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Pearl 11 Soham Pal| Sambit Chatterjee

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21 questions in prelims. Red-numbered questions will be treated as tie-breakers in case of a tie. Each question carries negative marking. 1 mark. No

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1. A webcomic......... that is all.

Tagline of which webcomic?

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Sitcom??

3. A rectangular country whose capital is Emerald City--- you can go there by boarding a tornado and get out by clicking your red shoes one against the other.

Identify the imaginary place.

4. Occasion?

. a sitter

5. E=MC is a studio album released in 2008. E stands for Emancipation.

What does M and C stand for?

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Who are these dudes?

7. In the Sorcerers Apprentice scene in Walt Disneys Fantasia, the sorcerers name was later given as Yensid Retlaw.

Who was he named after?

8. Jack Nicholson was the most famous, while Heath Ledger is the latest.

Which role?

9. Apart from all of them being stars in the night sky, what connects Rigel, Altair,Aldebaran and Antares?

10. Where would you find Clippy, Mother Nature, Links the Cat, Rocky the Dog, Robby the Robot, Peedy the Parrot, etc.?

11. The battle cry of which secret society was "morte alla Francia Italia anelia!" which when translated in English is "Death to the French is Italy's cry!?

(Hint : Many novels and Hollywood movies have popularised the organisation.)

12. Appelby Arrows, Ballycastle Bats, Bigonville Bombers, Braga Broomfleet, Fitchburg Fitches, Gimbi GiantSlayers, Grodzisk Goblins, Patonga Proudsticks, Pride of Portree, Puddlemere United, Sweetwater All-Stars, Toyohashi Tengu, Vrasta Vultures, Wington Wanderers, Wimbourne Wasps.

What sport do these teams play?

13. The pairs last collaboration was the 1983 movie Sadma. They will be working together again in the upcoming film SRK.

Identify them.

This is the original logo of X, Click to edit Master text styles contains a quote from a that Second level book by Y. Y is a Third level mathematician, famous for Fourth level writing another book, which Fifth level has been adapted into a number of movies, with the most recent one being released in 2010, and starring Helena Bonham Carter as one of the main antagonists. Identify X and Y.

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16. X formed Y Y was the producer of Z. . Until 2003 Z was listed in the Limca Book Of World Records as the most viewed mythological serial?

Identify X,Y and Z.

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What did this movie poster inspire?

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19. Which famous rock musician was the first member of this elite club?

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Flags of?

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Identify.

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1. Abstrusegoose.com 2. Family Guy 3. Land of OZ 4. Jules Verne's 183rd b'day 5. Mariah Carey 6. Jerry Seigel and Joes Shustercreators of superman 7. Walt Disney 8. The Joker 9. Horses, Beh Hur's Chariots 10.MS Office|Assistants 11.Mafia 12.Quidditch 13.Gulzar and Illiyaraja 14.Wikipedia, lewis Carol 15.Phileas Fogg's route|Around the World in 80 days 16.X-Ramanand Sagar|Y-Sagar Arts|ZRamayana 17.DevD 18.Only two actresses to win the Filmfare BEst Actress Award for a villainous role 19.Brian Jones,The Rolling Stones| Club 27 20.Twelve Human Colonies|Batt;estar Galactica 21.James Earl Jones, Darth Vader's voice

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Round One

Rules
Infinite Bounce. +10 on direct answer; +5 on bonus. No negatives.

X, the guy sitting on throne was the final drummer for the band Y, which had originally started by the name of The Quarrymen.

Identify X and Y .

X Ringo Starr Y The Beatles

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Comic suggestion for a social-networks 503 page by a famous web-comic artist. It was actually used.

Who is the artist? Which social network?

The artist is Mathew Inman (The Oatmeal). The social network is tumblr.

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"Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit. Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V. Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzeneis lost). Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it (in memory of all those happy Hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia). Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones. Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian suns deep into the heart of the drink.Sprinkle Zamphour.

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Pan Galactic gurgle blaster. (Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy)

Manufactured by MediCom Toy Inc., this line of collectible block figures are named after which famous American Film director?

Stanley Kubric.

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The boyhood friendship between them was forged in 1951 as classmates in Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent but got interrupted when both families moved in the mid-Fifties. While X was at London School of Economics and Y in Sidcup Art College, they happened to meet again in October 1960, when the two ran into each other at a train station. With mutual friend Dick Taylor, they formed the band Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. This band eventually was renamed to ____. Which Band?

Rolling Stones. X Mick Jagger Y Keith Richards

John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno, Whoopi Goldberg, Marvin Hamlisch , Richard Rodgers, Jonathan Tunick , Barbara Streisand and Liza Minnelli

What rare feat has been achieved by these heavyweights of showbiz?

