All Hail the King - Post by Shyam Shreyas

Manas Wi, as he calls himself now, walks up to a bunch of QuizCorpers, as we call ourselves, after a UTPT quiz, and goes, “Nice quizzes da. We have the Arbitarium, the Sports Quiz and the General Quiz at Utsav. You guys should come.” Varun hits him with, “You guys should really call these the Arbitarium, the Arbit Sports, and the Arbit General Quizzes.”

The King, may he rest in peace, always was quick-witted and sharp-tongued. Once you got to know him better, you realized that he applied the same rules to himself and was always a sport about being the butt of jokes, poor and great impressions of his rants included. He was one of the ‘cool’ quizzers, at least by my definition of having fun while quizzing than indulge in it as it were the competitive sport we often make it out to be.

He was a loyal friend, who always kept in touch and loved hanging with QC whenever he could. Datta, Cry and I met for a drink a few months before I left Bangalore and I have revisited that evening many times over in the last few hours. When I called him on one of the UTPT 2011 nights, he wrote back thanking me for the call and told me he missed hanging with QC during UTPT the most.

Being one of the ‘responsible’ seniors of QuizCorp, I am fairly certain that Kryptos (guess I’d have to explain, Kryptonite/Kryptos is my team at QC, I refuse to use the past tense here) had a significant role in introducing Varun to the ‘pleasures’ that the world had to offer and watch him grow up. He always was a fun drunk. I’m sure Jose, Soda and Raj have more stories to recount about Cry’s antics at NITK/IIT/Any given quiz fest where he was drunk.

Maybe I would have had more stories to talk about had I stayed in touch as he often pestered me to. The guilt hangs heavy. The last conversation I had with him, he was telling me how he would have loved to be in NY with the rest of us, but circumstances dictated otherwise. We had a minor disagreement, but looking back, I know I was wrong.

The King had a penchant for poking people in the eye to size them up and take them on. This time, he went too far.

To the Prince... I knew - RIP Varun

By Rajan (Casillas)

It was my final year of Engineering - two semesters and a few months as a active member of RV QuizCorp. While many of my seniors were around; it was and is just not the same if you are out of college - a feeling till date I have, whenever I attend (and so rarely) one of the RVQC hosted quizzes or the OTRs.

Back in the college, I loved sports quizzing over other topics and probably movies gave a good run to my otherwise heavy inclination towards sports. It was after the fresher's quiz in 2005 I met two bright students - both shy and had passion for quizzing and the excitement was to be seen if and when the question remotely came close to having a sporting connection.

I guess being a three-year senior didn't matter to us as 'sports' ended up being the ice breaker.

'Varun' as I called him lived close to my house. On most occasions he was my pillion while on our way back home. It was not a surprise that we talked a lot of about sports and I was impressed with the fact that he was ears when I went about talking. Over the course of few months in his first semester, we participated in quite a few 'Sports Quizzes' held in Bangalore. He became my teammate for two member teams and Aditya (Bagri) joined us for the teams of three event.

What do I recall? A shy, nervous guy of 18 years uttering the word 'Pickles' when asked to identify the dog's name on the screen. Probably, I remember the incident vividly as it happened to be our first quiz together and he answered it while I was struggling to recall the name correctly. We came second in that open quiz. He was excited like a kid and I remember the joy he had - while we were having some tea at his place that evening. His mum joined in as well. And not to forget him being a ardent supporter of Liverpool FC.

There is a tradition in RV QuizCorp - about not losing finals at the NLS Sports Quiz. NLS hosted one of the best sports quizzes in town and being in the final year - there were expectations. Let's say we nailed it as a team and I was happy to see these two 'young' sports enthusiasts would take 'the strong sports tradition of Quiz Corp' forward. That was 2005!

He visited my place often and we would end up spending a lot of them just talking about sports! We kept in touch after my college graduation. We met at the OTRs or the UTPT which I attended till 2008. I was out of India by the time he graduated in 2009. He promptly used to send me the sports quizzes he conducted, in particular the 'Game Theory' of 2009.  

