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FITB and ID the speaker“Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit

'em, but remember it's a sin __ ___ _ __________."

1.

To Kill a MockingbirdSpeaker- Atticus Finch

Connect 2.

Head of states after whom Roads are named in DelhiSimon BolivarOlof PalmeKwame NkrumahJosep Broz TitoGamal Abdel NasserKemal Ataturk

Where did you hear this last year?3.

Justin Griner was on dialysis for six years and needed a new kidney. His wife

decided to use their son Sam Griner’s fame to help raise money for Justin's

operation and medication. They created a GoFundMe page and were eventually

able to raise more than $100,000 to help with medical care costs, well over their original goal of $75,000 and Justin got a kidney transplant. What’s the claim to

fame of Sam Griner?

4.

The Success Kid Meme Guy

New Zealand in March 2016 will vote in a referendum which will

decide whether ‘it’ remains or not. Meanwhile, Fiji will be doing away

with it in October. That would leave only three countries –Tuvalu, Niue and Australia with this relic which doesn’t evoke great memories for most. What is being talked about?

5.

Removing Union Jack from their Flags

While Jyoti Basu still holds the record as the longest serving Chief Minister, his record will be soon toppled by X,

whose party SDF has won 5 consecutive elections in the state

since 1994. While Jyoti Basu stayed as the CM of Bengal for 23 years, X has entered his 23rd year in power in

2016 after winning the 2014 elections and is expected to continue

till 2019. Who is X?

6.

Pawan Chamling, CM of Sikkim

The X’s dilemma, is a metaphor about the challenges of human intimacy. It describes a situation in which a group of Xs all seek to

become close to one another in order to share heat during cold weather. They must remain apart, however, as they cannot avoid hurting one another with their sharp spines. Though

they all share the intention of a close reciprocal relationship, this may not occur, for reasons

they cannot avoid.

Both Arthur Schopenhauer and Sigmund Freud have used this situation to describe what they feel is the state of the individual in relation to others in society. The X’s dilemma suggests

that despite goodwill, human intimacy cannot occur without substantial mutual harm, and what results is cautious behavior and weak

relationships.

7.

Hedgehog’s dilemma

A ______loan is a slang term for a loan extended to a borrower with "no income, no job and no assets". Whereas most lenders

require the borrower to show a stable stream of income or sufficient collateral, a ______loan ignores the verification process. These loans were at the heart of the 2008

financial crisis that crippled the global economy. What’s the word?

Hint: Look at the question carefully and think Japan.

8.

NINJA Loans

Writing for Politico, Nick Gass brought forth the following observations and hinted at a conspiracy.

Y received donations from both X and X’s son on separate occasions in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007, according to state and federal disclosure records.

X has also been generous with the Y Foundation, donating at least $100,000, according to the non-profit.

In another sign of their closeness, Y attended X’s 2005 wedding to X’s current spouse.Who are X and Y?

9.

X- Donald Trump, Y- Hillary Clinton.

Martin Goodman was returning from his European honeymoon in

1937, and had tickets on the Hindenburg airship. Goodman and

his wife couldn't get seats together, so they took a plane

which didn’t crash thankfully like the Hindenburg and we could have_______ which Goodman

started in 1939 as Timely Publications.

10.

Marvel

Which controversial figure hasn’t come out of this building since 2012?

11.

Julian Assang

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The Police of which city has two of the fastest cars as patrol cars -Lamborghini Aventador and Bugatti Veyron, apart from having Aston

Martin, Mclaren, Chevrolet, all able to exceed 190k/h, in its fleet?

12.

Dubai

In a match between Punjab and Tamil Nadu in Dec 2015, a particular incident happened which saw Paschim Pathak,

who was on the other side, do something innovative in the league matches of the

Vijay Hazare Trophy. This innovation made its way to intl cricket when John

Ward used it in the 4th ODI between India and Australia in Jan 2016. What

innovation?

13.

Umpire wearing helmet

X was one of the founders of the Indochinese Communist Party in

1930. For his political activities he was imprisoned by the French in 1930–36 and 1939–44. After his

second release he returned to Hanoi in 1945 and helped lead the Viet

Minh, as well as a revived communist party called the Vietnam Workers’ Party. He was the senior Viet Minh

official in southern Vietnam until the Geneva Accords of 1954. In 1973 he did something for which he became one half of an interesting trivia. Who

is he?Either tell me what he did or what’s

the trivia being talked about?

14.

