74. The lucknow boy..

ID THE GUY.

73. parthenon cubed!!!

TRIBUTE TO WHICH FAMOUS SKYSCRAPER OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY?

ANSWER: THE FLATIRON BUILDING

72. Who?

Lisa del Giocondo, Isabella of Naples, Cecilia Gallerani, Constanza d'Avalos, Isabella d'Este, Caterina Sforza, Y all are theorised to be X. ID X & Y.

71. DR. DOOM!!!

ID THIS PARTY ANIMAL ;).


ANSWER: NOURIEL ROUBINI
http://gawker.com/nouriel-roubini/

70. A Dead InsertAnimal isn't Art

What famous art piece is this a parody of? Id the artist of the parody as well.

Also, id the person whose image is shown(pretty well known)?

69 "The KS ad was a challenge"

Connect to a person in the Indian Advertising Industry.

Brownie points  for giving the full form of KS, a brand for which he made a controversial (as was expected) and expensive ad, starring X(who charged Rs.7 lakhs for the ad, in 1991) and Y. Y's pic is shown:

Also give X and Y.

68. Complicated, but does the job

What are these inventions called?

Answer(Highlight): Rube Goldberg Machines

67. bhoooot!!!..:D

CONNECT THE 2 PICS.

ANSWER:GHOST'S DEBUT ALBUM'S COVER\ WAS INSPIRED BY  SALEM'S LOT POSTER,SALEM'S LOT WAS BASED ON A STEPHEN KING NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME.
SVT conducted an interview with METALLICA members James Hetfield(guitar, vocals) and Robert Trujillo (bass) prior to today's (Sunday, July 3) "Big Four" concert (also featuring MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX) at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. A few excerpts follow below.

On wearing the t-shirt of the mysterious Swedish buzz band GHOST during the interview:

Hetfield: "I'm in their fan club. [Laughs] I had no idea what they looked like until I saw the video. I heard the music first and I thought it was very great — very unique, very melodic and a breath of fresh air for metal. It reminded me a bit of '70s kind of rock that I liked as well. So yeah, I love the band."

66. "Is this the moment? Oi! There's a war going on here!"

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65. My homage to you Sir..

THIS IS THE LIST OF PHILP JACKSON'S SCULPTURES SO FAR.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Belgravia, London

Falklands War Sculpture, Portsmouth

Liberation Sculpture, Jersey, Channel Islands

Sir Matt Busby, Old Trafford, Manchester

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Geneva, Switzerland

St Richard, Chichester Cathedral

Constantine the Great, York Minster

King George VI, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

The Gurkha Monument, Horseguards Parade

1966 World Cup Sculpture, London

Queen Elizabeth II, Windsor Great Park

Bobby Moore, Sir Alf Ramsey at the new Wembley Stadium

George Best, Sir Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, Old Trafford, Manchester

WHATS HIS NEXT COMMISSION?

ANSWER: SIR ALEX FERGUSSON

64. scream is what you will....

CONNECT THE 2 PICS .

63. Of his chaste press, and Lintot's rubric post

The Popiad, by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

The Twickenham Hotch-Potch, For The Use Of The REV. Dr. Swift, Alexander Pope, Esq; And Company. Being A Sequel To The Beggars Opera, &C. by Caleb d'Anvers

The female Dunciad. Containing I. A faithful account of the intrigues, of Alexander Pope, The whole being a continuation of the Twickenham hotch-potch

The _________: a Hypercritic upon the Dunciad Variorum, by __________

Connect and FITB.

62

      the rock is cookin.........:)

• 1 pound eggplant, sliced in rounds
• 1 pound zucchini, sliced in rounds
• 1 pound bell peppers, sliced
• 1 pound tomatoes, peeled and quartered
• 3 onions, peeled and chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• olive oil
• bay leaf
• thyme sprig
• salt and pepper   

ID THE DISH.

61. Who are you having for dinner?

What is the movie referred to in this meme.

60. Next to Cloudgate

Identify this once controversial but now popular work of public art, as seen on different days

                                                            

59. Ra.One v/s G.One

This place in Delhi used to be a large pond in the old walled city area. Some time during the decade of the 1930s, the pond was filled up so that an annual event could be shifted to that place (from which it gets its name).

