We've come a long way, baby!

Easy. Ad for?

Answer: Cracked by Gokul and Nikhil.

Wiki Lift

The gravestone in the image below has become a landmark for fans of a certain music band. Why?























Answer: Paraphrasing Sania in the comments: This is the gravestone in Woolton, Liverpool with the name Eleanor Rigby (omitted in red in the image above) on it. It's not officially the inspiration for the Beatles' song of the same name. But it's too much of a coincidence for the fans, hence a landmark for them.

Source

Points to crazyunltd, Pandora Aunty ka Dabba, Hari K, Sania and arun chandra.

2010.

Connect the following. AFAIK, the list is exhaustive.

1. The person in the image.
















2. The person on the left.


















3. The person in the image.















4. This is the logo of X (two words). The first word goes in to the connect.



















Answer: The provisional four new teams in Formula One 2010 season (Images indicate Virgin Racing, US F1 Team, Campos Meta 1 and Lotus F1 Racing).

Points to paritosh, Kumar Shaurya, Pandora Aunty ka Dabba, Gokul, Sarthak and abhiram.

C'est la guerre

Edited image. Identifying the book should be easy. For whom has this book been autographed?

Answer: Greg Mankiw

Source

Cracked by Debasish, Sharat and Roshan.

Its Raining Reviews!

Warning: Really really long post!
After a spate of quizzes that were conducted as part of the DU quizzing season, its time for picking up and analyzing whatever remains in our collective consciousness of them, and awarding the bouquets and the brickbats. So here goes. :-)

Hansraj Quiz Fest – Conqurso ‘09
Illuminati, the Quiz Society of Hansraj College did a fine job of conducting their Quiz Fest, Conqurso ’09 on 7th and 8th December, 2009 (review of Conqurso '08 here). It consisted of 4 quizzes, the details of which are given below:

Ipso-Facto – The General Quiz
Kicking off the quiz fest with the General Quiz, the questions were of a good standard and well researched.
Content: With the prelims consisting of 23-odd questions, the cut-off went around 7-8. I felt the prelims were tending a little towards literature, but were of a quality level. The finals were keenly contested, with the result of the quiz being decided on the last question.
They were also good enough to provide the participants with food. Adds to the experience. :-)
Rating: 4/5.
Some Questions:
1. It is a psychological complex where people who are entrusted with the care and well being of vulnerable patients begin to form a romantic attraction and often erotic attraction toward their charges. The effect can also occur in patients who see medical workers as their protector and then develop feelings for them. The effect is named after someone famous. Who?
2. Messua, Messua's husband, Nathoo, Buldeo, _______. Fill the blank
3. Pic Connect: Andrew Flintoff, Ricky Pointing, Andrew Strauss.
4. It is an often derogatory term used to describe the practice thrusting journalists into an area to report on a story in which the reporter has little knowledge or experience. The lack of knowledge and tight deadlines often result in inaccurate or distorted news reports, especially during breaking news. What is the term?
5. What is unique about these works of art? Who made them?
















6. Connect:















El Classico - The Sports Quiz
Content: The Illuminati team did a comprehensive job of conducting a sports quiz of great quality. A low scoring and relatively tough prelims gave way to the finals, which were also pretty original in content. It ended up being a one-sided affair with the DCE team of Soumya Pande and Abhinav Katoch (Team Name: KHBKKMDR) remaining in the lead from the start. IIT’s blitzkrieg towards the end took them to 2nd place.
Rating: 3.5/5
Some Questions:
1. One of the dirtiest sports in the world, it was started in 1976 near Llanwrtyd Wells. It began as a result of an over the bar conversation in The Neuadd Arms between Gordon Green and a few regulars. It now attracts more than 200 entrants each year and is currently sponsored by Rowntrees Randoms. What?
2. Who was the first Olympic athlete to test positive for the use of performance enhancing drugs? He lost his bronze medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
3. ID The Sport















