KQA's Year-end Quiz
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- The quiz begins at 1500hrs IST and will end at 1800hrs IST.
- The quiz is visual-heavy. So please be patient.
- As stated earlier, the quiz is arbit.
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- The scheme of the quiz is as follows:
Section I: 10 Dries, carrying one point apiece.
Section II: 15 Visuals, carrying one point apiece.
Section III: 6 Connects, carrying two points apiece.
Section IV: 2 sets of 6 questions, each set organised around a theme. One point for every correct answer, plus three points for cracking each of the themes. Thus, 18 points.
Section V: has three sets of three clues each. Each set yields a sub-theme -- the three sub-themes are linked by a larger theme. Extra points for cracking this larger theme. (a) Two points for each sub-theme (b) One point for every correct link you make between a clue and the sub-theme (c) finally, 5 points for cracking the larger theme: a maximum of 20 points. - 75 points in all!
- Google-able information in the questions may have been mangled.
- Citizens of Apillfiend in Insincows reported stomachaches diagnosed as being of psychosomatic origin for many years after 1957 -- when the most famous person from their town was compelled to leave. Some psychiatrist linked these aches to the fact that this famous citizen had often gifted them packages of venison in an effort to be neighbourly. Who?
- An American periodical announced the release of the iPod Nano in 2005 with a three-word headline that read "______ Little ______". We liked the headline because it adroitly yoked the name of an American entertainer to the person behind the product. Fill the blanks.
- Which celebrated partnership/journey began in the Red Stick, continued into Philippe II’s city and was terminated at the Spanish salt works?
- The manner in which Odysseus dies (one of many versions — but in this one he dies neither in bed nor at sea) is an almost-exact repeat of which other famous story?
- His best-known painting made money for him in England, not in his own country, across the Channel, where it was shunned for being a political statement. He liked horses, sketched ‘em furiously and died young after a riding accident. A certain Barnes has used that famous painting somewhere. Who? What work?
- Skinwing, Handwing, Single-Hole, Toothless, Pouch, Gnawer, Sea-Dweller, Flesh-Eater, Feather-Foot, Trunked, Odd-toes, Even-Toes and The First are most, if not all, of the Breasted. What are we talking about?
- Work #5, completed 1988, six-letter Indian word and Indian place-name. Work #6, completed 1991, American place-name and anagram of that same Indian six-letter word. Who? What works?
- Soccer-ball shapes containing sunny and inactive Greeks are proof for a pair of two-letter events that had some impact. Unravel this bolero.
- This fictional place has had some real-life precursors name-wise. One is a set of islands whose name means new place in Russian. Pope uses the name to mean a faraway, exotic place in one of his poems. The name is a pun on likeness or similarity and has been featured, apart from books by the creator, in a dedication by another author. Which place?
- Red Bong kicked off an unending party here in 1920. Crimson Brave came here 40-odd years later and could not return. You’ve taken shit so long, so dump ego and guess the place. Also identify the personalities mentioned.
Section II: - Which alcoholic nickname is to be found in this picture?

- Who wrote this note? What film came out of many such?

- Why do both the guys in this 1969 picture look so relieved? Also, name both these gentlemen.

- Identify the play.

- What three-word name derives its origins from this edition of the newspaper?

- The British lesbian magazine Diva gave these coveted objects out as prizes for one of their contests in 2005. Why coveted?

- From all the activity in the picture, you should be able to tell us what word we owe to the unprepossessing furniture in the room.

- The guitarist in this rhumba-shirted crew went on to find fame in a different field. You could say he moved from being one-sixth to one-half. Who?

- From the sets of which film?

- In which 80s movie would you have seen this vision? Identify her for brownie points.

- This writer was chosen to embody the poetic imagination in a series of 4 paintings carried out by a legendary Renaissance artist. Name writer.

- This is an Italian actor, starring in a German film based on a French book. For full points, name actor, director and author on whose book the film was based.

- What do the orange lines represent?

- Identify the album from the cover.