Over the decades, the place has also been used for other reasons; the Municipal Corporation of Delhi isn't very happy about all this and wants to turn it into a green area where people can relax, instead of being agitated.

Which place?

Question courtesy http://infinitezounds.blogspot.com

Freshers' Quiz Recap

On Thursday, 29th September 2011, QC conducted the 3rd Comp event of the year in Freshers' Quiz. The Quizmasters were Nishit and Aritra, who together succeeded in keeping the quiz well-managed and interesting throughout.

The event began with a perfect opening display of QC punctuality in starting the prelims 20 mins late. With teams of 3, freshers started arriving at II LT 2 by 7.20 pm, and by the time all were seated, the lecture theatre had barely room for the seniors and organizers. Jwala hostel, already a force to reckon with in QC, brought with itself a horde of 7 freshers teams, with Dhruv, the rep, walking proudly amongst his charges and muttering instructions in their ears time and again.

The prelims consisted of 15 questions, well-balanced and work out-able. 14 teams were selected - the best team from each hostel followed by 3 overall second placers. Shivalik, Vindhyachal and Jwala successfully got two teams into the finals.



After a bit of seating issues, and with most of the QC seniors present, the finals were ready to begin. It was a well-rounded quiz consisting of a good mix old and new questions, with the usual QC quirks and Contri-isms.

The quiz had 5 rounds, each showcasing a different format employed in various QC events :

- Written Round
- Infinite Bounce
- LVC
- Jeopardy
- Lone Wolf

The points system followed was +2/0 in the first 2 rounds, with the LVC beginning at+7/-5 and decreasing at 2 per slide. Jeopardy had +2/0 for Level 1 questions and +3/0 for Level-2 and Lone Wolf followed the usual format of negatives on a directed question. 6 teams were eliminated after the first 3 rounds and 2 more were sent back after round 4.


The quiz began with Nishit beginning the written round, a fine blend of text and image-based questions. Aritro added his touch by asking a question on the story of the Sleeping Beauty, who's real name I forget. And so did most of the teams.

Having got a good head start in the written round, teams began to up the ante in the second round. Google Doodles, King Kong filled the infinite bounce. One of the questions had the owners of Zynga in their famous image promoting Farmville, and when asked to ID, one of the Shiva teams guessed the Beatles, with their logic being that since the Fab4 keep doing weird stuff, then why not an office watercooler with chickens and cows around!

The round ended quickly with Satpura and Kara teams doing well and an over-zealous Zanskar fachcha giving long explanations to almost-correct answers.

The older lot got excited on seeing the LVC, being based on names of Tintin comics. One of the Jwala teams took a risk by going for the connect at the first set of clues. And with it got their first taste of negatives and lost their chance of staying on further. The scorer, behind who this loud team was sitting, heaved a sigh of relief. It was a surprise that only 2 teams managed to get the connect without all the slides being shown. Vindy and Zanskar teams managed to get the connect at +6 and +5 stages respectively, which ultimately proved decisive in the results.

The eliminations after LVC made a few of the seniors walk out in disgust at their hostel teams unable to qualify. Notable absentees being Piyush and Shankhayan with both the Jwala teams getting eliminated.


And Azeez departed as well.


The next round, Jeopardy, was unique in it being a dedication to QC seniors. 16 questions divided into 8 categories and each one was a tribute to a QC stalwart in that genre. The categories were:

Sci-Tech - Shankhayan and Attam
Biz - GD and Chaitanya
Lit - Shruti and Murari
Ent - Contri and Mayank
T&L - Nishit and Arnab
Sports - Piyush and Azeez
Hist-Myth - Shri and Salik
Mixed Bag - Shuvi and Aritro

The eliminations continued after this round to keep the number at only 6 for the final round. The method of directing the next question used generally in Lone Wolf was used here. The Vindy team made good use of the format to confirm their position at the top. So did the team from Kara, using the method to their advantage to climb up to the 3rd spot. Zanskar managed to hold on to 2nd place.