Call it a three-year gap - I did not get to be an active part in his transition from a prince to be a guy known as the 'King' by his peers. To this day, I do not know the origin of his nickname but knew him a little to pen a few lines from my memory.

To Varun, RIP - You will always be remembered by me as 'the prince' and in who I saw a bit of myself whenever it came down to sports! 

Informals '14 Part 8: Bollywood qqqqqqqquiz (not kkkkiran)

                                                                                    By   Nupur Neti, 1^st Year TC

                                                                                           Progya Parmita ,1^st Year IEM

1.       Connect : Maqbool, Omkara, Ram Leela, Angoor

2.       ID this minimalist poster:

                        

3.       X is located in Mumbai. It is also known as Bollywood’s Box Office. On 11 January 2013, it broke the Guinness record for something. ID the place and what is the record it broke?

4.       You see, the whole country of the system is juxtaposition by the haemoglobin in the atmosphere because you are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity. Where have you heard this?

5.       X became CNN's Top Song in 2012. Its rapid spread to nightclubs and discos in Tokyo, Japan were reported soon after release, and a viral video of Japanese women dancing to it spread soon afterwards. Police officers in India used versions of the song and its title to combat road rage and encourage bike riders to wear helmets. However In April 2012, a petition was filed seeking a ban on the song citing negative influence on children, claiming to inciting violence and aggression. ID X.

6.       X was released in the 90s. While it didn’t initially do well at the box office, it has grown to have a cult following. It repeatedly references to another iconic movie Y which was written by the father of one of X’s lead actors. X and Y are so famous mainly due to their memorable dialogues, friendships and hilarious antics. The same actor plays the second in command to the main villain in X as well as  Y.  Both X and Y are in the top 3 for the list of highest rated Bollywood movies by IMDb. ID X and Y. 

7.       X is the screen name of Mary Evans who was born to a Greek mother and a Scottish father. Her role often involved beating up Indian men and a lot of stunts which gave her the first part of her screen name. She was famous for her role in the movie Hunterwali, one of the first female lead movies in Bollywood. ID X.

8.       X was born as Johnrao Prakashrao Janumala and brought up in Dharavi. As a child, he earned money by selling pens on the streets of Bombay by imitating Bollywood stars and later worked with factor in Hindustan Unilever’s factory where his performances earned him the name X. He is one of the most well-known actors in his field and is inspired by Johnny Walker, Kishore Kumar and Mehmood. ID X.

9.       X was initially to be named Inquilaab as his mother was profoundly influenced by the freedom movement. He moved to Bombay to work as a film actor but for a long was rejected repeatedly as film makers wanted someone fairer and “He just wasn’t fair enough”. Hence he moved on to narration and background for many years until Indira Gandhi sent a personal letter of recommendation and thus he got his big break. ID X

10.   X is the first Hindi film to gross over  1 billion, and when adjusted for inflation, it is still one of the highest earning Bollywood films ever. Painter (Late) M. F. Husain was reported to have seen the film 85 times. Filmmaker Karan Johar named it as the one film that changed his life. ID X.

11.   X is a movie whose title is taken from a poem by Dushyanth Kumar and is heavily inspired by another poem written by Ram Prasad Bismil. The film went under severe controversy - first there was some uncertainty over shooting appropriate scenes inside the Amritsar Golden Temple and a 20-second horse race was cut on claims put forward by Maneka Gandhi. What is X?

12.   X had the following to say of the English Band Y : “People say that Y are a fad. But I don’t think so…If you listen to Y properly, you get a feel of old Roman music. Sometimes you get a feel of Indian music, sometimes you get a feel of Assamese folk songs.” ID X and Y.

13.   Music for this song X is done by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and is considered THE song in catapulting this actress on her road to success. A favourite when it comes to antakshari games, the movie released in 1987. The song was such  a success that Filmfare introduced a whole new category of awards - The best choreography award. ID X.

Informals' 14 Part 7: It's time for the gentlemen's game! Ready?

