Quizzers Anonymous 1.

General Quiz
Prelims
Trivial Pursuit
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Scotland – St. Andrew
Wales – ________
England – St. George
Northern Ireland – St. Patrick

Blank?
St. David.
They are the Patron Saints.
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______ ______ has a unique place in football folklore as the only man
to play in what were perhaps the two most famous games in history – a
stunning 6-3 win over England at Wembley in 1953 and a 7-3
demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European cup final.

The country he played for had a then tactically advanced 4-2-4

formation, that made the team virtually unbeatable. England suffered a
7-1 humiliation to them the following year.

He was a legendary footballer with an incredible record of 514 goals in

529 matches. His last name means ‘rifleman’ and aptly describing his
lethal left foot - scourge of the defences in the 20 years after WW II.

One of the greatest footballers ever known. Who?

Ferec Puskas
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The song's lyrics are unique, one phrase, repeated in 14

Indian languages.

The song highlighted the different linguistic communities and

societies that live in India and was telecast for the first time on
Independence Day 1988, after the telecast of the Prime
Minister’s speech.

Which song?
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara
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_________ is a self-governing Crown Dependency
located in the Irish Sea and is not a part of either the
United Kingdom or the European Union.

Vikings and Scandinavians form a large part of the

civilization over the ages. The island’s flag has a
symbol of the ancient ‘triskelion’ – three bent legs,
each with a spur, joined at the thigh.

What?
The Isle Of Man
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“The Wizard and the Hopping Pot”
“The Fountain of Fair Fortune”
“The Warlock's Hairy Heart”
“Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump”
“___ ___ _ __ ____ _____”

Five stories, from which book?

The Tales of Beetle the Bard
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One of the explanations of the origin of this term a moth
stuck in a relay of a Mark II Computer at Harvard
University.
Another explanation, provided by Oxford Dictionary, is
that this term was used in reference to airplane engine
testing in a 1945 article in the Journal of the Royal
Aeronautical Society.

What term?
Debug
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This famous trio entertained Americans in the early twentieth
century with physical slapstick comedy punctuated by quickly-
delivered one-liners, within outrageous storylines.

‘Soup to Nuts’ was their first Hollywood film, released by Fox

Studios. In 1933, MGM signed for a movie contract beginning with a
musical comedy called ‘Nertsery Rhymes’. They then became
extremely famous with their movies with around 190 short films.

A film, directed by the Farrelly Brothers, under the MGM banner is

scheduled to be released in 2010. The studio has set Sean Penn,
Jim Carrey and Benicio del Toro to play the characters.

The three people are collectively called what?

The Three Stooges
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Shockwave, Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl,
Grimlock, Fortress Maximus, Ultra
Magnus, Frenzy, Blackout, Barricade,
Brawl, Scorponok, Bonecrusher, Jazz,
Bluestreak, Soundwave, Smokescreen,
Inferno, Elita One, and many more. What?
The Transformers
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________ ____(1925,1926,1927)
ARSENAL (1933,1934,1935)
LIVERPOOL (1982,1983,1984)
MANCHESTER UNITED (1999,2000,2001)
Huddersfield Town
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Connect: Raj, Shanti, Vijay, Shakti,
Samta, Kisan, Veer, Ekta.
Raj Ghat, Shantivan, Vijay Ghat, Shakti
Sthal, Samta Sthal, Kisan Ghat, Veer
Bhumi, Ekta Sthal

Memorials around Raj Ghat

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“She rolls!
Forty-five knots!
Ninety!
A hundred and thirty five!
Nose comes up to twenty degrees!
She's airborne, she flies, ________ Flies!”

Fill blank.
Concorde
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Volkswagen __________ is a car whose idea was conceived by
Ferdinand Piech, then chairman of Volkswagen. He wanted the VW
engineers to create a car that would overwhelmingly surpass the
German prestige market leaders, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Initial
development of the ________ began with Piech giving his
engineers a list of ten parameters the car needed to fulfill. One of
these parameters was that the ________ should be capable of
being driven all day at 300 km/h (190 mph) with an exterior
temperature of 50 °C (122 °F) whilst maintaining the interior
temperature at 22 °C (72 °F). The other parameters were not
revealed to the public.
The name __________ derives from the name of the son of
Phoebus (or Helios) in Greek Mythology and also from the name of
a horse-drawn carriage from the 19th century.
Fill blank.
Volkswagen Phaeton
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X was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench and Graham
Nolan.
According to a priest that X speaks with, there is a possibility
that his biological father is an American doctor. In researching
this issue, X comes to the conclusion that he and Y share Dr.
Thomas _______ as their biological father. Ultimately,
however, it is revealed that Dr. Thomas is not X's father, and
X leaves to settle peacefully in the mountains of
Kanchenjunga.
However, X is best known for breaking Y's back and leaving
him paraplegic.
X and Y?
X=Bane
Y=Batman
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“I said to him on that first day, ‘If I ever see you

throw a ______, then it is over’. For me it is
unacceptable that a kid breaks a ______. I told Y
they are expensive and there are a lot of people who
cannot afford them. He listened well and that is why
he never shows his anger in that way.”

