QOTM Aug '16 Finals

COMFORTABLY DUMBBy: Aniket Chakrapani Madhumitha Ramachandran

FINALS

DRIES 1

FITBA Sherlock special episode, “The Abominable Bride” has parts based in the 19th century.

In one scene, the bride says the following words to someone “What do you think this is? It’s a _______ _________” while pointing a weapon at him.

This is a historical inaccuracy considering the phrase was first used only in 1903.

What?

ANSWER

X?

In 1897, the state of Indiana attempted to pass a legislation for X.

This was done after Edward Goodwin, a physician and mathematician thought he had discovered a correct way of squaring a circle.

However, the impossibility of squaring a circle had already been proven in 1882.

The bill was finally defeated after the efforts of a Professor Waldo from Purdue University.

Give one keyword for points. More details win you a pulse.

ANSWER

Indiana Pi Bill

Attempted to fix the value of pi at 3.2

Also tried to fix the value of sqrt(2) at 1.429

FUNDA?

“Dord” was a word that existed in the Webster’s dictionary from 1932 to 1940 to mean density.

However, the word randomly vanished from 1940 after an editor tried looking for its etymology.

Give funda?

ANSWER

Dord was a “Ghost word”. It had no meaning and had been printed as a mistake.

X?

X was a German prototype tank during the Second World War.

Having a crew of 6, this behemoth weighed 188 tonnes, carrying a 128mm gun.

What was it “appropriately” named?

ANSWER

Maus

Who says the Germans have no humour? XD

WHAT TERM?

In an episode of the Newsroom, McKenzie says the words “DC ___ ____ ___ ____” when she has to hand over control to the desk in DC.

The origins of this term are nautical, where the person in the conning tower of a ship/submarine has control over the operations of the same.

The conning tower is a raised platform on the bridge, from where all ops are visible, and the person in the conning tower is in control of the ship.

What term, used more famously in Star Trek.

ANSWER

You have the conn.

X?

The term X is generally used for when an artist releases all the works previously produced by them.

In 1997, Pink Floyd took a rather witty interpretation of X when they released the same along with this photo.

What is X?

ANSWERBack Catalogue

GIVE FUNDA!The Bajaj V is a limited edition bike which was released in India in the last one year.

Among the many reviews“Bajaj has not only successfully treasured the part of our history in a very surprising manner but also managed to grab the attention of a huge market through the sentimental approach. The marketing of the new “V” seems bang on target and Bajaj has seemingly tried hard to put the end product worthwhile associating with the pride of the entire nation. Let’s see the inside out of the new Bajaj V, which is called as invincible by the company:”

ANSWER

Part of the bike are made of the metal of the INS Vikrant

FUNDA?

“Paint Drying” was a kickstarter funded movie made in January 2016.

A 10 hour single, unbroken shot of literally just paint drying, this movie has been described as the most boring movie of all time.

It still received funding of £5,936 with 686 backers.

What was the purpose of this/why would people fund this?

ANSWER

Protest against the British Censor Board (BBFC) which, the protestor felt unfairly censors and bans movies.

The movie was sent because the BBFC is obligated to watch any movie sent to it.

Badly written plots

Bollywood style

1

Douchebag mom chooses cop son over gunda son because she’s too scared to

go to jail.

2

Guy marries the hot girl, waits for the friend-zoned girl to turn hot and then

marries her as well

3

Indian girl and Pakistani guy break up. Alien gives them couple therapy. Gets

paid in batteries.

4

Entire family waits for a family member to die before clicking a family picture

5

A group of college students take method acting for a documentary way too

seriously. End up getting killed.

6

Error 404: Plot not found

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+10 for every correct answer

ANSWERS

1

Deewaar

2

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

3

PK

4

Kapoor and Sons

5

Rang de Basanti

6

Humshakals

DRIES 2

X?

In all armies, soldiers are routinely divided into “combatants” and “non combatants”, with the “combatants” being those carrying weapons of war.

Interestingly, X was considered a weapon of war in the UK, following a High Court ruling in 1746.

X was considered because it inspired its troops to battle and instilled terror into the enemy. The skirl of the ______ stirs men's and women's souls and its power and influence in battle as in life, is measurable

ANSWER

Bagpipes - Because honestly, anyone who walks like this in front of a tank is a LOT scarier than the tank!

X?

Battle of Asal Uttar was a major tank battle fought in the Indo-Pak war of 1965.

The battle was a decisive victory for India, and this area was designated “X Nagar” for the large number of X tank of the Paki army destroyed/captured here.

The tank gets it’s name from a famous US General of the Second World War.

X?

ANSWER

Patton

FITB?

ANSWER

Krakow

X?

X is a junction station in Odisha on the Vizianagram-Raipur Line.

Carrying the code SPRD, its name would remind you of another place Y.

Y gets its name from Sanskrit and means Z City. Interestingly, Z probably never lived anywhere near Y, and the Malayan Tiger was probably mistaken for Z.

Give X

ANSWERSingapur Road.

Any excuse to put this photo because Orissa is Awesome!

NAME AND LOCATION?

This tunnel, opened in 1956 was initially designed 150 vehicles per day in each direction, now carries more than 7000 vehicles.

Among the most secure tunnels in the world, it sees continuous monitoring by the Indian Army and photography/ videography inside is prohibited.

In fact, vehicles need to maintain the same speed while inside the tunnel.

Give name AND location. (locations funda enough)

ANSWER

Jawahar/Banihal tunnel

Between Jammu and Srinagar

X?

While the concept emerged in Science Fiction around the 1950s, X has been experimented with repeatedly by various governments and a demo was built by the US in 1961.

The most practical use of X however, is by astronauts who use it to navigate in outer space.

In 2004, a New Zealand company Martin X came up with a practical version of X which they customize in various designs including as Golf Carts (and sell for around 80,000$ each).

What is X, a mode of transport which is still largely experimental.

ANSWER

Jetpacks

X?

Russia's government has announced it spends up to 13M Rouble ($200,000; £140,000) year to year on preserving X.

The amount, published in a notice on the State Procurement Agency website, will be used to keep the X in what the RBK news website calls a "lifelike condition". The notice says the work required is of a "biomedical nature", that the federal budget will foot the bill, and that a provider has already been found, although not named. A laboratory currently called the Russian Biomedical Technology Research and Training Centre has carried out all repairs to X since it was first put on public display in Moscow's Red Square in 1924.

In the post-Soviet years there have been many calls for X to be buried rather than kept on public display in a glass coffin. A recent online poll of more than 8,000 Russians found that 62% were in favour of giving X a proper burial, although the idea has previously been dismissed by the Kremlin.

ANSWER

Vladimir Lenin's embalmed body.

X?

X was born in 1965 in Lucknow and is an Electrical Engineer from GB Pant University.

His acting debut was in 1998 in the film Miss 420. More recently, he is being cast in a negative role in the Telugu movie “Overdose”

He has attained fame, however, in the Music industry and has sung/directed songs in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil.

Identify this Big Boss contestant of 2006.

ANSWER

Baba Sehgal!

List it

List the countries in North America

There are 23 of them

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Points

1-3: 5 points

4-6: 10 points

7-9: 15 points

10-12: 20 points

13-15: 25 points

16-20: 30 points

20+: 50 points

Long Visual Connect

RULES

• Long Connect. Points for theme are given on each slide.

• +5 for individual answers

1. +30/-15

2. +25/-12.5

3. +20/-10

4. +15/-7.5

5. +10/-5

6. +5/0

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