                                                                                By  Rakshith S Ponnathpur,

1^st Year CSE

                                                                                                                    

1) X, considered as one of the finest batsmen of his era, is often confused for another person of historical importance. Even though X played both international and first class cricket for another country, the premier domestic trophy of his home country was named after him. Y, his fellow countryman, was associated with their nation’s cricket board from its inception in 1928 till his death in 1970. A domestic trophy was introduced to commemorate the 25^th anniversary of the domestic trophy named after X, and this new trophy was named after Y.  X, Y and the two domestic cups please?

2) X -  229
Virender Sehwag – 219
Rohit Sharma – 209
Sachin Tendulkar – 200*
Charles Coventry – 194*
Saeed Anwar – 194              Id X.

3) The SKY channel introduced this concept which uses the past statistics of every team to analyse, and predict the final score of the team batting first, and to calculate the probability of the team batting second chasing the target successfully. This was seen in the recent India vs New Zealand ODI series and proved to be pretty reliable. What is this new concept?

4) Starting Out: My Story So far  à Alastair Cook
    Out of My Comfort Zone à Steve Waugh
    Playing with Fire à Nasser Hussain
    Blood, Sweat and Treason à Henry Olonga
    Controversially Yours à X       Give me X?
 

5) Give me X, Y and the ???s

2008	158*	Brendon Mc.Cullum	KKR	CSK
2009	114	X	RCB	???
2010	127	Murali Vijay	CSK	???
2011	120*	Y	KXIP	Unsold
2012	128	Chris Gayle	RCB	RCB
2013	175*	Chris Gayle	RCB	RCB

6) X was the only Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as India's best batsman against spin bowling. When he was selected for 1971 tour of West Indies, many considered it to be his last. But he scored a match-winning double hundred and a match-saving hundred and regained his lost form, thus earning the name “The Renaissance Man of Indian Cricket.” X’s son also went on to play first class cricket in another country, and is a famous personality in India in a completely different field today. Id X, and his son.

7) London – Kennington; Barbados – Kensington; Colombo – P Sara; Hobart – Bellerive; Adelaide – ____
FITB and Put FUNDA (in exhaustive list)

8) Rahul Dravid – 2004;  X – 2009;   Virender Sehwag – 2010
These are the three Indians on an inexhaustive list.
Id X. Which list?

9) It was a very important match. One of the biggest matches of the tournament. Pakistan was chasing and X was playing magnificent cricket scoring runs all over the park. Y came in to bowl. X was in no mood to defend. He went down the track and smacked the ball to the point boundary and asked Y to look at the ball and not at him. But then, Y kept quiet. And the next ball, BANG! The stumps were dislodged. Y did the talking with his ball and literally showed the lost batsman the way back to the pavilion. This is undoubtedly one of the signature moments of a contest we all would love to watch anyday. X, Y and the venue for this match?

10) Pick the odd one out and give a specific reason
Adam Gilchrist, Aravinda De Silwa, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Sir Viv Richards
(Timeline of their career is not the answer)

Answers to Informals '14 Part 6

1. Albert Einstein. He didn’t fail high school and was of course brilliant in Maths
2. Catherine O’Leary along with her cow were framed for the great Chicago fire of 1871.
3. X- Vikings  Y-Horned helmets
4. Flat Earth and Flat Earth Society
5. Vomitorium
6. Goldfish have a memory span of 3 seconds
7. a penny dropped from top of  Empire State Building will kill a person
8.  Dracula and decapitation
9. sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch a.k.a five senses
10. Napoleon Bonaparte

UTPT '14 Prizes

So here’s the most important update about UTPT - prize money! Huge prize money up for grabs this time as well.

Sakkath Sawaal:
1st place: ₹4000, 2nd place: ₹2000

Game Theory:
1st place: ₹9000, 2nd place: ₹7500, 3rd place: ₹6000

Indi-genius
1st place: ₹9000, 2nd place: ₹7500, 3rd place: ₹6000

Ψ-Tech:
1st place: ₹9000, 2nd place: ₹7500, 3rd place: ₹6000

Lieut-en-ent:
1st place: ₹9000, 2nd place: ₹7500, 3rd place: ₹6000

The Major Quiz:
1st place: ₹9000, 2nd place: ₹7500, 3rd place: ₹6000

The Magnum Open:
1st place: ₹18000, 2nd place: ₹15000, 3rd place: ₹12000
Additional exciting prizes:
Best School Team
Best College Team
Best Corporate Team

UTPT '14 Schedule

Here goes the revised schedule of Asia's Largest Quiz Fest happening at RVCE (March 20-23)!!

