Catch 22

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22, --Joseph Heller

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22 Questions Starred questions, tie breakers. No spell bee, just make em legible. Top six teams, finals. Literature, any form- classics, popular culture, comic strips, movies, music,

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1.
Created by P.G. Wodehouse, his first name is Reginald. He is a "gentleman's personal gentleman or a valet. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of many subjects and is extremely skilful at a lot of other stuff to. He inspired one of the most

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*2. Whose bibliography?

In a Hail of Bullets Gathering Storm Unholy Storm Storm's Last Stand Storm Season Storm Rising Storm Warning Storm's Break Storm Fall Heat Wave Naked Heat Death of a Prom Queen Flowers For Your Grave Hell Hath No Fury A Skull at Springtime At Dusk We Die When It Comes to Slaughter A Rose for Everafter

Richard Castle

3.
In which city would you find the following landmarks: The Westward Bridge Robert Kane Memorial Bridge Miller Harbour Archie Goodwin International Airport Robinson Park

Gotham City
The landmarks are named after key contributors to Batman Archie Goodwin Writer and editor Jerry Robinson - Writer Bob/Robert Kane - Creator of Batman Frank Miller - Writer

*4.
In a 1980 judgement, the US Supreme Court ruled that new forms of life created in a lab may be patented. What is this law called?

Frankenstein Law

5. Complete
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn, Apple seed and apple thorn; Wire, briar, limber lock, Three geese in a flock. One flew east, And one flew west,

And one flew over the cuckoos nest

*6.
Which book - a cult classic that spawned a brilliant movie - has a sequel named Porno, in which the four lead characters of the first book Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie attempt to direct a pornographic movie? Incidentally, the movie based on the first book launched the careers of the four actors who played

Trainspotting

7.
This phrase has come to mean a prejudiced view, rather negative or critical. Alexander Pope, in essay on criticism wrote: All seems infected that the infected spy, as all looks yellow _________

To a jaundiced eye

8.
He should have seen it coming. His life had been one mishap after another. So he should have been prepared for this one... In 2010, the novel achieved something significant since Kingsley Amis's The Old Devils in 1986.

The Finkler Question, Howard Jacobson

10.

Which book?

Devil Wears Prada

11.

What is happening?

Muggle Quidditch

12. Where?

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bonus for what and why?

Berlin Walk of Ideas|2006 FIFA WC

Welcome to Germany-The land of ideas

13.
This pirate captain was allegedly an Old Etonian, judging by his tie. It is said that he wasBlackbeard'sboatswain, and that he was the only manLong John Silverever feared. But he is

Captain Hook|Peter Pan

14.
Her real name is Nilanjana Sudeshna. A schoolteacher, who found her given name too long, used her nickname instead and it stuck. She wrote under that name; her first work has a character who was supposed to have a good name sent by his grandmother in India which gets lost in the mail. Who?

Jhumpa Lahiri|The Namesake

15.
In Asterix and the Chieftain's shield, Asterix and Obelix take Vitalstatistix to a bath. Obelix jumps into the bath and empties it fully. Asterix says, Have a nice swim, Obelix, but no diving. There was once a Greek called _________who said..." Who is the Greek being referred to?

Archimedes

16.

A Rolling Stones album A literary classic

The Metamorphosis, Kafka

17.

Written by a Brazilian lyricist and novelist

A _X_ knows that he has much to be grateful for. A _X_ does not rely on strength alone, he makes use of his opponents energy too. A _X_ never resorts to trickery, but he knows how to distract his opponent. A _X_ respects the main teachings of I Ching.To preserve is favorable. A _X_ knows that certain moments repeat themselves.

Paulo Coelhos Warrior of Light

*18. Significance?

The rumor that Paul McCartney of The Beatles had died and was replaced by a look-alike being referenced by the DC Comics title.

*19. Identify.
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Stephen King

20.
This work was banned after publication in 1885 by the Concord Public Library on grounds of it being "more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people." Its portrayal of race (including the use of the word nigger) has seen many efforts to remove it from school reading lists in the USA. Which book is this?

Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

21. Identify the book.

Old man and the sea

*22.
Everything Men know about Women was a book written by Cindy Cashman under the pseudonym Dr. Alan Francis. Cindys site says that the book has

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--Void-(Worlds most famous blank book)

Catch 22
Finals
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Alok Singh|Jagruti Vojjala

Round 1 +5, every right answer. +10 bonus, at least 5 correct. +20 bonus, for all correct

Round 1
10 Questions +5, every correct answer +10 bonus, at least 5 correct answers. +20 bonus, all correct answers.

