Infinite Bounce

1.Who when asked why women cannot be associated with his best known work replied “It is simply because women do not have prostates!”? This single handedly reflects the nature of that work. And, among other things of considerable importance, his relevance with modern sports is ironic since, his middle name is Barclays and he has played in two recorded first class cricket matches against Northamptonshire.

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• Samuel “Barclay” Beckett • The work obviously was the chauvinist Waiting for Godot.

2.Finish this exhaustive list with logic.

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• Awardees of Wisden Leading Cricketers in the world. • • • • •

2007 Jacques Kallis 2006 Muttiah Muralitharan 2005 Andrew Flintoff 2004 Shane Warne 2003 Ricky Ponting

3.Identify the movie.

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4. This battle was fought at a small village near Yorkshire, England on 25th September, 1066. It is said to be the final fall of the Vikings. King Harold Godwinson caught the Norwegian forces of King Harald by surprise and pushed them to the village and defeated them mercilessly. However, he was later killed by the the remaining forces three weeks later at Hastings. Nevertheless, this ensured England to be free from imminent Viking attacks. This has found its way into Old English literature and a contemporary something. Name this battle which was named after the village and is also called the Battle of Harolds..

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5.A was the inspiration for B.C was inspired by both A and B. Identify the painters. •A shows Napoleon's soldiers executing Spanish civilians under the orders of Joachim Murat. •B shows the Execution of the Emperor Maximilian . •C is a protest against US’ deployment of troops under United Nations flag during the Korean War.

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• Goya – The Third of May 1808 • Manet – The Execution of Emperor Maxillan • Picasso – A Massacre in Korea.

6.Connect.

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Captain Haddock’s Expletives • • • • • •

Barnacles Typhoon Duck Billed Porcupine Bandits Bagpipes

7.Identify.

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• Dr.Kotnis.

8.This film won the Palm De Or despite the fact that the jury head, 7. 7. Tennessee Williams detested violent movies. The plot has similarities with Shane, a 1953 George Stevens movie and The Searchers, a 1956 John Ford movie. However, the director has claimed that few of the shot sequences were inspired from Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man. It has been shot in a disinterested documentary style and has been given a greater depth by lengthy improvisations on sessions prior to filming. One example of which is the smoking gutter in the opening credits. Which movie?

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9.This word was originally derived from the mural decoration of excavated classical grottoes. It consisted of panels where fantastic shapes of human beings and animals were joined together by flowers, garlands and arabesques into a symmetrical design covering the wall or ceiling. It was a very popular form of art in the 16th century. The term came to be applied to things of distorted exaggeration and humour in various art forms and otherwise. Which word?

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• Grotesque

10.After being highly inspired by Jai Dev’s Geet Govinda, this originated in the Himalayan foothills of Punjab and had a life span, more less from 1650 to 1820. It was first found at Basholi and then echoed in places like Bilaspur, Guler,Jammu, Kangra and Mandi. What is being talked about?

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• Pahari Painting.

11.Identify the movie.

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12.The European Coal and Steel industries flourished in the early 50s and was the main providers for industrial military muscle power. In relation to this, Robert Schuman, the then French Foreign minister affirmed on 9th May, 1950 that “any war between France and Germany would be not only unthinkable but merely materially impossible”. And, thus what?

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13.Identify the person, or the book.

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14.This composer’s musical style has often been compared to that of Impressionist painters. Among his major works, were composing the Preludes, which he did at London, where he had been for the premiere for this iconic musical Palleas. He also composed music for his unfinished project, the musical for The Fall of the House of Usher. Although, he confessed that this story made Poe exert an almost agonising tyranny on him. He is also known for arranging Eric Satie’s famous Gymnopadies. Igor Stravinsky said of him, “The musicians of my generation and me owe the most to him”. Identify this genius.

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• Claude Debussy.

15.Identify both players and the unique record held by them.

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They have played for 7 EPL clubs • Les Ferdinand – QPR, Newcastle, Spurs, West Ham, Leicester, Bolton and Reading. • Andy Cole – Newcastle, Man United, Rovers, Fulham, Man City, Portsmouth and Sunderland.

16.Identify the singer and the movie which many critics said that it defied Dorothy Parker’s remark : “ There is nothing called a happy ending.:

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17.

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Sherlock Holmes • An avid violin player. • Gained popularity through Strands Mag. • Robert Downey Jr, plays Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s next movie. • Ku Klux Klan appears in Five Orange Pips • Jeremy Brett immortalised Holmes on screen. • An expert Singlestick player

18. This is the first appearance of what?

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• The Republican Party Elephant

19.When his mother passed away in 1909 he decided to name his company after her. The steel he used was called acier inoxydable and he used Carbon 0.52 %,Chrome 15 %,Manganese 0.45 %, Molybdenum 0.5 %,Silicium 0.6 %.His product is now at times metaphorically used to describe the usefulness of a something. What are we talking about?

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• Swiss Army Knives • Victorinox after Victoria and Inox.

20.Who were the three directors given tribute in this movie? •Two, by naming the protagonists after them •Naming the park after one.

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• Sudhir Mishra • Vinod Chopra • Michelangelo Antonioni