questions. This was a two part solo quiz like the famed Mastermind India Show we had all grown up watching. The first part was of course the topic round that was different for all the participants. The second part was a General quiz set common to all. The entire quiz was written.
The topics started pouring in since the day we announced the quiz was happening. I wanted to be one of the quiz masters as setting questions on so many colourful topics would have been fun & I would have learnt a lot. But since Debanjan & Boss were already doing the question setting I reluctantly backed down & started deciding my own three topics.
After a lot of chopping and changing which must have irritated the quiz masters a lot I finally decided on "Friends the TV show", "Manchester United's 1999 Treble season" & "Archie comics". I read the Wiki pages for "Friends" & "Archies" and watched the "1999 Treble season" video for the millionth time as part of my preparations for the quiz.
A couple of days before the event Boss & Debanjan entrusted me with the task of setting questions on a few topics as they were short on time. I was overjoyed. I would be both a participant & a quiz master as well. In true Mithunda & Rajnikanth style I had successfully killed two goons with a single shot.
The topics I set questions on were "Woody Allen", "IPL 2010", "Brand name origins" & my personal favourite "Sir Alex at Old Trafford".
Then the big day arrived and we all piled into the Worldview bookstore for the event to unfold. Around 30 people had registered for the event but unfortunately only around 25 showed up which meant five of the topic sets and a lot of the quiz master's time was wasted. The quiz masters handed each one of our question sheets and the answering started.
My "Friends" set was moderately tough but I had watched each & every episode of the show at least a dozen times. I was sure I was getting 15 on 20 even before they revealed the answers.
After the round was over & the corrections done I saw I had narrowly edged out Jishnuda to claim top spot. His topic was "Tenida". Gairik finished third and his topic had been "Indian classical instrumental music in the last 50 years".
Everyone did reasonably well in their respective topics but even while we were all writing the answers I could see Sumantra AKA Central having difficulty with the "Sir Alex at Old Trafford" set I had cooked up. He was under the impression he would be getting the "KFC Big Bash T20 tournament" and had read up on nothing else. Apparently Boss had been feeling a little mischievous and had hinted Central might get KFC just to tempt Central. And Central had taken the bait not even reading the Wiki page for Sir Alex, from which I had set around 15 of the questions. He still managed to answer a few of the questions & with a little guidance from a guilt-ridden me managed a respectable score.
We took a little break after the topic round and all of us participants walked to 8B, had some food and enjoyed ice cold nimbu paani before heading back to Worldview for the General set to start.
It started in due time & Debanjan started with his half of the questions. We got busy thinking as it was a workable set, took a few guesses & left a few blank as usual. Then Boss took over for his set. Again it was a workable set which got our imaginations going. The exhaustive theme was very nicely concealed and I was really glad when I realized it on the third clue. Most of the others also got the theme right but the individual answers to the theme were not that obvious so we all missed a few points there. Then it was correction time again and fortunately after getting a lot of guesses right I was top again, this time getting the better of Gairik in second and Jishnuda in third. Monishita Dey topped the quiz in the school category. Her topic had been "Films of Satyajit Ray" where she had scored well.
So the final verdict saw Jishnuda third, Gairik second and myself finishing first. The quiz masters had done an awesome job and received a standing ovation from everyone. We all agreed this must become a regular fixture and were all thinking of doing a couple of Lone Wolf Mcquades every year during the semester breaks.
The Worldview bookstore was a great venue & we thank them for their co-operation.