4. What is the significance of the black chevron aka V on the jersey?
















Da Biz Code - The Business Quiz
A really good business quiz, which unfortunately suffered from lack of participation because of the quiz happening simultaneously in MH as part of Tempest. From what I heard about Tempest, quite a few of us who came to Hansraj were very glad to be there. I thoroughly liked the content, and the prelim was the best that Conqurso '09 had on offer.
Rating: 4.25/5
Some Questions:
1. On August 11, 2005, the Supreme Court of California ruled that former sales manager Elyse Yanowitz had adequately pleaded a cause of action for retaliatory termination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and remanded the case for trial. The case arose out of a 1997 incident in which Jack Wiswall, then the general manager for designer fragrances, allegedly told Yanowitz to fire a dark-skinned sales associate despite the associate's good performance. When Yanowitz refused, Wiswall pointed to a "sexy" blonde-haired woman and said, "God damn it, get me one that looks like that." Wiswall retired as president of the luxury products division of X, at the end of 2006.
2. What resulted by the merger of the two cooperative bank conglomerates, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Bank in Utrecht and Coöperatieve Centrale Boerenleenbank in Eindhoven (which were formed in 1898) in 1972?
3. The book focuses on branding, and often makes connections with the anti-globalization movement. The author writes about issues such as sweatshops in the Americas and Asia, culture jamming, corporate censorship, and Reclaim the Streets and pays special attention to the deeds and misdeeds of Nike, The Gap, McDonalds, Shell, and Microsoft and their lawyers, contractors, and advertising agencies. Who and which book?
4. In 1825, while making a painting for which he was paid 1000 dollars, he was informed of his wife’s illness, and subsequent death. Heartbroken in the knowledge that for days he was unaware of his wife's failing health and her lonely death, he moved from painting to something. Who is he and what did he go on to invent?
5. Of several types, it can refer to charity in Pakistan, tipping as demonstration of gratitude or respect, something that is often requested on top of fares to taxi drivers in Egypt, and as outright bribery, like when you are caught with chillum by a police officer. What?

Subcontinental – India Quiz
Left after the prelims, but seemed pretty decent in content, with questions on Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Quiz Master Tito, Kamakhya Temple and Aranyakas .

Take a bow, Illuminati! A job well done. Just ensure the prizes are disbursed soon. That'll be the icing on the cake. :-)

Jigsaw Jigyasa – JMC Quiz
Conducted by Manimugdha Sharma for a 2nd Year running(Last year's review here), the quiz at JMC pretty much did live up to the standard that JMC has managed to associate with itself after last year. The organizers did great by having a larger prize on offer over last year, which by any standards wasn’t bad at all. The quiz was well conducted and had good questions. Although the questions veered a little more towards history, overall, the quiz managed to encompass most topics. The LVC at the end did skew the scores to some extent, thanks to a +10 for each correct identification (which included ones like the flag of France). Apart from this drawback, the quiz was pretty good.
Although I didn’t attend the quiz at LSR this time around, I still feel that JMC managed to sweeten the deal just a tad more than LSR, and in turn taking the crown for the Best Quiz in a Girl’s College for the year. (A preliminary to the shadys that will be handed out soon. :-))
Rating: 3.75/5
Some Questions:
1. Patrick Garrett (pic was shown) was an American Old West lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was also the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico. But his claim to fame was his killing of a legendary bandit somewhere in South Mexico. Who?
2. The Egyptian Arab historian al-Maqrīzī, writing in the fifteenth century CE, attributes this to iconoclasm by Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr, a Sufi Muslim fanatic from the khanqah of Sa'id al-Su'ada. In 1378 CE, upon finding the Egyptian peasants making offerings in the hope of increasing their harvest, Sa'im al-Dahr was so outraged that he did something, for which he was later hanged. What did he do?
3. What was the purpose of the formation of ‘Alec Station’ in 1996, which was subsequently disbanded in October 2005?
4. This is believed to have been originated at X, a small station near Haridwar and popularized by the Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar region of Uttar Pradesh. The fact that the western Uttar Pradesh belt is the largest producer of saccharum in the country has helped develop variants. Maner, a small town near Patna in Bihar, is also famous for it. What?
5. An LVC on elements in the periodic table named after people/places.