Day 1 [IEM AUDITORIUM,RVCE]

9.30 A.M                  Indi-Genius Prelims

11 A.M                     Sakkath Sawaal Prelims

1 P.M                       Indi-Genius  Finals

3.30 P.M                   SciBizTech Prelims 
4.30 P.M                   SciBizTech Finals

Day 2 [IEM AUDITORIUM, RVCE]

8.45 A.M                  Sakkath Sawaal Finals

10 A.M                     Game Theory Prelims
11.30 A.M                Game Theory  Finals

3 P.M                       Lieut-En-Ent Prelims 
4.30 P.M                  Lieut-En-Ent Finals

Day 3 [RVCE]
Lots of informal quizzes

Day 4 [NMKRV Auditorium, Jayanagar]
9 A.M                       General Quiz 

3 P.M                       Magnum Open 

1. Sakkath Sawaal (The Karnataka Quiz)
     This is a quiz which will amaze each and every kannadiga out there with its own set of brilliant fundae and karnatakada suddhi samacharagalu which will prove to be as interesting as it could get! So gear up for this new addition to list of quizzes. 

2. Indi-genius (The India Quiz)
     Its gonna deal with anything and everything be it epics Ramayana, Mahabharata to  politics, Bollywood, current affairs, ecology, cricket and what not! It wouldn't be enough to say it all about our Mother India.

3.Ψ-Tech (The Business, Science and Technology Quiz)  
    So all the science, tech and biz maniacs out there, its a wonderful deal here to win a good amount! Just turn up , showcase your knowledge and you will have loads of fun(funda!) . 

4.Game Theory (The Sports Quiz)

    This is for all the Sport freaks who could really check if its worth spending hours together glued to the TV (even at odd times). So be ready to discover how good/bad you're at it and try your luck!!

5.Lieut-en-ent (The Literature and Entertainment Quiz)

    If your totally crazy about everything related to literature, here is the place where you should be and you could make use of this opportunity provided you are equally an entertainment fanatic at the same time!! Dont miss it!


6.The Major Quiz (The General Quiz)

    Here is the quiz where you can prove your mettle in general knowledge area. So test your skills where topics may include anything between life, modern world, celebs, science, ent and anything general one can think of!

7.The Magnum Open (The Open General Quiz)

      This is the quiz which is totally open to the public irrespective of age, conducted by  the well known quizzer Nitish Khadiya, an R.V.Alumnus. So don't forget to turn up at NMKRV!!

UTPT's back with a bang

So March is here and with it, UTPT, Asia's largest quiz fest. This 16th edition of Under The Peepal Tree will occur alongside 8th Mile, RVCE's biannual fest. This time, UTPT promises to be bigger and better, with some amazing prize money and amazing-er fundae. Get ready for four full days of unlimited fun and be here to witness the jaw dropping, head scratching, most entertaining, face palming moments, hi five scenes and more of an exciting experience!! So get your friends along and do spread the word! UTPT 2014 is happening from 20th to the 23rd of March, with the first two days at RVCE, Mysore Road and the next two at RVTC Jayanagar. The complete schedule can be found here. So be there or be square! (or any other shape, we don’t discriminate). And do feel free to contact us in case of any queries.

Informals '14 Part 6: Fake Fundas

                                                                                       By  Sethupati K, 1^st Year Mech 

                                                                                                           

1)  In 1896, a school in the city of Aarau, decided to change their grading system. Getting a ‘6’,which previously meant having a tough time in class, now meant that he/she passed with flying colors and similarly getting a ‘1’ which was supposed to denote class toppers now stood next to the class failures’ names. So naturally when anybody went through X’s report card later, he/she must have thought what a dumb guy he was in school after looking at a string of 1s.Simply identify X

2)  Years after the accident occurred, a newspaper reporter Michael Ahern accepted that he had invented the story so that it would make the copy more colorful. But the damage had already been done. The lady and her poor creature referenced in his story, were the talk of the town and were blamed for it. Being an Irish, she was subjected to hate and finally died as a heartbroken person. While Daniel ‘Peg Leg’ Sullivan was thought to be the main culprit behind the accident, the lady was finally freed of all guilt only in 1997 when a historian came to her (late)rescue. ID the lady and her supposed crime.