They are the only 10 persons to win the Grand Slam of Show Business i.e. each of them has won one Emmy, one Grammy, one Tony and one Oscar.

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What am I describing?
Axle A model bad boy, cruel and ruthless. Don't try to get on Axle's good side - he doesn't have one. Bose Jefferson - "Don't be fooled by Bose's casual demeanor - his punch feels like a ten-car pile up on your head." Cydney Bass- "A spoiled rich girl living on the edge. Treat Cyd right or she'll throw a tantrum in your face. Milwaukee Jon- "An Ex-con with a death wish. Jon's dare devilish style strikes fear in the hearts of seasoned fellows

Characters from the very popular game ROAD RASH! Remember the famous cheat code ? XYZZYSPOON!

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Whats so unique about the graphic novel (comic) in the right, other than the fact that it is regarded as the first graphic novel?

It is the only graphic novel/comic to win the Pulitzer prize.

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X is the best known creation of Y For over a half . of a century, Xhas represented the hopes, aspirations, troubles and perhaps even foibles of the average Indian, through a daily cartoon strip, "You Said It" in The Times of India. X has been used since 2005 as the mascot for the low budget airline Air Deccan.

Identify X and Y .

X The Common Man Y RK Laxman

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These are the images from a gaming website launched by a famous company along with the third part of "________ ________" continuing their ad campaign which features a fantasy world.

Name the company and fill in the blanks.

Company The Coca-Cola Company Happiness Factory

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Dedicated to?

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, or better known as Lady Gaga.

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Which movie was released with this tagline? The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone.

The Usual Suspects

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Round Two

Rules
Identify the connecting theme. If you get the theme and also can relate each picture to the theme, you get a total of 15 points. If you can relate at least half of the pictures to theme you get 12 points. If you cannot relate more than half of the pictures to the theme, you get 8 points. Each team will get only one chance.

Encyclopedia Galactica
The concept of the encyclopedia was introduced in Asimovs Foundation series. Carl Sagan discussed it in his Cosmos. It was parodied and discarded as a rubbish alternative to the Guide, in Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

Viva la Vida by ColdPlay

Joe Satriani claimed that ColdPlay had used his music in the Viva la Vida. Brian Eno was the co-producer of the album Viva la Vida. The cover of the album was inspired by Delacroixs Liberty Leading The People.

K naan
Album by Knaan. Knaan is from Somalia. Performed Wavin Flag at FIFA WC 2010.

The Little Mermaid TV series That is the Plymouth PA 1932...it

has a radiator cap ornament of The Little Mermaid on the waves on it. The comic shows Triton, one of the characters from the Fantastic Four. Triton is the king of the oceans in the TV series. That is Eric The Red. Prince Eric is the Little Mermaid s love interest in the TV series. One of the characters of Rape Of The Lock is Ariel. Ariel is the Little Mermaid. That is a painting of St. Sebastian. Sebastian is the crab that accompanies Ariel.

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Round Three

Rules
You have to challenge another team. If the team you challenged gives the right answer then they get +10 and you get -5. If they dont give any answer or gives a wrong answer then they lose 5 points and you get 5 points.

How are the crime novel authors in the left connected to the sci-fi author in the right?
And we are not talking about any award or achievement .

The film Minority Report is based on a Philip K Dick short story of the same name. In the book, the precogs are named Mike Donna and Jerry. But the movie renamed them Agatha, Arthur and Dashiell, a tribute to Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiel Hammett (respectively).

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Robert _______, the Scottish Patriot, and "Mad" Anthony ________, the American revolutionary-war general lent parts of their names to a fictional character whose creation was primarily inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's work. Which character?

Robert The Bruce ; Mad Anthony Wayne

Bruce Wayne

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A : Godfrey Teale , Paul Panzer , Leslie Howard, Leonard Whiting , Leonardo Di Caprio B: Mary Malone, Florence Lawrence , Norma Shearer, Olivia Hussey, Claire Danes Identify A and B.

Romeo & Juliet. Group A actors have all portrayed Romeo and Group B actors, Juliet (in movies).

Identify the song and the band.

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. It is being played backwards.

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This is a chain of seafood restaurants inspired by a film. Launched in 1996 by Viacom Consumer Products and the Rusty Pelican Company, this became the first theme restaurant inspired by a film. There are now 20 restaurants all located in the United States and eastern Asia. Name the movie and the restaurant chain.

Forrest Gump ; Bubba Gump Shrimp Company

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If this was the original, name the remake.

Mother India