Ramjas Quiz
A quiz that I didn't attend, because it clashed with the SRCC Biz Quiz conducted by Gautam Bose. But it was for the first time that there were blind participants coming and taking part in a quiz. The organising team did a great job of accommodating them, with Shashank acting as their scribe, and the QM's replacing the visual questions with other dry ones. Kudos! We hope to see this trend continuing and more participation from all quarters.

SRCC Biz Quiz – Gautam Bose
Gautam Bose did a fairly decent job of conducting the Business Quiz at SRCC on 12th December. Although I felt that quite a few questions lacked the workoutability factor and were simply know-it-or-you-don’t variety, it was still a quiz worth attending. The quiz had the concept of carrying over the points of the prelims (2 per ques) to the finals with a normalizing factor of 5. The irony was that till the end of the quiz, 3 out of 6 teams were still on the same score that they started out with! The team from NSIT (of Roshan and Sharat) comprehensively beat everyone, with CBS a distant second.
Good Bits: Good, trivia-based questions, on-the-spot Cash Prize of 7k.
Not-so-good bits: On Gautam Bose’s request for not having his questions turning up on the blogs, I shall refrain from posting any questions. And he doesn't crack very good jokes. And there was only one prize that was given. :-)
Rating: 3.5/5.

Hindu Gen Quiz – Catalysis ’09
Conducted by Shubham Shivang for a second year running(last year's review here), Catalysis ’09 was similar to the ’08 edition in some ways, but quite different in others. While the ’08 edition had a fair number of repeats from a few sources, the QM did better this time around in keeping content that was more original. There were some bloopers this time around which were much more glaring, unlike the year before. Also, keeping with the fact that he had to forego his 2nd LVC because of time constraints, the quiz ended up being rushed through. The content was otherwise pretty good.
The Not-so-good-bits: The QM’s failure to identify Reese Witherspoon, and instead having a question on her, and demanding Sonia Gandhi as the answer (all thanks to a hoax mail that has been circulating for some time now), his inclusion of an LVC on movies of Kanti Shah, over the 2nd LVC, which, as per his own admission was better.
Rating: 3.5/5
Some Questions:
1. Which is the most famous location where we find Rudyard Kiplings poem, If inscribed?
2. A good pic + video+ audio connect on Meher Baba.
3. In the Nath tradition, he is recognized as an Avatar or incarnation of the Lord Shiva and as the Adi-Guru of the Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas. Is still worshiped by millions of Hindus, he is approached more as a benevolent god than as a teacher of the highest essence of Indian thought. Who?
4. His father was a noted film script writer, with credits like Naya Daur and Waqt. His brother is responsible for launching arguably India's most powerful actor. Who?
5. Pic connect on roles played by Denzel Washington based on real life people.
6.Identify. (Yes, we knew he would expect Sonia Gandhi as the answer, but answering it just seemed wrong! :-) )













Eco-Biz Quiz at St. Stephens – Kunal Malhotra
It was perhaps Kunal’s first quiz in DU after a gap of almost 10 months, and he did a fair job of conducting it. The prelim was pretty good, 24 questions that needed some time and thinking to crack. The finals saw 6 teams reach the finals. Apart from a couple of simple and old repeats, most of the questions were original and had good content. The teams were neck and neck, with the only 15 points separating the first and fifth ranked team for most of the quiz. It was CBS, if I’m not mistaken, who finally triumphed. The only sore point, apart from the odd sitter, was the lack of communication that it was 3 members per team, instead of the norm of 2 members per team.
Rating: 4/5.
Some Questions:
1. What features a bearded man on the front, with the dates 1833 and 1896, and no slogan at the back?
2. Officially, Morocco’s biggest forex earner is tourism. But unofficially, what is the real big earner, with more and more resources devoted to it each year?
3. Which newspaper was started in September 1843 by James Wilson?
4. As per Watson’s account, Sherlock Holmes bought it from an unwitting Jewish pawnbroker on Tottenham Court Road for 55 shillings, but which was worth at least five hundred guineas by his estimations. What?
5. London's financial industry has boomed since the deregulation of UK financial markets (the "Big Bang") in the 1980s under the Thatcher government. However, it was noticed that outsider’s were performing better as compared to the local companies. What term was coined to describe this scenario?