Final positions -

Winners - Vindhyachal

2nd Place - Zanskar

3rd Place - Karakoram



Points tally -

Jwala 56.5

Vindy 33

Shiva 25

Zanskar 24

Ara 21.5

Kara 8

Others - Yet to open their accounts

58....

Stupidity

Pretentiousness

Solipsism

Self-deceit

X

Lack of Perspective

Forgetfulness of Past Orthodoxies

Counterproductive Pride

Lack of Aesthetics

Non Compos Mentis

The slides for the second non-comp of this year are here:

Non compos mentis

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Aditya's Quiz

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59.. connect

....A fourteen karat sucker...

The Pics are part of an exhaustive list.

Connect.

MACBETH

ACT IV , SCENE I

……

A show of Eight Kings, the last with a glass in his hand; GHOST OF BANQUO following

MACBETH -Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo: down!
Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls. And thy hair,
Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first.
A third is like the former. Filthy hags!
Why do you show me this? A fourth! Start, eyes!
What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?
Another yet! A seventh! I'll see no more:
And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass
Which shows me many more; and some I see
That two-fold balls and treble scepters carry:
Horrible sight! Now, I see, 'tis true;
For the blood-bolter'd Banquo smiles upon me,
And points at them for his.

…….

Critics have pointed out that Shakespeare wrote this to please and flatter X , who believed himself to be Banquo’s descendent . X ,who was both the VI and the I of his line was also interested in witchcraft and wrote the book “Daemonologie” and indeed without X , T.S. Elliot’s Journey of the Magi wouldn’t have been possible.

In  an unrealted incident, Y was implicated in the alleged attempt to abduct X by 

John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, at Perth on 4 August 1600 by the confession of George Sprot of 

Eyemouth. In 1608, after Y's death, Sprot confessed he had seen letters from Gowrie

to Logan at Fast Castle and Gunnisgreen. Y offered Gowrie

and his brother the use of Fast Castle to settle their plot. He recommended that "the matter" be

settled soon at  X’s buck hunting.

Y was Z’s friend. A contract still exists for a treasure hunt, made between Z and Y. Z was to

search Fast Castle for treasure allegedly hidden there, wherein it is stated that Z should

"...do his utmost diligence to search and seek out, and by all craft and ingine to find out the same,

 or make it sure that no such thing has been there.“

Z  was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer & astrologer, and also the 8th Laird of 

Merchistoun. Z had a strong interest in the Book of Revelation, from his student days at 

St Salvator's College, St Andrews. Under the influence of the sermons of Christopher Goodman,

he developed a strongly anti-papal reading. He further used the Book of Revelation for 

chronography, to predict the Apocalypse, in A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John,

 which he regarded as his most important work. Z believed that the end of the world would

In his dedication of the Plaine Discovery to X, dated 29 Jan. 1594, Z urged X to see

 occur in 1688 or 1700.

"that justice be done against the enemies of God's church," and counselled X

"to reform the universal enormities of his country, and first to begin at his own house, family, and

 court."

HINT about Z-

The Quiz Store

The quiz store was conducted on 14 September, Wednesday. Here are the questions.

Milan's questions

The quiz store

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Payal's Quiz

Non comp payal

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Presentation 3

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55. On the Brink

1        John Foster Dulles, the US Secretary of State, coined this term during the Cold War. It means two parties coming close to a war, but not actually fighting it out. The Cuban Missile crisis was a perfect example. What is this term?

54. This’ll be the day that I die...

A is an American singer-songwriter , most famous for his album B containing the renowned songs B and C. While B is also the name of one of the most famous teen movie series, the song C is a tribute to the painter C. C (song) is also known by its opening line D, referring  to one of the most famous work of C (painter). The song B is a recounting of a plane crash which is regarded as the first and greatest tragedy rock and roll has ever suffered. The day of the crash was called E by A in his song B.

Id A,B,C,D. Brownie points for E.

53. Therapist

Identify the song and the instrument used.






Full pic of the instrument -

52. "It's so appropriate,it's funny y'know! In India, walking along the street you would literally.."