(P. S. Observe the vegetation) - Still from a Hollywood classic. Identify actress and film famous for an airborne coffeepot.

Section III: Connects - Connect (1) Quality shared by currency and good-looking people (2) A ship-builder who studied his nation’s constitution (3) The midnight horseman’s point of origin (4) And one of two monarchs crowned on the day of the Nativity.
- Where would you find these surnames in close association? (1) Former British Prime Minister (2) One shared by Lily, James and son (3) One that is almost an Arabian name (4) surname also indicative of a particular European nationality.
- Who connects these 3 pictures?



- Connect these pictures with a single word.




- Which person connects these pictures?



- Tool and result. Identify tool and technique.


Section IV: Stage 2 - Bust in tribute to which explorer?

- This valve is used to ensure that retrograde flow does not occur in a condition that could be facetiously described as "water upstairs". What condition?

- Identify this film that was among the Oscars in the 1960s.

- Identify movie from the poster.

- Promotional still from which movie?

- Identify this character.

- Theme 1: __________________
- Photo of a statue in Brunswick. Identify the subject. (Think units!)

- Identify the painter & the subject.

- Cover illustration for which literary work?

- Maj. Gen. Stanley is teeming with a lot of news about what?
- Kingsley Amis, ________ _______, Raymond Benson. Fill up the blanks.
- This concoction of the egg whites, cream and sugar is supposed to be the creation of an Italian bakesman, who named it after the Swiss town where it was invented. What?
- Theme 2: __________________
Section 5: Super-theme - Connect (1) A British prison, The Tolbooth (2) Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (3) The beneficiary of the power of the people, version I, almost 20 years ago.
- Connect (1) A pie that became a portrait (2) I go dense to become a cynic (3) A traffic cop's word (6 letters) for circle, derived from the Latin 'wheel'.
- Connect (1) Non-flier from a mythical repository (2) Law-maker who resided at Slower Photo Manor (3) Girt Wratch decided the rules for this in 1845.
- Super-theme: __________________
Section I:
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Anonymous
January 1 2006, 10:56:03 UTC 6 years ago
quiz answers
section 11
2
3.don quixote,sancho panza
4 krishna
5 gericault,raft of the medusa
6
7
8
9 shangri la
10
section 2:
11 golden bear
12 michael moore,farenheit 9/11
13 longest open final,ken rosewall& rod laver
14
15
16
17 discount
18 paul simon
19
20 lolita
21
22
23 spread of buddhism
24 hell freezes over(that is hotel california)
25
26
27 harry potter
28 frida
29
30
31
32 roald amundsen
33
34
35 dr.no
36
37
38
39 gauss
40
41old possums book of practical cats
42
43 ian fleming
44 macarones
45
46 jeffrey archer
Anonymous
6 years ago
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 09:41:39 UTC 6 years ago
My answers - testing screen
1. Abe Lincoln2. Matthew Arnold
3. Fish
4. Hackneyed
5. Asses
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 10:48:10 UTC 6 years ago
aaargh
Name: Ravi MundoliEmail: mundoli@hotmail.com
1. Hannibal Lecter?
2. Steve's Little Wonder
3. Don Quixote, Sancho Panza?
4.
5. Toulouse-Lautrec?, Moulin Rouge?
6.
7.
8.
9. Liliput?
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. They belonged to Martina Navratilova before!@#@@!
17.
18.
19.
20. Phoebe Cates, Fast Times At Ridgemont High
21. Homer?
22.
23. The spread of Buddhism?
24. Hotel California