Le Duc Tho. He declined the Nobel Peace Prize given to him jointly with Kissinger, making him only the second to decline a Nobel after Jean Paul Sartre did it in 1964.

The XY was an Indian newspaper established in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Begun by Nehru at a time when he seemed unable to make an impact on

the reactionary tendencies of the Congress Party it served as his

mouthpiece allowing him to address and endorse unpopular stances that he would

not have been able to defend as a politician through his editorial pieces for the paper. While the paper suffered from

financial troubles from the outset and was shut down briefly in the 1940s and 1970s, it finally ceased operations in

2008. Which newspaper?

15.

National Herald

In 1910, the rotating slot machine appeared as a device for dispensing

chewing gum and gave us the symbols still used on slot machines today. The

spinning flavors were cherry, orange and plum. Each wheel had a bar reading ‘1910

Fruit Gum,’ and three of those in a row paid off in a jackpot of gum. But if any

row came up a ______, there was no payout at all. Thus _____ became synonymous to a bad purchase or

disappointment and gave rise to a famous expression. What?

16.

When life gives you lemons

Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi was a Shia Muslim scholar in the 19th century born

in Kintoor, Uttar Pradesh. He left Lucknow in 1830, on a pilgrimage to the

tomb of Imam Ali in Najaf, and never returned. It is believed he settled in X in

1839. However, he continued to be known as ‘Hindi’ because of his Indian links. Little is known about his son. His grandson, whose name means ‘Spirit of God’, however, took up the name of the

village X as surname, and relegated ‘Hindi’ to his pen name in some of his

Ghazals?

Who was this grandson, who did way more for Islam (service or disservice, cant say) than his grandfather could?

17.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

What term, much in vogue

these days after the JNU

controversy, was first used in

this cartoon published on

March 29, 1950 by Herbert

Block?

18.

McCarthyism

There is some dispute over the origin of this word. One anecdote attributes the origin of the word to a meeting of

the Preston Temperance Society in 1833. The story attributes the word to Richard Turner, a member of the society who, having an impediment of speech, in addressing a meeting

remarked, that ‘partial would not do; they must insist upon’’… and then he stammered and now that’s how we

know the word. What word?

19.

Teetotaler

“_______ __ _______" is a term used by U.S. law enforcement when identifying

someone involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested

or formally accused of a crime. While terms such as suspect, target, and

material witness have clear and sometimes formal definitions, this term

remains undefined by the U.S. Department of Justice. Unsub is a similar

term which is short for "unknown subject“. What’s the term?

20.

Person of Interest

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Dry Round IFITB

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List It•Six official languages of UN• +5 for every correct• +10 bonus for getting all 6

correct

Six official languages of UN areArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish

Pounce and Bounce BeginsDifferential Pouncing

If 1 team pounces +20If 2 teams pounce +15If 2-5 teams pounce +10-10 on getting it negative on pounce

In public relations X is a form of propaganda, achieved through

providing favorable interpretations of the words and actions of a public figure. Public

relations advisors of Politicians are called XY. Although the term has

its origin in an old American expression, X is a term integral to

Cricket and XY is a sobriquet of Shane Warne’s mentor Terry

Jenner. Interestingly, one of the most popular XY was that of Tony Blair who shared his name with a national team captain of that time (in picture). What is XY and who

was Blair’s famous XY?

1.

Spin Doctor and Alastair Campbell

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, on 19 September 1965, then serving chief minister, X flew in Beechcraft

commuter to Kutch border between India and Pakistan. It was piloted by Jahangir Engineer, the former Indian Air Force pilot. The aircraft was shot down by Pakistan Air Force pilot Qais Hussain, assuming it to be a reconnaissance

mission. X was killed in the crash along with his wife, three members of his staff, one journalist and two crew members.

Who is this CM whose name is more famously associated with a very

important Parliamentary Committee?

2.

Balwant Rai Mehta

Scientists at the Queen Mary University of London have published

a study using a geographical profiling to suggest that Robert

Gunningham is X. Biologist Steve Le Comber told BBC, "What I thought I

would do is pull out the 10 most likely suspects, evaluate all of them and not name any," Le Comber said, "but it rapidly became apparent that

there is only one serious suspect, and everyone knows who it is."

Give me X.

3.

Banksy

The company was founded in Santiago de Cuba in 1862, and in 1910, became the

nation’s first multi-national company when it opened operations in Spain. But relations

between the company and Cuba soured greatly in 1960, when its operations were nationalized by the government following the Communist takeover there. As a result the company had to shift its base in US.