Leave answers as comments as per the name under which its been reviewed.

All in all, it was a good year of quizzing, with some new faces proving themselves and some old ones continuing to revel in their halcyon days of Quizzing. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! :-)

Holy Ghost!

Merry Christmas to all.

For today, identify this band which takes its name from a movie character. The movie was nominated for 8 Academy awards and won 3 of them.



Answer : [Highlight Below]

The Boo Radleys, named after Arthur "Boo" Radley, the mysterious neighbour from 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

Apologies for mentioning 'movie character', since the character is originally from the book.

Well answered by Navin Pai and kuldeep

Who would these be ?

Question courtesy Ankit Sud.

Scene from a TV show. Give me both people. Sorry, but I really cant show the face of the left side guy.

Answer :

Cracked by avneeth and kuldeep

From : engadget.com



Highlight below :


Indeed, Conan O Brien with the real Ajay Bhatt. Here is the video :

A Fistful Of Quizzes

This is a small attempt to review quizzes that have happened in this semester,and provide the QMs with some "feedback" :).Its obviously at your discretion to take it positively or otherwise :P
All ratings will be on a total grade point of 5.

I.LHMC Cobweb 2009
QM:-Bhavna Seth
Seeing that this year saw a surge in the number of excellent female quizzers,an excellent quiz was expected one of the better quizzers from DPS RK Puram :)
Content:-4/5. Excellent Questions on a wide variety of topics
Presentation:-1.5/5. It would be better if the Quizmaster learns to manage a quiz decisively,and have proper rules decided before the quiz.But that comes with experience and attending more quizzes.
Prelims:-3/5. Though they were criticized by quite a few people,I liked them and am not ready to pan them just because there's a mentality as to what a Prelims "should be" like.
Sample Questions:-
1.Identify
2.A mercury solution was commonly used during the process of turning fur into felt, which caused the Ys to breathe in the fumes of this highly toxic metal, a situation exacerbated by the poor ventilation in most of the workshops. This led to something happening,which also gave rise to a phrase.What phrase?
(Y has obviously been erased to make it slightly difficult,though it really isn't)
3.Who is known as the "Non Flying Dutchman"
4.A connect on Parsley,Sage,Rosemary and Thyme-leading to Scarborough Fair :)

II. AIIMS Science Quiz
QM:- Tejas Suri
Content:-3/5.Pretty reasonable content for a science quiz
Prelims:-3/5.Very well framed questions like the one on Chernobyl and Aardvark:P
Presentation:-3/5.Should get to start using Powerpoint,instead of the folder methods.
Sample Questions
1.By what name is this lady known?
2.The three latin phrases are different ways of putting which law?

"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
"Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora"
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"

3.Which band sings the OST of the TV show "The Big Bang Theory"?

III. Hansraj Ecolloqium 2009
QM:- Illuminati Quiz Society
Content:-3.5/5 for a little too lateral avoidable connect on Radio Stations
Prelims:-4/5
Presentation:-3/5
Sample Questions
1.The X is named after the Mexican town of Xalapa. Xalapa is itself of Nahuatl derivation, formed from roots xal-li "sand" and a-pan "water place".What?
2.Identify this economist
3.The term X has been used to refer to the country itself, and to the years associated with the boom. The first recorded use of the phrase is in a 1994 report by Kevin Gardiner.The X period has also been called "Ireland's Economic Miracle".What is X?

IV.LSR Tarang 2009 General Quiz
QM:- Manimugdha Sharma
Content:-4/5.Overall,the quiz covered some very good ground.
Prelims:-2.5/5.Quite ordinary
Presentation:-3.5/5.Well organized as always
Sample Questions
1.What first are William Herschel and Rajyadhar Konai associated with?
2.Identify this painting and give a cinematic connection to the same.
3.X earliest identified use of the exact phrase dates from 1942, in the Investigation of the National Defense Program: Hearings Before a Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program,by Admiral Emory Scott who said "You have to increase from 7.72 to 12 for the average at the bottom of that fifth column, for X". This use refers to the total output statistics for the nine new shipyards that produced "Liberty Ships" with unprecedented speed, crucial to the course of World War II. It is thus far undetermined whether this literal use gave rise to the transferred, metaphorical, figurative sense.
Give vus X?