51. Connect

50.Too Much Math For Chicks : A Must Read for every ____

Excerpts from X:

"In the beginning, there was no X... which was very unfortunate for world's first ____ Y and Z. Lacking an agreed upon set of social principles, Y killed Z and committed the first ___-cide. As a punishment, Y was doomed to walk the earth alone. Because without a ____, he had absolutely no chance to meet chicks."

"Centuries later a ___ from Sparta and a ___ froom Troy got in fight over a chick A, who had a face that launched a thousand ships ..... A war that could have been avoided had the ___ been familiar with most basic X - P (P = ___ before ###)."

All the blanks a related, and basic connect is defined like this :-
____ is a person who will bend over backwards to help you bend someone else over backwards. In short, ___ is a lifelong companion you can trust will always be there for you, unless he's got something else going on.

B is the famous author of latest version X
Find X, Y, Z, A, B, P

49. Just killed a man

X was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Queen. X composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen" and "We are the champions". He is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists of all time, and was well known for his flamboyant stage persona. Google made a doodle in his honour on September 5.
What was X's birth name and country of birth.

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Brace Yourself

Connect (Very Specific)

(Last pic is suggestive)

HINT : The text in images is not important

47. Peter, Peter!

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

- Whose quote?

46.

connect

45. I DO WANT TO FIND OUT!!! :D

44. 1984 one was better..(personal opinion)

Albert Einstein, smoking a pipe
Bob Dylan, moving to his harmonica
Martin Luther King, at the end of his Washington speech
Richard Branson, shaking champagne
John Lennon and Yoko Ono singing
Buckminster Fuller demonstrating the Bucky Ball
Thomas Edison thinking
Mohammed Ali dancing for the press
Ted Turner boxing the air with a smile
Maria Callas blowing a kiss
Mahatma Gandhi smiling
Amelia Earhart arriving
Alfred Hitchcock speaking
Martha Graham dancing
Jim Henson puppeteering
Frank Lloyd Wright walking by his home
Picasso painting
A child dreaming

Whats being described???

43. Sharpen your Googling skills

In MDCCCXXX, X is succeeded by XIX, who just XV to XX minutes later abdicates to V. Then only VII days later, V abdicates to I. In what Roman numeral year was V born?

42. somtigs | aunt am a Baygon

Connect the top 4 with the rest

41.The Next Question Is The Answer

Give funda - What's the pic about?

40.

One of the 6 images shown has inspired a very well known image?Which image did it inspire?

39. Come on, Spider!

Connect and give funda

38. A Quarter of the power of Krakatoa

X is the nickname for the AN602 hydrogen bomb, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Developed by the Soviet Union, the bomb was initially designed to have a yield of 100 megatons of TNT, but which was reduced to 50 megatons to avoid a nuclear fallout. Only one bomb was ever built and tested successfully on October 30, 1961, generating a 64km high mushroom cloud and causing complete destruction within a 55km radius. The heat generated could have caused third-degree burns at a distance of 100km, and shockwaves were experienced at distances of 700km. The red circle in the photograph shoes the region of complete destruction, and the yellow circle the area of the fireball, with Paris for an example.

X was also known as Y, a phrase popularized by Z's speech, addressing Richard Nixon in 1959 who was attending an exhibition in Moscow.

Give X, Y and Z.

Z with JFK.

37.

X was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry. His best known works include Ripostes, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, and his unfinished 120-section epic The Cantos, published over five decades from 1917 to 1969. Of him Ernest Hemingway wrote:

"He defends [his friends] when they are attacked, he gets them into magazines and out of jail. He loans them money. ... He writes articles about them. He introduces them to wealthy women. He gets publishers to take their books. He sits up all night with them when they claim to be dying ... he advances them hospital expenses and dissuades them from suicide."

X is the person second from left. X? Also brownie points for identifying the other 3 greats.

36.

Id the pair and the artist.

35.

Connect the first three to the last.






Answer(highlight):
Rebranding of Mozilla Corporation software for Debian project. IceWeasel for Firefox, IceDove for Thunderbird and IceApe for Seamonkey