The finals of Straplines, the annual media and journalism quiz at Tie Grab. This was a quiz for teams of 2 members and was researched by SJC Quizzers.

1. TIE GRAB 2019
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2. RULES
X Phases-YWritten, Z passing
X questions
On Infinite Bounce with Regular Pounce (+15/-5)

3. RESEARCH
Bhargav, Rohit and Dr Arul Mani

4. WRITTEN ROUND
5 QUESTIONS
10 POINTs FOR EACH ANSWER OF PART QUESTIONS
STAKE +5/+10
NEGATIVE FOR WRONG STAKED ANSWER -5/-10

5. QUESTION-1
Identify this famous cartoonist.

7. QUESTION-2
The term "X" was first used in connection with Y by The
Boston Globe magazine editor Bill Cardoso in 1970. He
described Y’sarticle “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and
Depraved” which was written for the June 1970 edition
of Scanlan’s Monthly as "pure X." Cardoso claimed that "X"
was South Boston Irish Slang describing the last man standing
after an all-night drinking marathon. Give X and Y.

8. QUESTION-3
Inspired from the work of ‘Friends Without Borders’ ,
an international NGO. The Times group and the Jang
group both partnered with the NGO and started a
campaign. Established on January 01, 2010 the
movement aims for peace and development of
diplomatic and cultural relations between India and
Pakistan. Name the movement.

9. QUESTION-4
Richard Norris Williams survived the Titanic, but spent
too much time in freezing water and rescue doctor
recommended amputation of both his legs. He refused
and proceeded to win his first tournament a few
months later and became champion in 1920 at a
famous venue for the sport. What sport and which
championship in 1920?

10. QUESTION-5
Nick Foles threw three touchdown passes and caught
another to lead to their first Super Bowl title on Feb. 4,
beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, 41-
33. Whose moment of victory?

11. Answers
1.Bal Thackeray
2.Gonzo and Hunter S Thompson
3.Aman Ki Asha
4. Tennis and Wimbledon
5.Philadelphia Eagles

12. CLOCKWISE ROUND
8 QUESTIONS
10 POINTS PER QUESTION
INFINITE BOUNCE
POUNCE
RIGHT ANSWER: +10
WRONG ANSWER: -5

13. QUESTION 1
• What much covered event on March 11, 2018?

14. Amendment to the Constitution to abolish the term limit on
the Presidency, opening the way for Mr. Xi Jinping to rule
indefinitely

15. QUESTION-2
In November 1963, during the filming of the Sound of
Music, the city of Salzburg refused to allow Nazi flags to
be hung off buildings for filming. The director then
threatened to instead do something that made the city
quickly backpedal and allow the shot. What was the
‘real’ life threat that the director made?

16. Threatened to use real newsreel footage of the city
enthusiastically greeting Hitler

17. QUESTION-3
A Rolling Stones article published in February 2018 talks
about artist X as a futurist who was enthusiastic for the
possibility of holographic imagery. So much so that he
recorded footage of himself in the early 70s with the
intention to be used when technology got to that point. A X
holographic tour using that footage starts next year. “This
mind-melting show we’re putting together celebrates the
music, often surreal imagery and humour synonymous with
X”, said his son. ID the artist X?

18. Frank Zappa

19. QUESTION-4
When Queen Elizabeth visited the set of "Game of
Thrones" in 2015, she refused to sit on the Iron Throne
and it immediately made headlines where websites
were trying to explain the reason behind it. What
jurisprudential reason was behind her refusal?

20. She cannot sit on any foreign throne

21. QUESTION 5
Irish Times in 2016 spoke of the Great Whiskey Fire of
Dublin, where a storehouse caught fire and 13 people
died, in 1875. None perished as a result of smoke
inhalation or burns. How did they die instead?

22. Alcohol poisoning from drinking all the whiskey that
flowed through the streets

23. QUESTION 6
In Independent’s piece in 2016, they spoke about how
during the 1938 Berlin Olympics, two Japanese pole
vaults upon returning to Japan, cut their medals in half
and fused them to one another so each athlete ended
up with a half-silver, half-bronze medal. Why did they
do such a strange thing?
Image in the next slide

25. They were tied for 2nd but they were refused a tie
breaker and hence resorted to doing this

26. QUESTION- 7
In the Indonesian city of Surabaya. What is
happening in the image? Something that was
covered in the media through 2018.
Image in the next slide.

28. Commuters can pay with waste plastic and get
two hours of bus ride

29. QUESTION-8
Sonia Gandhi (VU2SON), Amitabh Bachchan (VU2AMY),
Kamal Hassan (VU2HAS), Dayanidhi Maran (VU2DMK)
are public figures who are also part of which
community?