4.A very nice Connect-that conjoined Hamlet(first script),King Arthur's Excalibur and a whole other bunch of things-to Phantom:)

V.Stephen's Quizotic General Quiz 2009
QM:-Mit Chowdhury,CLC Law Faculty,2nd year,Law Centre

Highly rated by a lot of quizzers.Can't personally rate it as I didn't attend the quiz.
Sample Questions

1.“Whenever I was in the field, no one really knew I was doing it except one or two friends. In only my second Test, when I had performed it at Edgbaston, in 1985, someone had written about it to dear old Brian Johnston. “I did my little “thing” and there was a titter in the crowd. I thought there must be a streaker on the field but it was Brian telling the world and the spectators were listening on their radios. I’ve been lumbered with it ever since”. Who about what?

2.Fillup the blanks (exhaustive list)

1. A Temporary Matter

2. When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine

3. ____ ____ ____

4. A Real Durwan

5. Sexy

6. Mrs. Sen’s

7. This Blessed House

8. The Treatment of Bibi Haldar

9. The Third and Final Continent

3.The Hynek Classification System states that there can be 5 types of ‘contact’ between a human and an alien:

* When you see a UFO within about 150 yards

* When you see a UFO in the sky or on the ground and it leaves evidence behind

* When a person sees a UFO with visible occupants inside

* When the person is unwillingly taken and experimented on inside the alien craft

* When there is direct communication between aliens and humans

What are these laws better known to us?

Answer this question set in the comments as Set 1,2,3,4,5
Cheers
Roshan

Please smile you are in...

In which unique place in Delhi would you find the following items/images [amongst others] on display?



Fathima and Sakshi answered correctly.

Source: TravelBlog
Answer: Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. Old NSIT students would remember that DTC Bus Route No: 764 would pass by this most unique museum.

One Shot

This is the [rather badly edited, as always] cover of the sequel of a book that was made into an Academy Award winning movie. The sequel is also being made into a movie. Identify.

Answer :



The Holy Road, sequel to Dances with Wolves.

Correct answers from abhiram, Kuldeep, Shuleo, Varun, The Hedonistaah, Navin Pai and kumar shaurya.

Connect

Identify and connect the above two gentleman.

Ans:-The first pic is of John Astin

the second pic is of Frank Gorshin

the connect is that they played the role of the Riddler in the batman movies.

Went Uncracked!

thermod ?

Answer: Cracked by Rohit, jj, p vs np, Kuldeep and Kumar Shaurya. This is a depiction of Maxwell's Daemon. Pic taken from here.

Inspiration

An incident during a visit to X, the (edited) cover of one of whose books is shown, inspired Y to start something. The person on the left (A) was associated with this as well as with Y's earlier organization Z. Give A, X, Y, Z.

Too close to call?

X (first pic) was the co-founder of a party which he presently chairs. He won an important election in September, 2005, but chose not to assume the position of A, thinking it would harm the chances of Y (second pic) in another important election that was held in October, 2005. Y went on to win that election, and after differences arose between Y & Z (who assumed the post instead of X), Z resigned and X took over in 2006.
This convoluted series of events led to a unique instance in this country's history. The pics should give that away.
Just give me X, Y and the country.
































Answer: Y: Lech Kaczyński
X: Jarosław Kaczyński
Poland
The unique instance being that twin brothers were at the post of President and Prime Minister simultaneously in Poland.

Rise Up

Two unrelated logos. Logo A is of a company that is the world's largest supplier in its field. While Logo B is of a company of a subsidiary of a company X. Give me A,B,X.






















Answer: A: Schindler B: Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan, X - Nissan.
Cracked completely by Rohit, Gokul, Gaurav Somani, raklodrama, tabir hussein, Sarthak, Kuldeep.
Partially cracked by prez, parth, Sudhakar Gupta, Shravan.