Here is a full list of the people who registered and their topics :
FORMAT: NAME-INSTITUTE-TOPIC1,TOPIC2,TOPIC3
ANAGH ST. XAVIERS JOHNNY DEPP ITALIAN FOOD PINK FLOYD
ANUBHAB FIEM TINTIN SUPER CARS POST '60 POTTER
ARINDAM JU WC 1987 1992 LEONARD COHEN ALAN MOORE
ARPAN FIEM FAUNA OF PLANET EARTH X-MEN LINKIN PARK
ATMADEEP ISB&M F1 POST 2008 ALCOHOL INDUSTRY Q T MOVIES
DEBANJALI MHSG BOB DYLAN CHARLES DICKENS AUDREY HEPBURN
GAIRIK JU INDIAN CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SWAT KAT FRIENDS
JISHNU IIM B TENIDA SACHIN TENDULKAR HARRY POTTER BOOKS
JISHU JU LEONARDO DI CAPRIO PULP FICTION RADIOHEAD
KIRAN RCCIT COMPUTER SRK 3G TECHNOLOGY
KUNAL JU INDIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INDIAN FOOD LOGOS
MONISHITA AHG OSCARS SATYAJIT RAY GREENDAY
NAIRIT PRESIDENCY PAGLA DASHU LORD VOLDEMORT HIGGS BOSON
NEIL BESU FIFA WORLD CUP INDIAN MYTHOLOGY COMICS
NRISINGHA XAVIERS FIFA PLAYER MALE ECO NOBEL PERCY JACKSON
PANCHU PRESIDENCY THE BEATLES BATMAN
RAKTIM ST. XAVIERS ITALIAN CINEMA IT BUSINESS
ROBIN JU F.R.I.E.N.D.S TREBLE CHARACTERS OF ARCHIES
SARBAJIT JU DON BRADMAN JAYANTA MANIK TARINIKHURO
SASWATA CU SIMPSONS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES LOTR
SHIBARJUN ISB&M REAL MADRID AUTOMOBILES WOODY ALLEN
SHREYA LSA WALL STREET COLLAPSE HARVARD WARREN BUFFET
SID JU WOMEN NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS FELUDA HARRY POTTER
SOUVIK JNU 19TH CENT BENG WOMEN BOND ODBHUTURE
SUMANTRA PRESI SIR ALEX AT OLD TRAFFORD KKR KFC BIG BASH
TIRTHA JU BOLYWOOD POST 2000 COMPANY NAME ORIGIN KKR
ABHISHEK XXX ARTEMIS FOWL VAN GOGH P G WOODEHOUSE
ABHISHEK IMT LOTR STAR WARS MARKETING THEORY
SUMIT ST. XAVIERS FRASIER WEST CLASSICAL EAST CLASSICAL
APRATIM DBL ALBUM COVER WORLD CUP POLITICS
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Qriosity 2010 Report
Qriosity 2010 in memory of Subhankar Nag was completed on the 4th of September, 2010 at the Triguna Sen memorial auditorium at Jadavpur University. With three quizzes packed into a single day we were all wondering if we could pull off the event smoothly but our fears were laid to rest as every quiz was conducted in good time & there was even time for a photo session at the end of the day.
The day started with the Sports Quiz conducted by Titash who had flown down from Chennai specially for Qriosity. Around 30 teams sat for the prelims and most of the usual suspects made it to the stage. Notably the Lakshmipat Singhania Academy school team made it to the stage after a good show and even in the finals came up with some great answers. The video questions in particular were enjoyed by one and all which actually makes us sad because we had to discard a few more video questions because of the time constraint. The quiz was an even contest between three teams which was won by the "Potoldanga Thunder Club" & "No good" edged out "Quiz lovers of Kolkata" in a tiebreaker for second spot.
A little while later Sounakda took over for the Biz quiz. A few more teams showed up for this one including a lot of the corporate quizzing heavyweights. There was a funny moment during the prelims when Sounakda correctly predicted Goutamda's late arrival. The big teams were all present for the finals which got going with an interesting Crossword round. All the teams scored a lot of points in this round. Then the normal quiz started & ITC raced off to a good lead with some tremendous answers. TCS in second found it hard trying to keep pace with ITC and eventually finished second with Jayshridi, Goutamda & Tathada in third.
Then it was over to Joy da for the final event of the day, the General Quiz. The auditorium was packed when Joy da started asking the first question of the prelims. Thankfully this was one quiz I could participate in but we didn't fare too well, messing up a few answers and falling short off the cutoff. "Byapok Byatha" represented by Tathada, Atrida & Tintinda top scored in the prelims with a mammoth 22 on 25. Again most of the big names were there with three campus teams making it to the stage. Joy da was at his best cracking jokes and asking some delightful questions. From the word go "Answering Service" (Souvikda, Abuda & Sanjoyda) were locked in a tussle with "Hammer & Tongs" (Kinshukda, Jayshridi & Sounakda) for top spot & that's exactly how the quiz finished as well. "Hammer & Tongs" prevailed in the tiebreaker & "Byapok Byatha" finished third.