1.Identify

2. What connects the two?

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3. Who and what?

4. X and Y?
Everybody was looking for hidden meanings and puzzles and significances in what I had written. So I thought that just for a change I
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5. What award?
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6. Book/Author?

7. What phrase?
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8.
Johnston McCulley created this character of a young Spanish-speaking nobleman, who first appeared in the story The Curse of Capistrano in 1919. How do we better know the character?

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9. The finale?

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10.

Associated with which author?

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plus 5 bonus, for the name of movement also associated with the image.

Exchange your papers

Round 1 || Answers
1. H P Lovercraft|Cthulhu and R'lyeh 2. Anne McCaffery|Dragonriders of Pern 3. R.L Stine| Goosebumps 4. X-Douglas Adams,Y-The 42 Puzzle 5. Bram Stoker Award|Dracula 6. John Boyne| The Boy in Stripped Pajama 7. Doubting Thomas 8. Zorro

Round 2
12 Questions Infinite Bounce Clockwise +10, every correct answer. Partial marking, accordingly.

1.
He was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra in 1938, the son of the HOD, Maths at Benares Hindu University. He topped his matriculation examination and went to King's College, Cambridge for his graduation where he became Wrangler in 1959 and did his PhD under Fred Hoyle. He was a long-time professor at TIFR, Mumbai and is considered a leading expert and defender of steady-state cosmology against the more popular Big Bang theory. But he is best known for his science popularization efforts. He helped compere Carl Sagan's famous TV show," The Cosmos" in Hindi and of course has written a number of SF stories depicting the Indian environment and highlighting the ongoing interaction between society and science. Who is he?

J.V. Narlikar

2.
Although he wanted to share the dance, Mayne could not bring himself to interrupt such beauty. Her well-toned body swayed childlike, peacefully, slowly moving to the rhythm. Her innocence was enchanting, her beauty breathtaking. Mayne knew shed be angry at him for sneaking about, watching without letting her know, but the teenage voyeur inside his adult body encouraged him and didnt care about the consequences. Besides, this was for his eyes only. Following is an excerpt from Del James The Language of Fear. What did it inspire?

November Rain Guns n Roses

3.
In England, during World War II, there were big hoardings advertising correspondence courses run by Bennett's Correspondence College. The original hoardings supposedly showed the founder Mr. Bennett - a kindly looking old man offering guidance and support to would-be students, with the

Big Brother. The new hoardings had the slogan Let me be your big brother. They inspired the character Big Brother in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty Four.

4.
The Coriolis effect is an apparent deflection of a moving object in a rotating frame of reference and is named after Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, a French scientist. A famous application of this effect is X. X was the first dynamic proof for the rotation of the earth (aberration of starlight, stellar parallax etc. being the ones before) in an easy-to-see experiment, thereby creating a justifiable consensus in

The Foucault's Pendulum

5.
Who about what - "My creation is about private realities, the magic of imagination, and the specialness of certain friendships. Who would believe in its innocence if they cashed in on their popularity to sell overpriced knickknacks that nobody needs? Unfortunately, the pressure to capitalize on the wild success is very high. To put the problem simply, truckloads of money were at stake - millions and millions of dollars could be made with a few signatures."

Bill Watterson about the licensing of "Calvin & Hobbes" to sell merchandise. He renegotiated his contract after 5 years of protracted battle and now will not allow anybody to license his characters.

6.
Mine is a long story. I was a revolutionary who lost his ideals in heroin, a philosopher who lost his integrity in crime, and a poet who lost his integrity in crime, and a poet who lost his soul in a maximum security prison. When I escaped from the prison, over the front wall, between two gun-towers, I became

Shantaram, of the eponymous novel by Gregory David Roberts.

7.
One of the author's favorite books, The Lord of the Rings, lent several words and images to _X_: the elvish word for Orc, "yrch", became Yeerk; the flaming red Eye of Sauron inspired the Crayak, and _Y_s middle name, "Esgarrouth", is the name of a town in the book. The human name of _Y_'s brother, Elfangor, is Alan Fangor and his last name is in reference to the Fangor region or Fangorn Forest. Also there was a minor reference to Gondor, in the form of a fictional company named "Gondor Industries" in the 14th book.

K.A Applegate, Animorphs.