3)  As of today, there is no actual evidence of X wearing Y. This idea of X wearing Y, originated from a 1876 production of the Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle by Richard Wagner. Actually it was the costume designer Carl Emil Doopler who created Y for the characters appearing in the production and our generation would have seen it mostly in Flintstones. ID X and Y

4)  Some headlines from ____  ____ News during the 1970s and early 1980s which was a quarterly 4 page tabloid released by the organization of the same name. FITB

·         "Whole World Deceived... Except the Very Elect" (Dec. 1977)

·         "Australia Not Down Under" (May 1978)

·         "Sun Is a Light 32 Miles Across" (Dec. 1978)

·         "The Earth Has No Motion" (Jun. 1979)

·         "Nikita Krushchev Father of NASA" (Mar. 1980)

·         "Galileo Was a Liar" (Dec. 1980)

·         "Science Insults Your Intelligence" (Sep. 1980)

·         "The Earth Is Not a Ball; Gravity Does Not Exist" (Mar. 1981)

5)  A X is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre or a stadium, through which big crowds can exit rapidly at the end of a performance. They can also be pathways for actors to enter and leave stage. But the common misconception with regards to X is that Ancient Romans built designated spaces of the same name for a relevant purpose as a part of binge eating cycle. ID X

6)  Researchers recently conducted experiments with a certain aquatic creature and debugged a popular myth. They successfully taught the creature to play fetch, push levers, do the limbo, and even play soccer. If they are fed around the same time of day, they also remember that and will anticipate the feeding leading up to that time, which implies they have a very good sense of time. They also have been shown to be able to recognize their masters and even pick their favorites (usually the one who feeds them).What popular fact was deemed nonsense as a result of these experiments?

7)  In 2003, the popular show Mythbusters busted this world known fact when they conducted the actual experiment and their verdict was, "A ____'s terminal velocity is too low for it to penetrate human skin - let alone penetrate concrete or asphalt - even when fired from a rifle from that height.".Straightdope.com pitched in by saying a _____ would gain a maximum of roughly 280ft/s and from that height(1250ft) would not cause any harm as it had less mass and would also experience tumbling. Which fact was busted?

8)  Killing X is a long process. Subjecting X to solar radiation does not have any effect as X is seen to be walking in noon in Chapter 24. Simply impaling X is not gonna result in his death instead something else also must be done to ensure he rests in peace. Who is X and what is the additional process?

9)  If equilibrioception, thermoception, proprioception, nociception and interoception are in the Infamous Five, who are the Famous Five?

10) X was pretty tall compared to the average guy from his country. He was measured to be 5’2”(in the French scale) which would be 5’7” or 170cm in Imperial scale. But people took his height as 5’2” in Imperial scale and thought he was a short guy and given the fact that he was always surrounded by the tall Imperial Guards his height was lost in translation forever. Whom are we talking about?

Answers to Informals '14 Part 5

1) Robert Langdon
2) Sherlock
3) Willy wonka
4) Walter White
5) James Bond
6) Anna Karenina
7) Count Dracula
8) Count of Monte Cristo
9) Anne Frank
10) Eragon

Informals '14 Part 5: Popular Characters

 By  Pavithra Tagore, 1st Year IEM                                                                                                  

       Shreya Guddin ,1st Year IEM

1.       X is the alter ego of his creator. In the novel series, X’s publisher’s name, Jonas Faukman is an anagram of X’s creator, Jason Kaufman. Quoting directly from the book about a frequently referred to accessory: “Although its juvenile dial often drew odd looks, X had never owned any other ______; Disney animations had been his first introduction to the magic of form and colour, and Mickey now served as X's daily reminder to stay young at heart.” This popular novel series featuring X has been adapted into films. Who is X?