All three quizzes were conducted with panache and were well received, fantastic questions were asked and the teams also did Kolkata quizzing proud by coming up with some splendid answers.
We at Enquiry take this opportunity to thank everyone involved with Qriosity 2010 without whom the event could not have been imagined. A special mention must go to Subhoda's family who have always supported us through sun & rain and it was no different this year. Our seniors, sponsors, friends & everyone who took part in Qriosity deserve all the credit for the event's success. Hope to see you all next year.
Link to the pics of the event :
http://picasaweb.google.com/birladey/Qriosity2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCWqsCT1O3q9wE
P.S : Really sorry about the quality of the pics. My camera was no good in the low light of the auditorium. Could not use a majority of the pics because of the poor lighting. Will use a better camera next year.
Some questions :
Q. Who was hired by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to act as a football coach for his son, Al-Saadi Qadhafi, who aspired to join an Italian football club ? As things turned out Al-Saadi ultimately did join an Italian team but was sacked after just one game when he failed a drug test.
Ans: Ben Johnson.
Q. The discovery of a circuit closer led to the disqualification of the winning team & the Great Britain team being given the gold medal in which event at the Montreal Olympics ?
Ans: The Modern Pentathlon
The circuit closer was used by Boris Onischenko of USSR in the epee fencing event
Q. This footballer, in his country’s squad for the 2010 world cup, holds the record of scoring thrice against Juventus in the Champion’s League for three different clubs. Why might this record be in contention for Ripley’s believe it or not ?
Ans: The player in question is Hans Joerg Butt a goalkeeper who takes penalties !!
Q. In 1936 Joe Gould was the Jewish manager for the then world heavyweight champion & he received a call from none other than Joseph Goebbels requesting a title bout between two men.
Gould : Well for openers I want 300000 dollars here before we get on the boat
Goebbels : Ya, you haf it.
Gould : And another hundred when we get to Berlin
Goebbels : Ya, you haf it.
Gould : And first class travel & accommodation for 6 people
Goebbels : Ya, you haf it.
Gould : And 25000 training expenses.
Goebbels : Ya, ya you will haf that also. If you come to Berlin right away we will sign the contract.
Gould took a deep breath : Only one more clause Mr. Goebbels.
What was this final clause that made Goebbels immediately hang up the phone and who were the two fighters being referred to here ?
Ans: Gould wanted Goebbels to release all the Jews from German concentration camps
The fight would have been between Champion James Braddock & Max Schmeling
Q. Duncan White was the first Olympic medallist for this country. Who won the country’s second Olympic medal 52 years later ?
Ans: Susanthika Jayasinghe
Q. Who was the last player to come back from two sets to love down in a grand slam final and win the title ? Incidentally he also became the first Grand slam winner ever to have lost the first set of the final 6-0.
Ans: Gaston Gaudio beat compatriot and favourite Guillermo Coria in the 2004 French Open final
Q. What was the “battle of the Carmens” at the Calgary winter Olympics ?
Ans: The two favorites, East German Katarina Witt & American Debi Thomas both used Bizet’s Carmen for their skating routines.
Witt won & Thomas was 3rd
Q. Connect : Maverick, Tomahawk, Sidewinder, Hawk, Sparrow, Patriot.
Ans: All Raytheon missiles
Q.“What I Know Is”
“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”
“All Day I Dream About Sports”
“First on Race Day”
“But it’s not Google”
What term used to describe these phrases was coined in the November 1983 edition of the Washington Post ?
Ans: Backronyms
Q. Pritt owned by the Henkel group invented it in 1969. In India a certain brand has a whopping 90% of the market share. What is the product on our desks ?