However, after decades of stand off, the fresh start to diplomatic relations have

given the company hope. “X is proud of its Cuban roots,” a company

representative said in a statement last year. “We have the utmost respect and

sympathy for the Cuban people with whom we share a common heritage.”

Which Company?

4.

A 2015 action movie came under fire from many quarters, including the

organization X. The charity group took legal action against its

misrepresentation of its members who have an international reputation for

being independent, neutral and impartial while working in conflict zones. The movie had the female protagonist playing a secret agent

while shown as working for the organization. The trailers of the movie

had the actress holding a gun while the org. has a strict no guns policy in

all their clinics and do not employ armed guards. Identify the

organization and the movie.

5.

Phantom and Medecins Sans Frontieres

 With the movement for Catalan

independence blowing hot and cold in the last decade, doubts over

Barcelona’s participation in La Liga have worried fans. When Ex

President Steve Roselli was asked about this by Sport, he said “If

Barcelona becomes independent, it would make no difference. It would keep on playing in the league just like ________ in _______ continues to

play in Ligue, despite being a separate state. I am convinced of

this,"

6.

AS Monaco and France

On April 8, 1966, the Time Magazine came

out with a unique cover asking a 3 word

question in large letters. The question

was a reference to the man in picture’s much popular words _____ __ _____. This was the first time the magazine had ever used just type on

its cover without an associated photo. However, it faced

severe backlash with 35,000 letters to the editors – the largest number of responses

to any one story in the history of the

magazine. What were the words?

7.

X was a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 1971-1977. Two of his

judgments form the basis of modern constitutional law. He had authored the

Basic structure doctrine of the Constitution of India. However, he is more

famous for being the only judge to dissent against the Court’s decision upholding the right of Prime Minister

Indira Gandhi’s Government to imprison political opponents at will and without

court hearings during Emergency in ADM Jabalpur. This cost him the chair of CJI as in 1977 Justice MH Beg, who decided in

favour of the government was appointed instead.

8.

Justice HR Khanna

During an impassioned

address to the U.N. General Assembly, X , irritated by the indifference of his

audience, astounded his

peers by taking off his shoe and pounding it

vigorously on the podium. His

indelible gesture not only captured the attention of

the audience, but it also transformed

their lack of interest into

outrage.

9.

Nikita Khrushchev

X received the Nobel Prize in traditional Punjabi attire and quoted the verses of the Quran in his

acceptance speech. However, he had already beeen disowned by his country. On his return in 1979,

there was no one from the public to receive him at the airport.

On the discovery of the ‘God-particle’, CNN’s report said this about him

“Imagine a world where the merchant of death is rewarded, while a scientific visionary is disowned

and forgotten. X helped lay the groundwork that led to the Higgs Boson breakthrough. And yet in his

country’s schools, his name is erased from the text books…”

Who is X and why the treatment?

10.

Abdus Salam; Ahmadiya Persecution

In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China in 2013, passed

a law banning X without govt. permission. The law strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to X.

Beyond the absurdity was China’s real motive which is to cut off Dalai

Lama’s influence. The law, by banning X, effectively gives the Chinese

authorities the power to choose the next Dalai Lama. What is X?

11.

Reincarnation

X entered Politics with a bang as he contested against L.K Advani in 1991 Lok Sabha elections

in the New Delhi constituency. His charisma almost pulled him through as he lost to Advani

by a mere 1589 votes.Since Advani had also won from Gandhinagar, he vacated the seat and by polls were ordered. This time BJP fielded Y to nullify X’s star power

but X won comfortably.

During 2014 election campaigning, Y said he regretted contesting that election because he

lost a very good friend in X in the political battle.

Who are X and Y?

12.

X- Rajesh Khanna, Y- Shatrughan Sinha

For many years, observers could hike to elevated vantage points of White Sides

Peak or Freedom Ridge to see this place, but the areas have been seized by the government in recent times. As a result, Tikaboo Peak, 42 kilometres from this place, is the only place from

where one can get a glimpse of it using binoculars. What am I talking about?

13.

Area 51

Inspired by the utopian novels of H.G.Wells, Aldous Huxley sought to write a book with a polar opposite prediction of the future and wrote the book Brave New World in 1932. He managed it with some

style, by painting an image of a cold industrialising world with numbing drugs,

organised reproduction, no concept of family, and brainwashing from birth. The novel curiously opens in London in A.F. 632. What is A.F in Brave New World?

14.