2.       The comic book character Batman was partially inspired by X.  Batman himself resembles X, making use of his wide knowledge of peculiar things in order to solve cases. Also like X, Batman has an immense knowledge in different hand to hand combat techniques that range from boxing to Asian martial arts. Alfred Pennyworth is a former British Army Medic who serves as Batman's confidant in moments of doubt and in head-scratching cases; he also writes about Batman and his cases; just like X’s best friend and confidant. Who is X?

3.       When a movie featuring X was made, the film’s initial copyright was held by the Quaker Oats company. Inspired by one of X’s products, the real world now has a medicinal marijuana strain named X Bubblicious. X is a fictional character from one of Roald Dahl’s novels.      Who is X?

4.       X shares his name with one of the greatest poets of the 19th century, who wrote ‘Leaves of Grass’-a poetry collection. This great poet agonized over it, making edits and additions his ENTIRE life.  He revised it over and over throughout his life and was continuing to work on making it perfect right up until his dying breath.  This was his baby, so to speak.  This was his blue ____ – the chemical compound that X perfected which gave meaning to his world.  The item that X worked meticulously on creating and then re-creating until it was the most superior product on the market. 

Who is X?

5.       The lead character of a book (also a movie), written by Ian Fleming, is X-an agent of the Secret Service. Fleming named X after the author of an ornithology guide. In the first draft of X, Fleming decided to use the name James Secretan as X’s cover name while on missions. Within the first few pages of the book, Fleming introduced most of X’s unusual habits and trademarks, which included his looks, his Bentley, his drinking and smoking habits. Fleming describes X as a compound of all the secret agents and commandos he met during the 2nd World War.

6.       “Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.” said X. X is a beautiful, aristocratic married woman from St. Petersburg whose pursuit of love and emotional honesty makes her an outcast from society. She despises her husband who she thinks is fake and has an illicit affair. Who is X?

7.       X claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun. Lucy Westenra was X’s first victim. X was a voivode who was notably attached to Y who consumed insects and other beings to absorb their power. In the real world there is a syndrome named Y syndrome commonly exhibited by schizophrenics. X and Y please.

8.       In John Rizal’s novel, El Filibusterismo, the protagonist returns as Simoun, a rich jeweller to avenge the betrayal he experienced and recover his fiancée, Maria Clara. It is said that this tale was heavily influenced by another popular character who returns from prison with the help of a “mad priest” to avenge his betrayal. Which character are we talking about?

9.       Who was this written by?

 10.     Following is a critic review of X, a film based on the novel of the same name:

"X is such a clone of "The Lord of the Rings," it probably could lose a plagiarism suit. There's also a heavy dash of "Harry Potter". The hero is X, who lives with his uncle in a Hobbiton-like village and doesn't know he's pregnant with magical powers and destined to free his people from tyranny.  The author of the novel on which the film is based, was only 15 when he wrote it, and, frankly, it shows. Its star looks like Prince William but has no personality, and its scenes are geared to set up the franchise, with no resolution. At 104 minutes, it's more than an hour shorter than the first "Rings" installment, with none of its unity and stand-alone satisfaction. All that was missing were the hobbits.” X?

                                                                                               

Answers to Informals '14 Part 4

1.    The Justice Friends (PPG)

2.    Courage the Cowardly dog show

3.    X=Dialga, Y= Palkia, Z= Giratina

4.    The grim adventures of Billy and Mandy ,X=Billy,Y=Mandy

5.    X=Platypus ; Y=Phineas and Ferb

6.    Jetfire(those are his transformation vehicles)

7.    Dragon ball GT’s Dragons

8.    The Jackie Chan Adventures

9.    X= Scrappy Doo, Y= Scooby Doo

10.  X=Nibbles, Yand Z = Jerry and Tom

11.  Codename: Kids Next Door

12.   Ed, Edd and Eddy

13.   Green lanterns

14.   X=Sherlock Holmes, Y = Spock

Informals '14 Part 4: Cartoons and Comics

                                                                                               By  Nihal Mohan, 1^st Year Mech 

                                                                                                      Suraj Manjesh  ,1^st Year CSE

1. Where would you find Val Hallen, Major Glory, and The Infraggable Krunk?

2. A TV anchorman announces, "We interrupt this program to bring you...X the Y show, starring X, the Y! Abandoned as a pup, he was found by ______, who lives in the middle of Nowhere with her husband, _______ _____.... But creepy stuff happens in Nowhere. It's up to X to save his new home!"  this is the opening lines of which show?

