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Arifuddin Ahmed
Arifuddin Ahmed

This quiz covered a wide range of topics testing visual recognition skills including movies, geography, sports, art, and history. Questions ranged from identifying people, places, or events in images to making connections between various topics. The quiz displayed images and asked short answer questions testing the ability to recall details and make associations based on visual cues.

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For the love of ! Alumni Quiz Series PURE VIZ (Well, almost!) General quiz on visuals QM – ‘C’est la vie’ Arif Teams of 2
1. Comic/movie connection?
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Ans • Astérix at the Olympic Games (French: Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques) • "Tony" Parker is a French professional basketball player. • Amélie Mauresmo • Alain Delon is a César Award-winning French actor-plays Julius Caesar! • Gérard Depardieu-plays Obelix • Jean-Pierre Cassel- plays Getafix • Clovis Cornillac-plays Asterix
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2.Why these two pics famous?(not exhaustive)
Ans • A sample of Shortest and longest place names • Å (population 150) is a tiny fishing hamlet in the Lofoten Islands, a granite chain in north- west Norway, in the Arctic circle • WALES boasts a village called Llanfair-pwllgwyn-gyllgo-gerychwyrn-drobwll -llanty-silio-gogogoch (58 letters), which in E
3. Connect
Ans : U2 songs • The Hands That Built America • The Ground Beneath Her Feet • Sunday Bloody Sunday • Walk On • Pride (In the name of Love)
4. Why famous ?
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5. In which music album would you find this?
Ans • Remastered CD versions of the Pink Floyd album Atom Heart Mother contain a card of "Breakfast Tips". On one side is a recipe for a "Traditional Bedouin Wedding Feast", detailing the stuffing of a chicken inside of a lamb, which is stuffed inside a goat, which is then stuffed inside a camel, and cooked over a charcoal fire
6. Connect
Ans Norman Gilbert Pritchard • First Indian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games • Won two silver medals in the 200 meter sprint and 200 meter hurdles in the 1900 Paris Olympic Games • Secretary of the Indian Football Association from 1900 to 1902 • Acted in 26 plays and 27 movies, having made his big screen debut in silent movies with After Dark in 1915 and ending with Tonight at Twelve released in 1929
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7 • Frank Kelly Freas’ illustration of the cover of Astounding Science Fiction (Oct 1953). • What was ripped off from it?
Ans • Two members of the rock group Queen asked Mr. Freas to reprise the image with band members in the robot's hand.
8. Connect
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• Bronze statue of Paparazzo in Bratislava • In the 1960 film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini, one of the characters in the film is a news photographer named Paparazzo
9.Identify the sport Woman Playing ___ (Tang Dynasty 744 Published in 1951. No 7. in Observer Sport c.), discovered at the Astana Graves Monthly’s 50 Best books on Sports
Ans • Go (weiqi in Chinese, igo in Japanese, baduk in Korean), is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago.
10 • How did George Best’s memoir get its name?
Ans According to an interview : • Sir Michael Parkinson (English broadcaster, journalist and author ): 'What was the nearest amount of time, before or after a game, that you ever had sex, George? • George Best : 'Er...It was in half time, I think...'.
11. The first strip of 4 pics have something in common to the second strip of 2 pics
Ans • Madhumati (1958) inspiring the Hollywood film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), which in turn inspired the Bollywood film Karz (1980), which in turn influenced another Hollywood film Chances Are (1989). • The 1975 film Chhoti Si Baat is believed to have inspired Hitch (2005), which in turn inspired the Bollywood film Partner (2007).
12. They belong to a unique club. Why?
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13. ID the name removed
Ans • Belinda Clarke (Aus Women) • First international cricketer to score a double hundred in ODI
14. ID the guy in the pic-frame above
Ans • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
15. Connect
Ans • The celebrity Wil Wheaton is an avid Twitter user, and when he obtained half a million followers, this number was deemed to be 1 Wheaton.
16. Film name? Claim to fame?
Ans • Nanook of the North (1922) • first feature-length documentary
17. Simple .ID the bridge or river
Ans • The Bridge on the river Kwai
18. Connect (not exhaustive list)
Ans All having Geographical Indication (GI) status from India • Thanjavur Painting • Assamese Muga Silk • Basmati Rice • Darjeeling Tea • Bikaneri Bhujia
19. a)ID the cartoonist b) Claim to fame of this cartoon
Ans • Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die", which depicts a snake whose severed parts represent the Colonies, is acknowledged as the first political cartoon in America.
20. Which common phrase in English originated from this event depicted? • Rembrandt's 'Belshazzar's Feast' (1635) Or- Mene, Mene, Tekel u-Pharsin (literally "numbered, weighed, divided.“)
Last Question was dedicated to The Wall. So long Dravid !
Ans : The phrase "the writing is on the wall" is now a popular idiom for "something bad is about to happen". • It originates from the Biblical book of Daniel chapter 5 in which the fingers of a supernatural hand write a mysterious message in the presence of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, who is meanwhile drinking at a major feast. It is revealed by Daniel that the writing foretells the demise of the Babylonian Empire and the story concludes with the Medes and the Persians killing the king and capturing Babylon (wiki)