‘After Ford’, for Henry Ford

15. The X is a non-profit foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is known for holding a

yearly meeting in the mountains of Graubünden. Important leaders from politics (such as presidents) and the economy are given an opportunity to talk about subjects that concern everyone. Very often, these

subjects concern globalization. Usually the Swiss army helps secure the area. These

meetings are often criticised because they are seen as a vehicle to further capitalism in the

world.

On the other hand, the Y is an annual meeting in which members of the alternative

globalization movement meet to coordinate world campaigns, share and refine organizing

strategies, inform each other about the different movements around the world and

their issues. This tends to take place in January when its "great capitalist rival", the X takes place. It's supposed to represent world civil

society. The clash is consciously done to promote alternative answers to world

economic problems in opposition to the X.X and Y?

WatchMojo, one of YouTube’s top channels made a video called ‘Top 10 moments that made the world stand’

still based on viewers’ feedback. This list included 6 political incidents. The rest 4 are given, while you’ve to guess the 6

political incidents from the years column+10 for every correct

+20 bonus for all correct

FITB

1. ________ __ ________ _______, 19452. Apollo 11 Moon Landing, 19693. _______ __ ______, 20014. Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, 20045. ____ __ ______ ____, 19896. ___________ ___ ___ _ ______ , 19637. Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, 20118._________ _____ ______, 19899.______ _______, 197210. Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, 1986

1. The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki3. September 11 Attacks5. The Fall of the Berlin Wall6. The assassination/funeral of John F. Kennedy8. The Tiananmen Protests9. Munich Massacre

Lets Pounce and Bounce Again!

As relationship between US and Russia went tense last year, it reached a low

when in an op-ed published by Russian newspaper Izvestia, Vladimir Markin, a

spokesman for the government's official Investigative Committee Russia

demanded an official investigation into ______

“We are not contending that they did not do it, and simply made a film about it. But

all of these scientific — or perhaps cultural — artifacts are part of the legacy

of humanity, and their disappearance without a trace is our common loss. An

investigation will reveal what happened,”

What did Russia ask for an investigation into? What loss is Markin talking about?

1.

Moon Landings; In 2009, NASA accidentally

destroyed the original tapes of the landing

X, an avowed Marxist, was a notable member of the Progressive Writers’

Movement in Pakistan. Along with Maj. Gen. Akbar Khan, X was the co conspirator in the Rawalpindi

Conspiracy Case of 1951, which was an attempted Soviet-backed coup d'état against the government of

Liaquat Ali Khan. After 18 months of trial, X was imprisoned before Huseyn Suhrawardy commuted his sentence in 1955. X then went to London and upon returning in 1958, was imprisoned for

2 more years for publishing pro-communist ideas and for advocating a pro-Moscow government. In 1962, he

received the Lenin Prize and died shortly in 1984 after hearing he had received a nomination for the Nobel

Peace Prize. Who is X?

2.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

The Transport Security Administration of USA has

implemented congressionally mandated

security fees to help finance the increased cost of securing the nation's

aviation transportation system. The revenue generated from these

security fees is utilized to help ensure the safe and

efficient flow of people and commerce.

The naming of the tax, however, ruffled feathers. One of the protestors said, “This is a perfect example

of how people in power can use the imposed fear of a country to control them.

Label it _____ and it won't be questioned.”

What’s it called?

3.

September 11th Tax

“The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought to America and made slaves. And then the name of the slave master was given which we refuse, we reject that name today. We refuse to acknowledge it, whatsoever.”

Identify the speaker and what fact is he/she explaining?

4.

Malcolm X explaining why he took ‘X’ as surname

In 1963, X, an Italian company launched an ambitious public-relations exercise in the form of the form of XY, which has been

published every year since then — except for a decade-long hiatus during the oil crisis of the 1970s — and is distributed to a select

and secret few, although due to the nature of the content, they circulate widely on the internet However, its 2016 version under

Annie Leibovitz makes a stunning departure from its usual format and has garnered much praise from Feminists across the world. What

is XY and what is the change in 2016?

5.

Pirelli Calendar; Took powerful women from different fields as subjects instead of models

“I camped with the refugees for five days on the border. A group of about 200

people arrived, and they moved under the trees along the fence line. They sent women and children, then fathers and

elderly men first. I must have been with this crew for about five hours and we

played cat and mouse with the police the whole night. It was around three o’clock

in the morning and you can’t use a ______ while the police are trying to find these people, because I would just give them

away. So I had to use the moonlight alone.”

What is Warren Richardson talking about?

6.