3. X and Y are considered to be the creators of time and space whereas Z represents antimatter.

 X and Y fight a lot and on one occasion, Z intervenes. Z is supposedly banished to a world on the reverse side for its violence. Give me X, Y, Z who are also known as the creation trio.

4.  ________________________ follows two children named X and Y, who after winning a limbo game to save X's ten-year-old pet hamster, gain the mighty Grim Reaper as their best friend in eternal servitude and slavery forever and ever. X is a dim-witted , optimistic and kind-hearted whereas Y is dark. ill-tempered, sinister and very intelligent. ID the show (blank) and X and Y.

5.  The choice of a X as the Pet in Y was inspired by media underuse as well as to exploit the creatures striking appearance. The choice of X also gives freedom to "make stuff up" since "no one knows very much about them." X and Y?

6. Connect: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed martin F22 Raptor, An-255 Cossack Transport plane, VF-1S Super Valkyrie, F14 tomcat, SU-27 Flanker and some more to a fictional character.

7.  Connect - Haze, Rage, Oceanus, Naturon, Nuova, Eis, Syn and Omega.

8.  In X, holding one of the 12 _______ will give its holder one of the following superhuman abilities - Animation of inanimate objects, Super Strength, Balance, Super Speed, Combustion, Invisibility, Healing/Renewal, Astral Projection, Shape-shifting, Levitation, Immortality and Heat Vision.

 Id the show, X .

9.  X was born to Y’s sister at St. Bernard’s hospital on December 20  1979. but another episode shows that X met Y when it was young. X idolizes his uncle Y and helps Y and his friends in solving mysteries. Y is VERY popular. X was initially considered a breakout character that brought the series to fame but was later credited for the show’s decline. X and Y please who share a common 3 letter surname?

10.  X is also known by the name Tuffy. Initially, he was presented as a peer of Y with no relation to him. In later episodes, he was made Y’s nephew. X speaks more than Y. He is depicted as speaking in different ways on different occasions which include French, Saxon, English, British cockney etc. X is usually depicted as being hungry. Although Y cares for X, he gets mad at Y whenever he does something dangerous or reckless. X and Y? If it’s any hint, Y and Z are very famous….

11.  Nigel Uno, Hoagie Gilligan Jr., Kuki  Sanban, Wallaby “Wally” Beatles, Abigail “Abby” Lincoln are the ‘real’ names of which group of ‘agents’? Name of the show is sufficient.

12.  This is the longest running Cartoon network Original series and Canadian-made animated series to date. It follows the lives of three adolescent boys who all share variations in the same name. The series takes place in the town of peach creek. One is a strong, dim-witted workhorse of the group, the other is an inventor, neat freak, and the most intelligent of the them. The last one is a greedy, ill-tempered con artist, loudmouth, and self-appointed leader of the Trio.

ID the three which will also give you the name of the show

13.  X are a group of intergalactic police with john stewart a.k.a _____ being one of its most famous members..  X's uniform consists mainly of their signature colour which is also reflected in their name.. Id X

14.  X and Y ,though of totally different works of fiction have been referenced to each other and hence Y believed to be a descendant of X. the reason being that in one of the episodes, Y says a famous quote by X and attributes it to his ancestor. Because of this, there has been a great deal of fan fiction depicting X as a ______. Many suggest that the creator of Y wanted Y to be a descendant of the creator of X from his mother’s side. Anyway, X and Y yaaru?