X on Y.
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______ originally meant ‘a place of
refuge’. It then became the name for “the
secret organization that sprang up to fight
against the rulers who had crushed the
country and its people for centuries”.
What?
Mafia
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I along with my better half (we form a
celebrity couple) was offered a role in the
British gangster flick `Red Light Runners'
which I turned down. My and my wife's
controversial waxwork at Madame
Tussaud‘s museum as holy couple Joseph
and Mary was attacked by a visitor.
Who?
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Connect:
Paul Michael Levesque
Mark William Calaway
Steven Anderson/Williams
Adam Joseph Copeland
Andrew Test Martin
Glenn Thomas Jacobs
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'The X' is the part of the sea that can be seen
from land, excluding those parts that are near
the shore. Someone who was watching out for a
ship to arrive would first see it approaching when
it was '________________' and expected to
dock before the next tide. Something that is
'_____________' isn't happening now or even in
a minute or two, but will inevitably happen before
too long.
What phrase am I talking about?
In the offing
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There are many stories associated with the Emperor X. One of
which is as follows. After his victory in battle over the then Mughal
king, he rode to the palace with great revelry. On reaching the
palace, he summoned the wives of the Mughal king to be brought
before him. He then placed his sword on the table in front of them,
turned around on a cot and slept. The clueless Queens just stare at
the sleeping monarch. Later, X awakes up to find the sword on the
table and the queens with downcast eyes and heads bent down. X
looks at then for a moment and says, “You are not deserved of
being queens of the Mughal Empire. Not one of you had the
courage to lift the sword and kill me. If the mothers themselves are
such cowards, then it is understandable that their children would be
so too. This victory, I have thoroughly deserved”, and walks out.
Identify X.
Nadir Shah
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1984 – Rafer Johnson – A wick at the top of the archway
and through a pipe

1992 – Antonio Rebello – An archer shot of a flaming

arrow

1996 - ________ ___ - A mechanical, self-propelling

fuse ball, up a wire, to its final resting place

2004 – Nikolaos Kaklamanakis - A giant needle that

bowed down to accept ‘it’.

What?
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X is a fictional character created by Carter Bays
and Craig Thomas for this popular sitcom. The
last name of X is a reference to one of the main
female charaters of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina,
Ekaterina Alexandrovna __________, who is
pursued by Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin
through the early stages of the novel, before she
finally accepts his proposal of marriage. X is
shown to enjoy cigars, hockey, scotch and guns.
X?
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The original idea behind X Y, now known as
X.com, was to allow users to get answers to
questions posed in everyday, natural language.
It supports a variety of user queries in plain
English as well as traditional keyword searching.
Y is the name of a famous fictional character. X
and Y?
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'The X' is the part of the sea that can be seen
from land, excluding those parts that are near
the shore. Someone who was watching out for a
ship to arrive would first see it approaching when
it was '________________' and expected to
dock before the next tide. Something that is
'_____________' isn't happening now or even in
a minute or two, but will inevitably happen before
too long.
What phrase am I talking about?
Damn…Repeated q
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X qualified in Transportation Design from the Art Center
College of Design, Pasadena, California, U.S. and
worked with General Motors USA . He became one of
the largest auto accessory manufacturers in his country.
His company made the first prototype for the Aston
Martin Vanquish which appeared in the James Bond
movie Die Another Day.
Dilip Chabria
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From the early 1100s, Snidget-hunting had been popular. The
Snidget, today, is a protected species. But at that time it was
very common in northern Europe though difficult to detect
because of their ability to hide and their very great speed.
It’s size, coupled with it’s remarkable agility made it difficult for
predators to catch it. The Snidget subsequently formed an
integral part of a ‘game’. By the middle of the following
century, however, Snidget numbers had fallen very low and a
substitute for the bird was frantically sought to enable the
game to proceed.
This led to the invention of the _______ _____ by Bowman
Wright, the inspiration for it being the ‘Snidget’. Blank?
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On April 15th 1989, at Hillsborough, a football stadium in Sheffield,
England, was a deadly human crush that resulted in the loss of the
lives of 96 fans of Liverpool Football club. One of the 96, was a 10
year old boy named Jon-Paul Gilhooley, the cousin of X – who at
that time was 9 years old.

In September of 2006, X published his autobiography titled ‘X: My

Autobiography’, which went on to win the Sports Book of the Year
honour at the British Book Awards. In it he writes, "It was difficult
knowing one of your cousins had lost his life. Seeing his family's
reaction drove me on to become the player I am today.“ The book
ends with the line "I play for Jon-Paul.”
‘X’ is...?
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Literary
significance
of this?
Derivation of the phrase:

Double cross
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Id Id
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Location and significance

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Connect
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Id
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Doodle for?
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Sitter.
Flag of?