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32. Amundsen?
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39. Gauss?
40.
41.
42.
43.
44. Meringue?
January 1 2006, 11:11:57 UTC 6 years ago
My answers
Very tough, mates.Here goes:
2. Stevie's Little Nano
12. Stephen Gagnan
19. The Old Man And The Sea
24. Hotel California
26. Connect (1) Quality shared by currency and good-looking people (2) A ship-builder who studied his nation’s constitution (3) The midnight horseman’s point of origin (4) And one of two monarchs crowned on the day of the Nativity.
Mint - Paul Revere - Charlestown - Charlemagne
42. Pirates of Penzance
43. John Gardner
44. Meringue
45. Theme: Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow
46. Godfather
Great fun - thanks
Aaman Lamba
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 11:18:25 UTC 6 years ago
Attempt to Go Ogle
1 vincent zigas2 Stevie's little wonder
3 Hurricane Katrina
4 Bran Fendigaid
5
6 Dinosaurs
7
8
9
10
11 Claret Jug
12 Stephen Gaghan. Syriana
13
14
15 Times New Roman
16 Belonged to Martina Navratilova
17 Bank
18 Fred Astaire
19 Million Dollar Baby
20
21
22
23 Spread of Buddhism
24
25
26
27
28
29
30 Pradeep Kishen
31
32 Roald Amundsen
33
34
35 You Only Live Twice
36
37
38 Roald Dahl
39
40
41 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
42
43 John Gardner
44 Meringue
shafeek m k
shafeekmk@gmail.com
January 1 2006, 11:32:23 UTC 6 years ago
Online quiz answers - P.S.Rajagopal
1)2) Stevie's little wonder
3)
4)
5)Gericault and Raft of the medusa
6)
7)
8)
9)Atlantis
10)
11) Jack Nicholas (the golden bear)
12) Steven Soderbergh and Syriana
13)Longest set in terms of games at that time. Guys were Torben Ulrich and Pancho Gonzalez.
14)
15) Weapons of Mass Destruction
16)
17)
18) Desi Arnaz
19) African Queen
20)
21) virgil
22)
23)
24) Hotel California
25) Double Indemnity and Barbara Stanwyck
26)
34) cool hand luke
35) You only live twice
36) Four Rooms
37)
38) Theme 1 -
39)Gauss
40)
41)
42) He is incharge of spreading good news about Iraq and USA in the middle east.
43) John Gardner
44) Meringue
45) Theme 2 ----
46)
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P.S.Rajagopal
bcl400 at gmail dot com
January 1 2006, 11:40:05 UTC 6 years ago
Answers
12) stephen gaghan & syriana18) Desi Arnaz
19) African queen.
22) Franco Nero, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean Genet
35) You only live twice.
36) four rooms
39)Carl Friedrich Gauss
43) John Gardner
44) meringue
January 1 2006, 11:41:02 UTC 6 years ago
Answers for Go Ogle
Dear Sir,True to ur word.its tough...hell tough..
Name-Sachin
id-sachinravi@gmail.com
answers-
12. The person is stephen gaghan & the film is Syriana
28. Frida Kahlo
29
30.Deepa Mehta
31
32.Roald Admunsen
33.
34.
35.You Live Only Twice
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43.John Gardner
44.Toblerone
January 1 2006, 11:49:28 UTC 6 years ago
Answers
Section I1-
2-Stevie's Little Wonder - Stevie Wonder
3-
4-
5-
6-Wormwood
7-
8-
9-
10-
Section II
11-Clarret Jug
12-Soderbegh Movie Syrianna
13-Pancho Gonzeles and Charlie Pasarell Longest Match in Wimbledon History
14-
15-
16-They belong to Laila Ali
17-
18-Paul Allen
19-
20-
21-
22-
23-Spread of Buddhism
24-Joshua tree
25-
Section III
26-
27-
28- Connect : Desperado Mariachi,Salma Hayek
29-Connect : Dresden ??
30-
31-
Section IV
32-
33-
34-
35-
36-Four Rooms
37-
Theme 38-Tarantino
schumy
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:01:47 UTC 6 years ago
Response to Go Ogle from Sameer Shurpalekar
Arulhere are my responses. shows how horribly out of touch I am. In any case I need to hit the sack and here are the 4-5 qs I barely knew.