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  • 1. For the love of ! Alumni Quiz Series PURE VIZ (Well, almost!) General quiz on visuals QM – ‘C’est la vie’ Arif Teams of 2
  • 4. Ans • Astérix at the Olympic Games (French: Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques) • "Tony" Parker is a French professional basketball player. • Amélie Mauresmo • Alain Delon is a César Award-winning French actor-plays Julius Caesar! • Gérard Depardieu-plays Obelix • Jean-Pierre Cassel- plays Getafix • Clovis Cornillac-plays Asterix
  • 6. 2.Why these two pics famous?(not exhaustive)
  • 7. Ans • A sample of Shortest and longest place names • Å (population 150) is a tiny fishing hamlet in the Lofoten Islands, a granite chain in north- west Norway, in the Arctic circle • WALES boasts a village called Llanfair-pwllgwyn-gyllgo-gerychwyrn-drobwll -llanty-silio-gogogoch (58 letters), which in E
  • 9. Ans : U2 songs • The Hands That Built America • The Ground Beneath Her Feet • Sunday Bloody Sunday • Walk On • Pride (In the name of Love)
  • 11. Ans
  • 12. 5. In which music album would you find this?
  • 13. Ans • Remastered CD versions of the Pink Floyd album Atom Heart Mother contain a card of "Breakfast Tips". On one side is a recipe for a "Traditional Bedouin Wedding Feast", detailing the stuffing of a chicken inside of a lamb, which is stuffed inside a goat, which is then stuffed inside a camel, and cooked over a charcoal fire
  • 15. Ans Norman Gilbert Pritchard • First Indian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games • Won two silver medals in the 200 meter sprint and 200 meter hurdles in the 1900 Paris Olympic Games • Secretary of the Indian Football Association from 1900 to 1902 • Acted in 26 plays and 27 movies, having made his big screen debut in silent movies with After Dark in 1915 and ending with Tonight at Twelve released in 1929
  • 17. 7 • Frank Kelly Freas’ illustration of the cover of Astounding Science Fiction (Oct 1953). • What was ripped off from it?
  • 18. Ans • Two members of the rock group Queen asked Mr. Freas to reprise the image with band members in the robot's hand.
  • 20. Ans
  • 21. • Bronze statue of Paparazzo in Bratislava • In the 1960 film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini, one of the characters in the film is a news photographer named Paparazzo
  • 22. 9.Identify the sport Woman Playing ___ (Tang Dynasty 744 Published in 1951. No 7. in Observer Sport c.), discovered at the Astana Graves Monthly’s 50 Best books on Sports
  • 23. Ans • Go (weiqi in Chinese, igo in Japanese, baduk in Korean), is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago.
  • 24. 10 • How did George Best’s memoir get its name?
  • 25. Ans According to an interview : • Sir Michael Parkinson (English broadcaster, journalist and author ): 'What was the nearest amount of time, before or after a game, that you ever had sex, George? • George Best : 'Er...It was in half time, I think...'.
  • 26. 11. The first strip of 4 pics have something in common to the second strip of 2 pics
  • 27. Ans • Madhumati (1958) inspiring the Hollywood film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), which in turn inspired the Bollywood film Karz (1980), which in turn influenced another Hollywood film Chances Are (1989). • The 1975 film Chhoti Si Baat is believed to have inspired Hitch (2005), which in turn inspired the Bollywood film Partner (2007).
  • 28. 12. They belong to a unique club. Why?
  • 29. Ans
  • 30. 13. ID the name removed
  • 31. Ans • Belinda Clarke (Aus Women) • First international cricketer to score a double hundred in ODI
  • 32. 14. ID the guy in the pic-frame above
  • 35. Ans • The celebrity Wil Wheaton is an avid Twitter user, and when he obtained half a million followers, this number was deemed to be 1 Wheaton.
  • 37. Ans • Nanook of the North (1922) • first feature-length documentary
  • 38. 17. Simple .ID the bridge or river
  • 39. Ans • The Bridge on the river Kwai
  • 40. 18. Connect (not exhaustive list)
  • 41. Ans All having Geographical Indication (GI) status from India • Thanjavur Painting • Assamese Muga Silk • Basmati Rice • Darjeeling Tea • Bikaneri Bhujia
  • 42. 19. a)ID the cartoonist b) Claim to fame of this cartoon
  • 43. Ans • Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die", which depicts a snake whose severed parts represent the Colonies, is acknowledged as the first political cartoon in America.
  • 44. 20. Which common phrase in English originated from this event depicted? • Rembrandt's 'Belshazzar's Feast' (1635) Or- Mene, Mene, Tekel u-Pharsin (literally "numbered, weighed, divided.“)
  • 45. Last Question was dedicated to The Wall. So long Dravid !
  • 46. Ans : The phrase "the writing is on the wall" is now a popular idiom for "something bad is about to happen". • It originates from the Biblical book of Daniel chapter 5 in which the fingers of a supernatural hand write a mysterious message in the presence of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, who is meanwhile drinking at a major feast. It is revealed by Daniel that the writing foretells the demise of the Babylonian Empire and the story concludes with the Medes and the Persians killing the king and capturing Babylon (wiki)