30. HAM Operators

31. WRITTEN ROUND
5 QUESTIONS
10 POINTs FOR EACH ANSWER OF PART QUESTIONS
STAKE +5/+10
NEGATIVE FOR WRONG STAKED ANSWER -5/-10

32. QUESTION-1
A reply to NYT cartoon about what issue? By which
cartoonist?

33. QUESTION-2
Faasos Ad for what occasion?

34. QUESTION-3
Cartoon in tribute of what 2018 event?

35. QUESTION-4
Amul Ad for what achievement?

36. QUESTION-5
What event of 2018?

37. ANSWERS
1. Paris Climate Accord and Satish Acharya
2. International Yoga Day
3.. Legalisation of Marijuana in Canada
4. Indian Navy All Woman’s team circumnavigating the Earth
5. Jamal Khashoggi’s death

38. ANTI-CLOCKWISE ROUND
8 QUESTIONS
10 POINTS PER QUESTION
INFINITE BOUNCE
POUNCE
RIGHT ANSWER: +10
WRONG ANSWER: -5

39. QUESTION-1
The name of the news website stands for distance covered which is
also known as the studio zone in Los Angeles, California. The New York
Times cited X as “one of the most successful online ventures” in 2008.
This site is the one which has broken the news of Michael Jackson’s
death and Prince’s death. It was also the one which leaked snippets of
conversations of the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling
leading him to be permanently banned from NBA games.

40. QUESTION-2
A _________ is an American English term for a person who
investigates and exposes issues of political corruption, corporate crime,
child labour, conditions in slums and prisons, and similar topics.
However, in British English the term is applied to sensationalist scandal-
mongering journalist.
The term is however restricted mostly in America to reporters, critics
and novelists during the Prohibition Era. President Theodore Roosevelt
coined the term ‘_________’ in a speech when he likened them to one
of the characters in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim Progress.

41. QUESTION-3
Quoting the Pentagon Papers as an example, X, who was the editor of Y
spoke on how the story of then President Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam
objecting to the elevation of Justice Vijender Jain as Chief Justice of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court because of some collegium member’s
reservations.
However, due to certain reasons Y couldn’t publish it after which X
approached Z’s editor on whether could they take this story forward
and was subsequently published in Z.
Name X, and either Y or Z

42. Name the artist who produced these
illustrations for a recent NYRB article. What was
she covering?

43. QUESTION-5
The founder’s model was to buy up prime
land, put up buildings, and maximise
profits. Which is why their buildings are
fairly prominent landmarks in every city,
and have no relation to the sales of the
newspaper in that city. Who founder?
Which paper/model?

44. QUESTION-6
The X machine, developed in the 1880s, combined the processes of
composing text, casting type, and redistributing the type molds. By
working a keyboard, the operator assembled molds, or matrices, of
letters, numbers, or punctuation marks in sequence. The matrices were
then mechanically held in place while molten type metal was forced
into them, creating a ____ __ ____ from which the machine takes its
name. The individual matrices were automatically replaced in the
machine's magazine for reuse.
What machine?

45. QUESTION-7
958 of them were used to create this cover. What?

47. QUESTION-8
The main attraction A is usually a clipped sentence, with emphasis on
verbs in the simple present tense. (8 letters)
Sometimes the object A might need dramatic emphasis; it will then be
preceded by a smaller object B. (6 letters)
If A needs to lead up to further revelation, it will be followed by a
smaller object C. (9 letters)
Give A, and name either B or C.

48. ANSWERS
1.TMZ
2.Muckraker
3.X-Shekhar Gupta; Y-The Indian Express; Z-The Hindu.
4. Molly Crabapple, covering the Farmers’ Protests in India.
5. The Express Model. Ramnath Goenka
6. Linotype
7.
8. Kicker, Headline and Strapline

49. WRITTEN ROUND
5 QUESTIONS
10 POINTs FOR EACH ANSWER OF PART QUESTIONS
STAKE +5/+10
NEGATIVE FOR WRONG STAKED ANSWER -5/-10

50. 1
Usual style. Celeb who tweets as @AoDespair

51. 2
• We know that X said Hanu ______ ___ ___, when he received a
farman from Ghiyasudding Tughlaq. Who was X? Wjhat did he say?
• Y takes his Twitter handle from what X said. Who is Y?

52. 3
@bainjal pulled off a great work of underover journalism last year that
got international attention. Name her and the book,

53. 4
This self confessed Tolkien Tragic tweets as @therestlessquill
Who? Why in the news?.

54. 5
Describes h8imself thus:
Deviant vegetarian.. Ex Chief of Staff @ShashiTharoor
Among other things. Who?

55. 6. This is an Indian writer’s Twitter DP. She tweets
under her own name. Name this character on the
DP, and the writer associated with a neighbour’s
troubles.

56. 1. David Simon of Homicide and The Wire
2. Nizamuddin Auliya said Dilli dur ast. Shivam Vij.
3. Swati Chaturvedi and I am a Troll
4. Sandhya Menon and MeToo
5. Manu Pillai
6. Bela, from the Bahadur comic. Rohini Mohan.
ANSWERS