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Finals. . 6 rounds. QM: Varun Rajiv. ROUND ONE – Ey , Tuff. A-F 6 connected questions – 5 points per correct answer. +5 if all correct. This lake (A) is the second largest freshwater lake in the world – here seen from space. .
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Finals. 6 rounds. QM: Varun Rajiv.
ROUND ONE – Ey, Tuff. A-F 6 connected questions – 5 points per correct answer. +5 if all correct.
This lake (A) is the second largest freshwater lake in the world – here seen from space.
A was discovered (to the Western world) jointly by two men, B and C, en route their quest for something. Both were blighted by disease. B, (in pic), became temporarily deaf after a beetle crawled into his ear and he had to remove it with a knife, and also later went temporarily blind - he was still blind at point of discovery of A and could not properly see the lake. They heard of a second lake in the area, but C was too sick to make the trip. B thus went alone, and found the lake, which he christened D. It was this lake which eventually proved to be the answer to their quest (E).
They both returned to England, B before C, who on 8 May 1859 made their trip famous in a speech to the Royal Geographical Society where he staked his claim to the solution of their quest. This angered C, who returned on 21 May, who believed that it violated an agreement that the two men would speak to the society together. A further rift was caused when B was chosen to lead a subsequent expedition without C. B went on his way with some others, did what he had to do and believed he’d confirmed the findings of their earlier expedition. He sent a telegram to London that read, “Inform Sir Roderick Murchison that all is well, that we are in latitude 14°30’ upon the ____, and that [F]” (F being the famous bit that’s often quoted) Epilogue – C disputed B’s finding, wanted to debate him on it; B died, aged 37, of a self-inflicted (accidental) gunshot wound the morning of the debate, while hunting. C went on to do other things in life, before dying in Trieste much later.
A – Lake Tanganyika B – John Hanning Speke C – Richard Francis Burton D – Lake Victoria E – Quest for Source of the Nile F – ‘The Nile is settled’
ROUND TWO – The Udupa Round One question, ten answers. 5 points per. No negatives, no bonus.
There are 10 countries that the Tropic of Capricorn passes through – one in the Oceania region, four in South America and five in Africa. Name all.
Australia Namibia South Africa Botswana Mozambique Madagascar Chile Argentina Paraguay Brazil
ROUND 3 – Clockwise. 16 questions. 10 points per. Infinite bounce.
1. His order goes five, one, three and two (till date) – many right-minded people possibly want the overall figure to be zero. What we speak of?
2. X died while holidaying at his summer home in Mullaghmore, a small seaside village on the northwest coast of Ireland. On 27 August 1979, he went lobster-potting and tuna fishing in a wooden boat. An IRA member had slipped on to the unguarded boat the previous night and attached a radio-controlled bomb, which was detonated from shore when X was en route to Donegal Bay – X was seriously wounded, and died by drowning, along with three other people on board. Sinn Féin said of his death: The IRA gave clear reasons for the execution. I think it is unfortunate that anyone has to be killed, but the furore created by X’s death showed up the hypocritical attitude of the media establishment. As a member of the House of Lords, X was an emotional figure in both British and Irish politics. […] with his war record I don't think he could have objected to dying in what was clearly a war situation. He knew the danger involved in coming to this country. In my opinion, the IRA achieved its objective: people started paying attention to what was happening in Ireland.
3. What is the main difference in the nomenclature of High Courts that were constituted by letters patent (such as those in erstwhile Presidencies), and those that were instituted (or reorganised) under Constitutional provisions?
Former go by the city name (Madras HC, Bombay HC, Calcutta HC), while the latter go by the state name (Karnataka HC, Madhya Pradesh HC)
4. X was a writer, artist etc., regarded as one of the great Polish-language writers of the 20th century, most famous for The Street of Crocodiles and Sanatorium under the sign of the Hourglass. In 2001, a German filmmaker discovered a mural by X. Restoration was begun by the Poles, who informed Y about the findings. Representatives of Y examined the mural, and removed five restored fragments of the mural, smuggling them out of the country. Controversy ensued. Y claims legal purchase, but the owner of the property refuted that, and also Y did not obtain permission from the Ministry of Culture. It was said, “It seemed that Y’s actions implied dying a Jew negated having lived largely as a Pole, and that the two were irreconcilable.” In response, Y continued its general chutiyaness, posting a statement on its Website asserting a “moral right” to X’s work. It was settled in 2008 when Y recognized the works as “the property and cultural wealth” of Ukraine, which agreed to ‘lend’ the works as a long-term loan. X and Y.
5. It’s a bird, but named after an old city that gave its name to a new country. Also adopted as the emblem of an organization, which is curious because both prior and current names of the country are thus represented in the logo. Name the bird and the organization (or what they do).
6. Andre Geim, as widely reported, is the first person to win both the Nobel and Ig Nobel prizes. However, that fact needs to have an * at the end of it, explaining away Bart Knols. Why the *, and what did Bart Knols do?