13. Charlie Pasarell and Pancho Gonzales after their singles match at Wimbledon- longest singles match ever in Wimbledon history.
18. Ricky Ricardo - other half of Lucy Ball
20. Fast times at Ridgemont High and the actress is Phoebe Cates
23. Alexander the Great's exploits in Asia?
24. Hotel California by Eagles
35. Dr. No
36. Four Rooms
39. Gauss
41. Dr. Seuss's Books?
44. Meringue
Sameer Shurpalekar (sameershurpalekar@yahoo.com)
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:06:24 UTC 6 years ago
Answers
1, Sigmund Freud2, Stevie’s Little Wonder
11, Jack Daniels
12, Syriana
14, Caucasian Chalk Circle
19, African Queen
20, Fast Times at Ridgemont High- Phoebe Cates
23, Silk Route
24, Hotel California
28, Butterfly
29, Trout
32, Roald Amundsen
33, Hydrocephalus
34, Hud
35, You Only Live Twice
36, Four Rooms
37, Fifinella
38, Roald Dahl
43, John Gardner
41, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
44, Meringue
Jaidev Karunakaran
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:25:53 UTC 6 years ago
Response - Online Kwiz
Plz find below my responses1. Lee Harvey Oswald
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Humphrey Davy & Michael Faraday
12. Steven Soderbergh, Syriana
17. Cabaret
18. Paul Simon
19. Silence of The Lambs
20. Cindy Crawford in 'Gia'
24. Cover of Beatles'
25. Grace Kelly in
27. Potter
30. Shyam Benegal
32. Robert Peary
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
35. You only live twice
41. Birds of the West Indies
43. Ian Fleming & Stan Gardener
45. Theme 2: James Bond
46. (3)Rajiv Gandhi
47. (3)Rotary
48. (1)(Jambavan)
A very informative & cryptic quiz indeed. Plz explore the possibility of having an option to enter the answer right after the question. The present method of scrolling up & down is very cumbersome.
Best Regards,
Vachaspati, vachaspativs@yahoo.com
January 1 2006, 12:26:26 UTC 6 years ago
4. Trishanku
5. Jacques Louis-David's painting of Napoleon on a horse
8. Buckminster Fuller
11. claret jug
12. Three Kings
13. Pancho Gonzales & Charlie Pasarella, Wimbeldon longest match
15. Weapons of Mass Destruction
16. Kill Bill
18. Jerry Lewis
21. Dante
23. The spread of Buddhism
24. Hotel California
28. Robert Rodriguez
29. Trout
35. you only live twice
36. Four Rooms
41. Cat in the Hat by dr seuss
43. john gardner
44. meringue
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:28:23 UTC 6 years ago
and now to sleep...
1. Edward Gein (serial killer) 2. Stevie’s Little Wonder 3. 4. 5. 6. Various orders of mammals (eg. skinwing = dermoptera) 7. 8. Hiroshima and Nagasaki 9. Zembla (Pale Fire, also His Dark Materials) 10 11. Claret Jug (British Open golf trophy) 12. Stephen Gaghan, Syriana 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. exchequer 18. Django Reinhardt 19. 20. 21. Dante 22. 23. Spread of Buddhism 24. Hotel California 25. 26. [?, ?, Charlestown, Charlemagne / William] 27. Tom Sawyer [ Thatcher, Potter, Lawrence, Finn are all characters in the book] 28. 29. Solitude [?, ?, Garcia Marquez, Schubert] 30. Nehru 31. Drypoint 32. Cabot 33. Hydrocephalus 34. The Hustler 35. You Only Live Twice 36. 37. 38. 39. Gauss 40. Marie Antoinette 41. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats 42. 43. John Gardner (James Bond novelists) 44. Meringue 45. 46. (1) (2) (3) George H. W. Bush 47. (1) (2) Diogenes (3) Rotary 48. (1) Icarus (2) (3) 49. Abraham Thomas, Princeton, NJ. Reverse the following line: com dot simplexasset at thomasJanuary 1 2006, 12:29:18 UTC 6 years ago