Ans: Fevistik
Q. The highest two storied bridge in the world, 170 metres above ground level connects what ?
Ans: The Petronas Towers
Q. The website Alexa.com that provides internet ratings is named after what ?
Ans: The great library of Alexandria
Q. Which non-fiction authoress wrote about Frodo, Fifi & Greybeard ?
Ans: Jane Goodal.
Q. To cook what does one have to take a written test, an ID test and a taste test in which only around 30% pass ?
Ans: The Fugu or Pufferfish
Q. Which country now has the maximum number of tigers in the world ?
Ans: The USA where there are around 7000 captive tigers !!
Q. In the world of music what is the 27 club ?
Ans: Great musicians who have all died at 27 including Hendrix, Morrison, Janis Joplin & Kurt Cobain.
Q. In the Southern American states what were Sundown towns ?
Ans: Towns that blacks had to vacate by Sun down.
Q. Which is the only character that appears in all Terry Pratchett books ?
Ans: Death
Q. Scientists and academics sometimes celebrated February 12 with "Phylum Feast" events—a meal with foods from as many different phyla as they could manage, at least as early as 1972, 1974, and 1989 in Canada in honour of whom ?
Ans: Charles Darwin
Q. Which wildlife sanctuary was so named because it displaced 10 villages ?
Ans: Dachigam
Q. What are Janus words ?
Ans: Words with two opposite meanings like bolt, execute, inflammable, invaluable etc.
The day started with the Sports Quiz conducted by Titash who had flown down from Chennai specially for Qriosity. Around 30 teams sat for the prelims and most of the usual suspects made it to the stage. Notably the Lakshmipat Singhania Academy school team made it to the stage after a good show and even in the finals came up with some great answers. The video questions in particular were enjoyed by one and all which actually makes us sad because we had to discard a few more video questions because of the time constraint. The quiz was an even contest between three teams which was won by the "Potoldanga Thunder Club" & "No good" edged out "Quiz lovers of Kolkata" in a tiebreaker for second spot.
A little while later Sounakda took over for the Biz quiz. A few more teams showed up for this one including a lot of the corporate quizzing heavyweights. There was a funny moment during the prelims when Sounakda correctly predicted Goutamda's late arrival. The big teams were all present for the finals which got going with an interesting Crossword round. All the teams scored a lot of points in this round. Then the normal quiz started & ITC raced off to a good lead with some tremendous answers. TCS in second found it hard trying to keep pace with ITC and eventually finished second with Jayshridi, Goutamda & Tathada in third.
Then it was over to Joy da for the final event of the day, the General Quiz. The auditorium was packed when Joy da started asking the first question of the prelims. Thankfully this was one quiz I could participate in but we didn't fare too well, messing up a few answers and falling short off the cutoff. "Byapok Byatha" represented by Tathada, Atrida & Tintinda top scored in the prelims with a mammoth 22 on 25. Again most of the big names were there with three campus teams making it to the stage. Joy da was at his best cracking jokes and asking some delightful questions. From the word go "Answering Service" (Souvikda, Abuda & Sanjoyda) were locked in a tussle with "Hammer & Tongs" (Kinshukda, Jayshridi & Sounakda) for top spot & that's exactly how the quiz finished as well. "Hammer & Tongs" prevailed in the tiebreaker & "Byapok Byatha" finished third.
All three quizzes were conducted with panache and were well received, fantastic questions were asked and the teams also did Kolkata quizzing proud by coming up with some splendid answers.
We at Enquiry take this opportunity to thank everyone involved with Qriosity 2010 without whom the event could not have been imagined. A special mention must go to Subhoda's family who have always supported us through sun & rain and it was no different this year. Our seniors, sponsors, friends & everyone who took part in Qriosity deserve all the credit for the event's success. Hope to see you all next year.
Link to the pics of the event :
http://picasaweb.google.com/birladey/Qriosity2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCWqsCT1O3q9wE
P.S : Really sorry about the quality of the pics. My camera was no good in the low light of the auditorium. Could not use a majority of the pics because of the poor lighting. Will use a better camera next year.
Some questions :
Q. Who was hired by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to act as a football coach for his son, Al-Saadi Qadhafi, who aspired to join an Italian football club ? As things turned out Al-Saadi ultimately did join an Italian team but was sacked after just one game when he failed a drug test.