Geim is the first individual to win both prizes. Bart Knols was awarded the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize in Entomology (for showing that the female malaria mosquito is attracted equally to the smell of limburger cheese and to the smell of human feet). He was also one of the hundreds of employees of the IAEA who together were awarded a Nobel Prize in peace in 2005.
7. If you were to be preparing your drink of _______ properly, what would you use this kind of spoon for?
8. Craig Stevens is the swimmer in pic, a bronze medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and finalist in a couple of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. At the Athens Olympics, he won silver as a part of the 4x200m relay team, and made the final in the 1500m. At the Beijing Olympics, he failed to qualify for the finals of both the 400m and 1500m freestyle finals, being knocked out in the heats. He is, however, by far most famous for his involvement in the events of the second picture. Put funda.
Ian Thorpe overbalances on the blocks during the heats of the 400 m freestyle at the 2004 Australian Championships, resulting in disqualification for causing a false start – Craig Stevens, who had the second qualifying position, stepped down so that Thorpe could participate.
9. Anthony Shaffer recently released a book titled Operation Dark Heart. It comes in two editions. A note on Amazon on the page of the original edition: On Friday, August 13, 2010, just as St. Martin’s Press was readying its initial shipment of Operation Dark Heart […] The publication of the initial edition was canceled. However, after consulting with the author, Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, St. Martin's Press agreed to incorporate… changes,… into a revised edition. The account in the note is, as expected, false. What actually happened?
The Pentagon, which claimed it revealed intelligence secrets, bought every copy of the first edition from the publisher, and burned all of them.
10. These are the crane fly, the harvestman (arachnid) and the cellar spider – each of them possess the same nickname, taken from a 1912 children’s novel. What name?
11. Having ___, a designation used since 1840, was/is seen as a sign of the quality and advantage of a ship in terms of speed, punctuality etc. – also because having ___ itself meant incurring penalty clauses in case of breach. What is ___, expand it, and why was it seen as a sign of quality etc.?
RMS – Royal Mail Ship. The mail had to be on time.
12. Since 1985, Air Jordans have had a roman numeral designation – Air Jordan I, II etc. But, that changed in 2009, when they affixed the year to it – Air Jordan 2009. Why the change?
They’d hit 23 – his jersey number (45 is ignored, it would seem).
13. Harry Eastlack (1933–1973) is the most famous case of Fibrodysplasiaossificansprogressiva, a rare disease about which little is known, which began to develop at the age of ten, and by the time of his death, he was only able to move his lips. Shortly before his death he made it known that he wanted to donate his body to science, in the hope that in death he would be able to help find a cure, pursuant to which, his preserved skeleton is now kept at a museum in Philadelphia. Since the 1800s there have been references in medicine that may now be diagnosed as FOP. What were they described as then, as the condition worsened?
14. X (2001) is a novel by Alice Randall, a bestselling historical novel that reinterprets the Y. Its plot revolves around Z, but told from the viewpoint of her half-sister Cynara. Cynara’s name comes from the poem which was also the origin of the original novel's title. The book consciously avoids using names or locations from the original. Cynara refers to her sister as “Other”, and to her husband as “R”. The house, Tara, is reduced to “Tata” or “Cotton Farm”, and Twelve Oaks is renamed for its builders, “Twelve Slaves Strong as Trees”. Name both books.
X - The Wind Done Gone. Y - Gone with the Wind.
15. X, Spanish for “skull”, can refer to a number of cultural phenomena associated with the celebration of the Day of the Dead, including sugar skulls that can be eaten and poems written for it but intended to humorously criticize the living. Most commonly though, it’s used to refer to any artistic representations of skulls, such as those shown. Tell me what the art form is called, and what is being represented in the picture.
16. This is an incident in Indy Car racing from 1981, the protagonist being racing legend Rick ‘Rocket’ Mears (four time Indy 500 winner and three time CART champion). Tell me what’s happening, and why it happens so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_UufZ0eZk
An invisible fire in the pit lane – because the cars ran using methanol, which burns clear.
ROUND 4 – Anti-Clockwise 16 questions. 10 points per. Infinite bounce.
1. Which two countries are the start and end points of the Paris-Dakar rally?
2. Y is a quote by X. There is an urban legend that there was an error in Y, X referring to himself not as what he wanted to, but as a “jam doughnut”, known in parts of Germany as a ________. Supposedly, he should have left out the indefinite article in his statement, which implied he was a non-human ________, thus the jam doughnut. However, while the indefinite article is omitted when speaking of an individual’s profession or residence, it is necessary when speaking in a figurative sense as X did, and so in fact his statement was correct. Also, his targets didn’t generally refer to jelly doughnuts as _________. While known as _________ Pfannkuchen, commonly shortened to _________, in other areas of Germany, they are simply called Pfannkuchen in the target area.
3. Who, photographed in 2008, some 36 years after his moment(s) in the sun?