8.
Xis the first novel by Y After the . publication, the widow of the illustratorRobert Seymourclaimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Y strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident,

X- Pickwick Papers|Y- Charles Dickens

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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He has trampled out the vintage where the __ __ __ are stored, He has loosed the
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Grapes of Wrath

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Auroran he is

indistinguishable from a human being. His closest friend is Elijah Baley,

R. Daneel Olivaw, Asimovs best known robot.

11.
A famous American author graded his own works, stating that he was comparing himself to himself : Player Piano: B The Sirens of Titan: A Mother Night: A God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A

Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle and SlaughterhouseFive

12.
It is believed that this idiom - which alludes to the practice of taking from one entity in order to satisfy another has its origin in 17th-century England, when part of the estate of Saint Peter's Cathedral in Westminster was appropriated to pay for repairs to Saint Paul's in London. Which phrase?

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Round 3
12 questions Infinite bounce Counterclockwise +10 for every correct answer. Partial marking, accordingly.

1.
The novel X begins thus. Jinn and Phyllis are out on a pleasure cruise out in space, when they come across a message in a bottle. This message has been left by a Ulysse Merou, who details his journeys and experiences therein. The message is developed into the body of the novel. The novel X is a prime example of social commentary through dystopia and explores how various social factors interact. The story became immensely popular and has been made into 2 movies, a graphic novel, a TV series, a comic book series.

Planet of the Apes

2.
Ernest Lehman, who wrote North by Northwest and Sweet Smell of Success, scripted this film based on a 1956 Broadway musical, based in turn on a 1949 autobiography. Legend has it that Burt Lancaster ran into Lehman at the Fox commissary at around this time and exclaimed Jesus, you must need the money, when he heard what his friend was up to. In Hong Kong, this movie bears the title Fairy Music Blow Fragrant Place, Place Hear. Identify

Sound of Silence

3.
Her first name comes from the Latin for ______ , and it probably represents absent-mindedness and unconventional patterns of thought, since in ancient times the ____ was thought to induce insanity in

Luna Lovegood

4.
This one-man play was written by Anil Joglekar and translated by his son Gautam in honour of Indias 60th year of independence. The narrator, played by Ajit Kelkar, tells the story of free India from his perspective. This narrator first made his appearance in print in 1951, and the source material

The Common Man

5. What?
Loneliness+alienation+fear+despair/self worth/mockery/condemnation/misunderst anding * guilt * failure * judgement x=y and where y= hope and x=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=darkside.

Itis the fictional Equation for which the DC Comics villain Darkseid is searching in the Jack Kirby's Fourth World setting. It is for this reason that he sends his forces to Earth, as he believes part of the equation exists in the human subconscious. Various comics have defined the equation in different ways, but a common interpretation seems to be that the equation is a mathematical proof of the futility of living.

Anti-life Equation

6.

Sketch for a very famous literary work. What?

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky |The Brothers Karamazov

7.
According to his web bio, this author was born before you were, and is likely to die before you as well. His ancestral roots are now underwater, and his childhood home became someone elses house, not before becoming a factory, a fortress, and a pharmacy.

Lemony Snicket

8.
Henry X(18271861) was an English anatomist and surgeon most notable for publishing the book X's Y He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the . age of 25. He was born in Belgravia, London in 1827and lived most of his life in London. In 1858 X published the first edition of Y, which covered 750 pages and contained 363 figures. A second edition was prepared by X and published in 1860. He was struck by an attack of confluent smallpox, which he contracted while looking after a nephew who was suffering from that disease. He died on June 13 at the age of thirty-four.The book is still published under the title X's Yand is still widely appreciated as an extraordinary and authoritative textbook for medical students. Why did X's Y become so famous in 2005?

9.
An epic poem from Mesopotamia, this Akkadian legend preserved on twelve clay tablets is one of the earliest known works of literature. It tells of the exploits of Emperor ________ and his close companion Enkidu, and the emperors quest to attain immortality after the death of said companion. It is alleged to

The Epic of Gilgamesh

10.
Wikipedia description of a certain manuscript: The______ is a handwrittenbookthought to have been written in the 15th or 16th century and comprising about 240vellumpages,most with illustrations. The author,script, andlanguageremain unknown. Generally

The Voynich manuscript

11.

The contents of Old Possoms book of Practical Cats are:

The Naming of Cats The Old Gumbie Cat (Jennyanydots) The Intervention Of The Great Rumpuscat Macavity: The Mystery Cat Gus: The Theatre Cat Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town

T.S Eliot

12.
_X_ is an action adventure film set in the late 19th century, featuring an assortment of fictional literary characters appropriate to the period, who act as Victorian Era superheroes. It draws on the works of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis

The League of the Extraordinary Gentleman