The photo of Syrian Refugee crossing a barbed border which was the World Press Photo Winner 2016.

Identify this Libertarian Party Presidential candidate speaking here on the recent

Apple vs FBI controversy.

7.

John McAfee of McAfee Anti-Virus Fame

X is a word that was all over the world newspapers on 14th

November, 2015. While X also stands for an acronym for the

organization Y’s name in another language, the organization has

officially proclaimed their hatred for it owing to the fact that it is similar

to words in the same language which mean 'one who crushes

something underfoot' and 'one who sows discord'. X was first used by

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot, before other world leaders

started using it for Y post 14th November. What is X and Y?

8.

X – Daesh, Y – ISIS

When American military police surrounded the house on September 11, they heard a muffled

shot from inside. Before their arrival, a doctor had marked X's chest with charcoal to indicate the location of his heart. X had shot himself in the

chest with a pistol, but despite shooting directly through the mark, the bullets missed his heart

and penetrated his stomach. Now disarmed and with blood gushing out of his chest, X began to talk, and two reporters recorded his murmured

words: "I am very sorry it is taking me so long to die. The War was justified and righteous. I am

very sorry for the nation and all the races of the Greater Asiatic powers. I wait for the righteous judgment of history. I wished to commit suicide

but sometimes that fails.“

Which very important but less talked about figure in history is this?

9.

Hideki Tojo, PM of Japan during WWII

This small glass memorial, lying in the middle of the Berlin square, marks an

event/events organized by students that took place across Germany on 10th May, 1933 including this

spot where the largest one was organized. What event,

which was an important motif in a 2005 book by

Markus Zusak that was later turned into a movie in 2013,

does this memorial commemorate?

10.

Nazi Book Burning

____ ________ Feminists is a phrase used for the radical feminists of the late 60’s and

70’s. The phrase emanates from an extreme act of protest that is supposed to have happened during a demonstration

held at the Miss America 1969 contest by a feminist group.

However, the truth is the ‘act’ never happened. A female reporter, Lindsy Van

Gelder, covering the protest drew an analogy between the feminist protesters

and Vietnam War protesters who did ‘this’ to their draft cards in her article next day in NYT and this trope became erroneously and permanently attached to the event

and became a catch-phrase of the feminist era.

11.

Bra Burning Feminists

Although the 70s saw the Watergate Scandal, a much bigger conspiracy

called Operation Snowwhite also took place in 70s which included a series of infiltrations and thefts by X from 136

government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations critical of the

organization in more than 30 countries. It was one of the largest

infiltrations of the United States government in history, with up to 5,000 covert agents. 11 members

belonging to X including the wife of its founder were convicted in federal

court of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of

documents and government property. Which organization?

12.

The Church of Scientology

When first sold in 1999, it became the most expensive album ever sold. It beat its own record when auctioned again in

2004.It came back in news in 2015 as its last owner decided to give it for it to be a

part of a Beatles memorabilia exhibit at the Pacific National Exhibition.

The original owner of this, however, from time to time has appealed for the album to be returned and voiced his frustration about the lack of progress in this matter.

What makes this album the most significant piece of music memorabilia?

13.

Album John Lennon signed for Chapman five hours

before Chapman shot him.

X broke his friendship with Y in 1913 with this letter [Picture in next slide]

Few lines from the lettera convention among us analysts that none of us need feel ashamed of his own neurosis. But one

[indicating at Y] who while behaving abnormally keeps shouting that he is normal gives ground for the suspicion that he lacks insight into his illness. Accordingly, I propose

that we abandon our personal relations entirely.”

“I shall lose nothing by it,” he continues, “for my only emotional tie with you has been a long

thin thread — the lingering effect of past disappointments — and you have everything to gain, in view of the remark you recently made

to the effect that an intimate relationship with a man inhibited your scientific freedom.”

14.

X- Sigmund Freud, Y- Carl Jung

X is a tiny village that lies 30 km from Purnia. As Purnia lay adjacent to East Pakistan many Muslims left to migrate

there, and the inhabitants of the village renamed it X after the Muslims who had

left. Today, even official documents identify it as X. The villagers never tried to change it. The village has no roads, electricity, school or even a primary

health centre. The only link to the village is a creaky iron rail bridge over a narrow Kari Kosi river and that too was built just

four years ago. Give me X.

15.

Pakistan

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2 Non recognized provinces+10 for every correct

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SloveniaCroatiaBosnia and HerzegovinaSerbiaMontenegroMacedonia

Autonomous Provinces:VojvodinaKosovo