Answers from Anustup Datta
anustupd@hotmail.comI.
1.
2. Stevie's Little Wonder
3.
4. Oedipus, who killed his father Laius without knowing, and married his mother Jocasta. Telegonus (Odysseus' son by Circe)
killed Odysseus and married Penelope, Odysseus' first wife.
5.
7.
8.
9. Xanadu
10.
II.
11. Claret Jug
12. Steven Soderbergh - Ocean's Eleven
13. Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement played the longest tennis match in history
14. Madame Butterfly
15. Times New Roman
16.
17. Secretary
18. Stan Laurel
19. The African Queen
20.
21. Sappho
22.
23. Spread of Buddhism
24. Hotel California
25. Gilda
III.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
IV.
32. Roald Amundsen
33. Hydrocephalus (the Wade-Dahl-Til valve)
34. Hud
35. You Only Live Twice
36.
37. Matilda
38. THEME: ROALD DAHL
39. Gauss
40. Jospehine by David
41. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
42. Binomial Theorem
43. Ian Fleming
44. Meringue
45. THEME: NAPOLEON
46. Sub Theme: HEART 1) The Tolbooth is the subject of Scott's The Heart of Midlothian 2) Apocalypse Now is based on Conrad's
Heart of Darkness 3)
47. Sub Theme: CLUB 1) Kit-Kat Club, named after Christopher Cat who sold mutton pies 2) Diogenes (anagram of I go dense)
Club, of which Mycroft Holmes is a member 3) Rotary Club (Rotary is a name for a traffic circle)
48. Sub Theme: BAND
SUPER THEME: Sgt. Pepppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:29:38 UTC 6 years ago
answers
Of Rohit Khetan.Section 1
2. Stevie’s Little Wonder
5.Theodore Gericault “The raft of the medusa”
10. Tashkent
Section 2
11. Johnnie Walker
12. Syriana (Steven Soderbergh)
16. Designed by Patrick Cox celebrated Candian gay fashion shoe designer?
17. Bank
19. The African Queen
21. Dante Aligheri
23. Spread of Buddhism
.
26. Boston. Joshua Humphreys was shipbuilder from Boston who designed the USS Constitution. Thomas bullfinch was from Boston who wrote Legends of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was one of the monarchs crowned on Dec 25. Paul revere was the midnight rider who started his journey from Boston.
29. Photoshop
31. Enema
Section 4
35. You only live twice
36. Four Rooms
38. Tarantino
39. Madam curie
40. Rembrandt
42. Penzance
43. John Gardner
44. Meringue
47.3. Rotary
48. 1. Icarus. 2. 3.Baseball. Humbug Journal wrote about Jason Giambi’s (baseball player who admitted to taking drugs) fall from grace, citing a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, called "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus":
January 1 2006, 12:30:30 UTC 6 years ago
answers
I1.
2. Stevie's Little Wonder
3. don quixote and sancho panza
4.
II
11.
12. stephen gaghan, blink
19. patton
20. fast times at ridgemont high
23. travels of marco polo
29. trout!!!!!
30. aamir khan
33. heart attack
35. you only live twice
36. four rooms
38. heart
39. gauss
41. chitty chitty bang bang
43. john gardner
44. meringue
45. james bond
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:32:37 UTC 6 years ago
Answers
2) Steve's Little Job3) Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
6) Seal
10) Mardi gras
12) Ocean's Eleven, Steven Sorderbergh
13) Longest match played
14) Oliver twist
16) Ergonomic high heeled shoes
19) Bridge on the river Kwai
21) Dante
22) Book -Papillon
23) Silk ROute
27) Army
28) Frida
30) Shyam benegal
31) Technique:Pontillism
32) Livingstone
36) Four Rooms
39) Kelvin
43) Ian Fleming - some James Bond funda
44) Ferroro Rocher (??)
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:33:36 UTC 6 years ago
Answers
