InQuiZitive: The Quizzing & Literary Club, USC

InQuiZitive: The Quizzing & Literary Club, USC We are a USC-based quizzing and literary events club.

We meet once a week (generally Fridays, 7pm at the USC Leavey Library basement) to have a fun-filled couple of hours of quizzing, word games and a potpourri of entertainment!

09/05/2012

Just as a reminder, we meet Fridays at 7pm in the basement (room 3B) of Leavey Library, USC. Feel free to drop by if you are interested! As always, you don't need to be good at quizzing, just interested!

Q. The tahake (above), a flightless bird endemic to New Zealand, and the coelacanth (below) fish are examples of (an exh...
08/13/2012

Q. The tahake (above), a flightless bird endemic to New Zealand, and the coelacanth (below) fish are examples of (an exhaustive list of) species that exhibit the "Lazarus Effect" and are hence dubbed Lazarus species. What is the Lazarus Effect?

08/04/2012

Q. In mid-December 2011, ___________ caused a storm of highly critical publications and comments in the Indian, Russian, and international media, as well as on social networks. The outrage was followed by a groundswell of multi-partisan political support in the Indian Parliament and an official statement by the Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna, harshly criticizing the proposed ban as "patently absurd" undertaking of "ignorant and misdirected or motivated individuals". The overwhelmingly wide negative response to the ___________ forced Russian officials to offer apologies to India, promising the necessary remedial measures to prevent the ban. The ____________ also sparked public protests and legal actions in India against the proposed ban and drew harsh criticism of the intellectual community in Russia. Leading Russian scholars publicly denounced the perpetuation of the ____________, appealing to President Dmitry Medvedev and Premier Vladimir Putin for intervention and warning them of the _____________'s negative consequences for India-Russia relations and for Russia's international reputation.

What in God's name are we talking about?

Q. ID the missing entry in the list shown.
08/04/2012

Q. ID the missing entry in the list shown.

07/17/2012

Q. Born in Denver, Colorado, Mary Antoinette Perry appeared opposite David Warfield in Music Master in 1906 when she was only 18. She took up directing in 1928. In partnership with Brock Pemberton she produced several successful plays, including: Divorce Me Dear, Ceiling Zero, Red Harvest, Strictly Dishonorable, Personal Appearance (Lawrence Riley's breakthrough hit), and Kiss the Boys Goodbye. Their most famous production was probably the Pulitzer Prize-winning Mary Chase classic Harvey, which Perry directed and which enjoyed enormous success on Broadway, and as a film starring James Stewart. Perry helped found, and was chairwoman of the board and secretary of, the American Theatre Wing, which operated the Stage Door Canteens during World War II, providing entertainment to servicemen in several American cities. How is she remembered today?

Q. This is the (doctored) promo poster of a famous Hollywood movie which boasted of an impressive star cast. ID the acto...
07/17/2012

Q. This is the (doctored) promo poster of a famous Hollywood movie which boasted of an impressive star cast. ID the actors and the movie.

Q. Another map, different genre. Put funda.
07/10/2012

Q. Another map, different genre. Put funda.

Q. What does the following map depict?
07/08/2012

Q. What does the following map depict?

Q. To make the ___________ , you need 670 kilograms of pure silk. This quantity is turned into 47 panels of cloth (see ...
07/08/2012

Q. To make the ___________ , you need 670 kilograms of pure silk. This quantity is turned into 47 panels of cloth (see below), each of a length of 14 metres. Other requirements include 120 kgs gold and about 50 kgs silver. It measures 658 square metres and costs about 17 million in the local currency. What is it and more importantly, what is it used for?

Q. ID this frumious creature. (No, it's not a dragon, in case you were wondering...)
07/04/2012

Q. ID this frumious creature. (No, it's not a dragon, in case you were wondering...)

06/28/2012

Q. The word _______ literally means "that which is associated with well-being," corresponding to "lucky charm." The Mahabharata has the word in the sense of "the crossing of the arms or hands on the breast". Both the Mahabharata and the Ramayana also use the word in the sense of "a dish of a particular form" and "a kind of cake". The earliest _______ known has been found from Mezin, Ukraine. It is carved on late paleolithic figurine of mammoth ivory, being dated as early as about 10,000 BC.

06/28/2012

Q. Hindu Mythology/Theology. In the Rigveda, ___________ is described as a primeval giant that is sacrificed by the gods and from whose body the world and the varnas (classes) are built. He is described as having a thousand heads and a thousand feet. He emanated Virat, the female creative principle, from which he is reborn in turn after the world was made out of his parts.
In the sacrifice of _____________, the Vedic chants were first created. The horses and cows were born, the Brahmins were made from his mouth, the Kshatriyas from his arms, the Vaisyas from his thighs, and the Shudras from his feet. The Moon was born from his mind, the Sun from his eyes, the heavens from his skull. Indra and Agni emerged from his mouth.

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