Winter

One-word connect.

Cracked by four people. First pic: The novel 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier. The second is an edited poster of 'Ivanhoe', in which Elizabeth Taylor plays Rebecca, the daughter of Isaac. 'Winter', of course, was a rather senseless clue to the first picture.

The Hindustan Times Post on the Nobel Memorial Win

X + Y = Z

- X - Y

Z - ???

Answer


(Highlight Below for Answer)

Gabriel Annunzio (X) and Frederic Mistral (Y) give rise to author and Nobel Laureate Gabriella Mistral's name.

Correct answers from kuldeep and Arun Chandra

The Ghost from the Grand Banks

Complexity can arise from the simplest of things. What is this particular variant called?



Cracked by kuldeep. Parth gave the name of the 2D version.
Source: Skytopia
Answer: Mandelbulb

NTPC Electron 2009 Delhi Round - Review

NTPC Electron was held this time around amidst a significantly larger participation from various colleges in and around Delhi. Although the number of engineering colleges was still few (around 4), there were still 48 teams from Management colleges, ensuring nearly double participation as compared to last year.

The QM was Ramya Mudaliar of 3XUS. Keeping in mind that last year’s event (Read review here and here) was a pretty run-of-the-mill business quiz, the expectations were not very high. But the quality of the quiz surprised quite a few and was highly appreciated by everyone. The prelims consisted of 25 questions which were mainly on business, current affairs and entertainment. Decently workable and interesting, and the kinds where you feel like kicking yourself upon hearing the answer.

The finals were short, with 3 direct-and-pass round and 2 buzzer rounds. The standard of the quiz was impressive, and most questions got the appreciation of the finalists as well as the audience. Although it started off as an evenly fought quiz, one of the teams from IMT Ghaziabad ran away into an unassailable lead after a few rounds.

High Points of the Quiz: Quality Questions, Great hospitality on the part of NTPC and PMI with free food and snacks, very good prizes, listening to NTPC's anthem.

The not-so-good part: Although both NTPC and 3xus were very professional in organizing the event, the only sore point was the refusal to disclose answers and cutoff prior to the start of the finals.

Finalists: 2 teams from IMT Ghaziabad, 2 teams from FMS, LBSIM and NSIT (Abhinav Ghosh and yours truly).

Teams to Qualify for the National Round: Both teams from IMT Ghaziabad and NSIT.

Some questions from the Prelims

1. ID the machine whose patent diagram was shown.
Bowling Pin Setup Machine

2. Company started in the 1930’s by a small time entrepreneur who saw an advertisement of a cigarette brand while itching for a smoke in a Bombay restaurant.
Camel Cigarettes ad, "I'd walk a mile for a camel" led to Camlin being named after it.

3. While Kishore Kumar won 5 filmfare awards for best male playback singer between 1980 and 1985, who won the 1982 Filmfare for best male playback singer?
Amit Kumar

4. First used in Kerala in 1982, machine consists of a control unit and processor. Utilizes a unique ID number to count and store the details. A red LED lights up after storing complete. Give funda.
EVM

5. Video of Dancing Queen, from Mamma Mia. ID the person with long hair playing the piano.
Benny Andersson

6. Launched on 26 July, 2009, certain tradition is followed in association to these ‘things’. Some Korean person was the protagonist of one such launch as well. What was launched and what is the tradition?
Launch of INS Arihant, Gursharan Kaur launched it. The naval tradition is that only a lady launches a warship. She was to break the coconut on the hull of the submarine.

7. Started by James Crossley in the 1850’s after finding sailors/seamen suffered from acidity.
Eno

8. Prancing horse: Ferrari :: Running Horse: _________
Eicher (Although Ford Mustang seemed a better answer)

9.'Its just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. It is not a fact. It’s an opinion. It is not a declaration. It’s a dare.’ What follows?
Impossible is Nothing

10. Connect














Galleon


11. ID Person and why was she in news?















Giselle Monteiro, Harleen Kaur in Love Aaj Kal.

Q. Connect: (funda will do)

Hint - Indian freedom movement...........(hoping leftmost pic seems obvious and well known)