2) Steve's Little Job3) Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
6) Seal
10) Mardi gras
12) Ocean's Eleven, Steven Sorderbergh
13) Longest match played
14) Oliver twist
16) Ergonomic high heeled shoes
19) Bridge on the river Kwai
21) Dante
22) Book -Papillon
23) Silk ROute
27) Army
28) Frida
30) Shyam benegal
31) Technique:Pontillism
32) Livingstone
36) Four Rooms
39) Kelvin
43) Ian Fleming - some James Bond funda
44) Ferroro Rocher (??)
K.N.Venkateswaran
knvenkat_378@yahoo.co.in
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:33:37 UTC 6 years ago
one more!
48 (3) is BaseballAbraham Thomas
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:40:39 UTC 6 years ago
4 krishna's death
5 gericault, the raft of the medussa
6 amazons
7. mira nair, salaam bombay, mississippy masala
8 buckyballs
12 stephen gaghan ,syriana
13
14 caucasian chalk circle
16 martina navratilova 's shoes
17 bankrupt
18 paul allen
23 silk route
29 sunscreen
30 harsh mander
35 dr no
33 erectile dysfunction
36 on her majesty's secret service
43 john gardner
43 john gardner
January 1 2006, 13:40:01 UTC 6 years ago
Anonymous
January 1 2006, 12:45:47 UTC 6 years ago
argh!
I dunno how flexible you're going to be in accepting (mildly) late entries from quizzing tragics who woke up at 4am to attempt this (brilliant) monstrosity of a contest, but I just realized that 48 (2) is "Newton", which would make the 48 sub-theme "diamond". Please to add to my entry if at all possible.cheers,
Abraham Thomas.
January 1 2006, 12:52:07 UTC 6 years ago
2. Stevie's Little Wonder.
3.
4. Robin hood.
5. Theodore Gericault
6. Mammals
12. Stephen Gaghan, Syriana?
13.
14. The Mikado.
15. Times New Roman
19. Bridge on the River Kwai
20. Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Phoebe Cates.
22. Querelle. Franco Nero, Fassbinder, Jean Genet.
23. Spread of Buddhism throughout the world.
24. Hotel california
30. Deepa Mehta
31. Etching
35. Moonraker
36. Four Rooms.
39. Gauss
40. Vernet, his sister.
41. Old Possum's book of Practical cats.
42. The Pirates of penzance.
43. john gardner
44. mayonnaise
Theme: Professor Moriarty.
January 1 2006, 12:54:28 UTC 6 years ago
ogled answers!
Her's my hurried attempt:Section 1
1.
2. Steve's Little Wonder (entertainer would be
Stevie wonder)
3. Cassidy & Sundance?
4. Killed by his son - reminiscent of Oedipus
killing his father Lais
5. Gericault - Boat of Medusa
6. Chicken
7.
8.
9. Utopia
10
Section 2
11. Old No. 7
12. Syriana by Steven Gagher
13.
14. Oliver Twist
15.
16. Shoes worn by Uma Turman in Kill Bill Vol.1
17. Bank
18.
19. African Queen
20. Brooke Shields
21.
22.
23. Buddhism (spread of)
24. Hotel California
25.
Section III
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33. Hydrocefalus
34.
35.You only live twice
36.Four rooms
37.
38. Theme 1:
39. Gauss
40.
41.
42.
43. John Gardner
44. Meringue
45.Theme 2: Bond
46.
47.
48.
49.
January 1 2006, 13:08:11 UTC 6 years ago
1.
2. Stevie's Little Wonder
3.
4.
5. Delacroix liberty leading the people
6. mammals
7. salaam Bombay, Mississippi masala
8. destruction of pompei and hercullean
9. utopia
10.
Section 2
11. Stephen Gaghan syriana
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17. bank
18.
19. apocalypse now
20.
21.
22.
23.
24. hotel california
25. big heat Gloria graham
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
Section 3
32.
33.
34. you only live twice
35. four rooms
36.
Theme
37. gauss
38.
39. cats
40. black ops
41. john gardner
42. meringue
Theme: green lantern
43. heart
44. clubs
45. diamonds
super theme: playing cards
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