Ans: Ben Johnson.
Q. The discovery of a circuit closer led to the disqualification of the winning team & the Great Britain team being given the gold medal in which event at the Montreal Olympics ?
Ans: The Modern Pentathlon
The circuit closer was used by Boris Onischenko of USSR in the epee fencing event
Q. This footballer, in his country’s squad for the 2010 world cup, holds the record of scoring thrice against Juventus in the Champion’s League for three different clubs. Why might this record be in contention for Ripley’s believe it or not ?
Ans: The player in question is Hans Joerg Butt a goalkeeper who takes penalties !!
Q. In 1936 Joe Gould was the Jewish manager for the then world heavyweight champion & he received a call from none other than Joseph Goebbels requesting a title bout between two men.
Gould : Well for openers I want 300000 dollars here before we get on the boat
Goebbels : Ya, you haf it.
Gould : And another hundred when we get to Berlin
Goebbels : Ya, you haf it.
Gould : And first class travel & accommodation for 6 people
Goebbels : Ya, you haf it.
Gould : And 25000 training expenses.
Goebbels : Ya, ya you will haf that also. If you come to Berlin right away we will sign the contract.
Gould took a deep breath : Only one more clause Mr. Goebbels.
What was this final clause that made Goebbels immediately hang up the phone and who were the two fighters being referred to here ?
Ans: Gould wanted Goebbels to release all the Jews from German concentration camps
The fight would have been between Champion James Braddock & Max Schmeling
Q. Duncan White was the first Olympic medallist for this country. Who won the country’s second Olympic medal 52 years later ?
Ans: Susanthika Jayasinghe
Q. Who was the last player to come back from two sets to love down in a grand slam final and win the title ? Incidentally he also became the first Grand slam winner ever to have lost the first set of the final 6-0.
Ans: Gaston Gaudio beat compatriot and favourite Guillermo Coria in the 2004 French Open final
Q. What was the “battle of the Carmens” at the Calgary winter Olympics ?
Ans: The two favorites, East German Katarina Witt & American Debi Thomas both used Bizet’s Carmen for their skating routines.
Witt won & Thomas was 3rd
Q. Connect : Maverick, Tomahawk, Sidewinder, Hawk, Sparrow, Patriot.
Ans: All Raytheon missiles
Q.“What I Know Is”
“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”
“All Day I Dream About Sports”
“First on Race Day”
“But it’s not Google”
What term used to describe these phrases was coined in the November 1983 edition of the Washington Post ?
Ans: Backronyms
Q. Pritt owned by the Henkel group invented it in 1969. In India a certain brand has a whopping 90% of the market share. What is the product on our desks ?
Ans: Fevistik
Q. The highest two storied bridge in the world, 170 metres above ground level connects what ?
Ans: The Petronas Towers
Q. The website Alexa.com that provides internet ratings is named after what ?
Ans: The great library of Alexandria
Q. Which non-fiction authoress wrote about Frodo, Fifi & Greybeard ?
Ans: Jane Goodal.
Q. To cook what does one have to take a written test, an ID test and a taste test in which only around 30% pass ?
Ans: The Fugu or Pufferfish
Q. Which country now has the maximum number of tigers in the world ?
Ans: The USA where there are around 7000 captive tigers !!
Q. In the world of music what is the 27 club ?
Ans: Great musicians who have all died at 27 including Hendrix, Morrison, Janis Joplin & Kurt Cobain.
Q. In the Southern American states what were Sundown towns ?
Ans: Towns that blacks had to vacate by Sun down.
Q. Which is the only character that appears in all Terry Pratchett books ?
Ans: Death
Q. Scientists and academics sometimes celebrated February 12 with "Phylum Feast" events—a meal with foods from as many different phyla as they could manage, at least as early as 1972, 1974, and 1989 in Canada in honour of whom ?
Ans: Charles Darwin
Q. Which wildlife sanctuary was so named because it displaced 10 villages ?
Ans: Dachigam
Q. What are Janus words ?
Ans: Words with two opposite meanings like bolt, execute, inflammable, invaluable etc.
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