Answers to Informals '14 Part 3

1. Sardar Patel and the statue of unity

2. SM Krishna , Shashi Tharoor were ordered to vacate a 5 star hotel room

3. Shanti Bhushan, AAP

4.  Atal Bihari Vajpayee

5.  Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, Book – Jayaprakash

6. Alka Lamba

7.  President of France or Francois Hollande for now

8. John Kerry and Heinz

9. Yingluck Shinawatra and Thailand

10.Kim Philby

Informal'14 Part 3 :SIMPLY POLITICS!

                                                                               By Rakshith Ponnathpur, 1^stYearCSE 

                                                                                             Sanjay Vinayak ,1^st Year CSE

1)   When X was in the court defending an innocent man,a message was given to him about

 the death of his wife. X did not show any feelings and fought the case.At last the judge asked 

him what was the message given to him was by the unknown person. X replied sadly that his

 wife had died..Something about X is going on, which is supposed to set a world record. Put 

funda

2)   In September 2009, both X and Y were ordered by the then FM, Pranab Mukherjee to vacate from a particular place. X was then Y ‘s boss. Both are from neighbouring states in south India and both have been ministers of cabinet rank . X was also the cm of a state and Y has been in the news recently. Id X and Y and the place from where (general) they were ordered to vacate?

3)  X is a former law minister of India and also a very senior advocate. X was featured on the list of one of the most powerful persons in India according to a survey by The Indian Express. He was a member of both the BJP and Congress and is the founding member of a political party Y. In Dec 2013, he was falsely accused of writing a newspaper article in 'Mail Today' defaming the leader of Y. Id X and Y.

 4)    Here is X’s political record 

    Balrampur – 1957, 1967
    Gwalior – 1971
    New Delhi – 1977, 1980
    Vidisha – 1991
    Gandhinagar – 1996
    Lucknow – 1991, 1996, 1998

X is the only politician who has won from 6 different constituencies and from four different states. Id X.

5)   His biography _________ was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature, Ramavruksha Benipuri. Returning from the US in late 1929 as a supporter of Marxist theories, _______ joined the Indian National Congress on the invitation of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1929; Mahatma Gandhi became his mentor in the Congress. When he was imprisoned at the Hazaribhag Jail during the Quit India Movement, his friend Yogendra Shukla put him on his shoulders, scaled the prison wall and carried him on his shoulders for a distance of about 124 kms and reached Gaya to join the protests. Eventually, he won the Magsassay Award for Public Service in 1965 and became the 10th posthumous awardee of the Bharat Rathna in 1998. Who is he?

6) X won the Delhi Student Union Presidential Election by a huge margin in 1995. X became All India Convenor of the NSUI in 1996 and in 1997, X was appointed as the All India President of NSUI. X was part of the National Commission for Women until 2012 when she was removed from the NCW for naming a sexual assault victim. Some of X’s achievements include winning the ‘Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award For working for the women’s cause’  in 2009 and ‘Shresht Stree Award in Student Leadership’ in 1996. X is the chairman of NGO “Go India Foundation” and was in the news recently. Who is X?

International:

7)  The Co-Princes of Andorra are the two rulers of the Principality of Andorra, a small landlocked nation lying in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain. Founded in 1278 through a treaty between the Catalan Bishop of Urgell and the French Count of Foix, this unique monarchial arrangement has persisted through medieval times to the present day.  Currently, the Bishop of Urgell and X serve as Andorra's co-princes, following the transfer of the Count of Foix's claims to the Crown of France, and thence to the French Republic.ID X?

8)   X currently holds one of the most powerful posts in the world. X played a crucial role in pushing for USA's invasion of Iraq in 2003. X's spouse is heiress to a world famous    ketchup manufacturer. Gimme X and the ketchup manufacturer

9) __________ is a businesswoman and a politician. She is the youngest female PM of her country at 45.Her country has been in the news recently due to political agitations against her and her party for trying to pass a bill that would provide amnesty to her brother and party cadres over murder charges. FIB and give me her country.

10)  Y was a member of the Order of the British Empire and also a high ranking member of British Intelligence.In 1963, Y was revealed to be a member of the spy ring now known as the Cambridge Five serving KGB and NKVD. The antagonist of a recent 2011 movie 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is said to be based on Y. ID Y