Brain of Quarantine Packet C (Round of 32) - correct as of 26/04/2020 - written and edited by

Joey Goldman, George Charlson and Daoud Jackson

Round Play Quest Question Answer
er ion
Round 1
1 1 1 Despite being the capitals of bordering countries, Paris and which Brasilia
city are 5428 miles apart? It is the capital of the largest country to
border French Guiana.

1 1 2 The Yongle Emperor ruled which Chinese dynasty? This dynasty Ming dynasty
ended after a rebellion by Li Zicheng, eventually resulting in the
foundation of a long-lasting Manchu successor dynasty.

1 1 3 Counting Crows released a cover of which Joni Mitchell song in "Big Yellow Taxi"
2002 as part of the soundtrack for the film Two Weeks Notice ?

1 2 1 Identify this horror film from a quotation given by its director: "I Saw
made it from clay, Ping-Pong balls for eyes, and newspaper
wrapped together -- all hidden underneath a cheap, kid's suit.
Who the fuck makes suits for kids? Here's a morbid thought:
they're either for weddings, events, or funerals."

1 2 2 The longest English word starting and ending with the letter 'c', heart
cineangiocardiographic procedures use a contrast medium and
film to record the function of which human organ?

1 2 3 Which celebrity admitted that she may have caught nits off her Madonna
children David Ciccone and Mercy James?

1 3 1 A former shot put All-American, Gail Bourdreaux is CEO of healthcare (accept

Anthem, the US's largest company in what sector, where the medicine or
company Spire and struggling company NMC group operate? obvious
equivalents)
1 3 2 What Korean-American actor played Glenn Rhee in The Walking Steven Yeun
Dead?
1 3 3 Self Portrait With the Spanish Flu and Self Portrait after the Edvard Munch
Spanish Flu are work by which European painter of the Frieze of
Life series?
1 4 1 Mentioned extensively in the Qur'an where he is born under a Isa
palm tree, by what name is the prophet Jesus known in the
Qur'an?
1 4 2 The makers of which Czech brand of beer, which is produced in Budweiser Budvar
the town of České Budějovice [Chess-kay boo-de-yo-vi-chay], are
engaged in a trademark dispute with Anheuser-Busch, who make
an American beer with the same name as this brand?
1 4 3 The largest ever NASCAR crowd attended at race at which track, Indianapolis
which hosts the Brickyard 400 race? Motorspeedway

Round 2
2 1 1 A-Punk, used in the film Step-Brothers, is a hit for what indie band Vampire Weekend
fronted by Ezra Koenig?
2 1 2 Identify this horror film from a quotation given by its special eXistenZ
makeup designer: " "I was told [the gun] was 'made of bones and
it shot teeth.' You take that information and you go from there."
Poor Jude Law had to eat the gelatin that we attached to it and
make it seem like it was chicken."

2 1 3 Steven Yeun appeared in what 2017 Bong Joon-Ha film with a Okja
screenplay co-written with Jon Ronson? The title character is a
super pig developed by a company headed by Tilda Swinton.

2 2 1 Postponed due to the recent Coronavirus outbreak, the 2020 Saint-Etienne

Coupe de France final will feature Paris Saint-Germain and which
club, who won the last of their record 10 league titles in the 1980-
81 season?

2 2 2 Despite being the capitals of bordering countries Moscow and Pyongyang

which city are 3987 miles apart? It is the capital of the country
with which Russia shares its most easterly border.

2 2 3 Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Spanish flu victim Fountain

Morton Schamberg's collaboration on the plumbing artwork God,
has led them to be posited as the creators of which other
artwork, signed R. Mutt?

2 3 1 After mRNA has been translated into polypeptide chains, Phosphorylation

modifications take place to form mature proteins. In which form
of post-translational modification do serine, threonine [three-o-
neen] and tyrosine residues acquire PO4 [p-oh-four] groups?

2 3 2 Described as ibn Zakariya, or the son of Zekariyah, by what name Yahya

is the biblical John the Baptist known in the Qur'an?

2 3 3 Ishmail I was a ruler of which Persian empire, which ended as a Safavid

result of the rise of Nader Shah, who became Shah of Iran in 1736?

2 4 1 Ellie Goulding recorded which Joni Mitchell song to score the first "River"
UK number 1 of the 2020s?
2 4 2 The longest English word to start and end with the letter 'l', what butterflies (accept
might someone whose interest is lepitoperological be studying? moths)

2 4 3 Which celebrity admitted that she had caught nits from her Courtney Cox
daughter Coco Arquette?
Round 3
3 1 1 The namesake of the 10th surah of the Qur'an and known as Dhul- Yunus
Nun or of the fish, by what name is the biblical Jonah known in
the Qur'an?
3 1 2 Postponed due to the recent Coronavirus outbreak, the 2020 Real Sociedad
Copa Del Rey final will feature Athletic Bilbao and which Basque
rivals who won their only two Spanish league titles in 1980-81 and
1981-82?

3 1 3 Mary T. Barra is the CEO of which company, the largest in the General Motors
world with a female CEO? Founded by William C. Durant, its (accept GM)
subsidiaries include Holden.

3 2 1 In 1970, Carlsberg acquired the rights to which brand of Danish Tuborg

beer, most associated with a namesake brand of pilsner?

3 2 2 "Helplessness Blues" is the title track of the second album by Fleet Foxes
what indie folk rock band fronted by Robin Pecknold?

3 2 3 Judy Collins was the first person to record a cover of which Joni "Both Sides, Now"
Mitchell song, which was supposedly inspired by Saul Bellow's
Henderson the Rain King?

3 3 1 Despite being the capitals of bordering countries Jakarta and Port Moresby
which city are 2772 miles apart? It is the capital of the country with
which Indonesia shares its most easterly border.

3 3 2 The longest English word which starts and ends with the letter 'u', two toed sloth
what sort of animal is an unau? One of only three species of
mammal with less that 7 cervical vertebrae, they are believed to
have evolved convergently wit their three toed cousins.

3 3 3 Lake Lloyd has hosted powerboat races and is found at the centre Daytona
of which American race track where NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt International
died?
3 4 1 Steven Yeun played Squeeze, who starts a union, in what 2018 Sorry to Bother You
black comedy about telemarketing? This film was the feature
length debut of activist and director Boots Riley.
3 4 2 After mRNA has been translated into polypeptide chains, Glycosylation
modifications take place to form mature proteins. In which form
of post-translational modification which comes in N-linked or O-
linked forms are sugars linked to proteins?

3 4 3 Sejong the Great was an emperor of which Korean dynasty, which Joseon
ruled that country until its annexation by Japan in 1910?

Round 4
4 1 1 Which brand of Italian beer was acquired by Heineken in 1996 and Birra Moretti
has a logo featuring a moustachioed man?

4 1 2 Which celebrity has admitted that she caught nits from her Jennifer Garner
daughters Violet and Seraphina Affleck?

4 1 3 After mRNA has been translated into polypeptide chains, Ubiquitin

modifications take place to form mature proteins. This protein,
which as its name suggests is found in all eukaryotic cells, is added
to lysine residues to mark them for degradation n the
proteasome.

4 2 1 Ulugh Beg was a ruler from which Central Asian dynasty, one Timurid (accept
branch of which led by Babur would form India's Mughal Dynasty? Gurkhani)

4 2 2 Safra Catz is the CEO of which of the world's largest technology Oracle
companies where she works alongside founder Larry Ellison?

4 2 3 Many teams preparing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans compete in Sebring

the 12 Hour race at which Florida track, known for being bumpy?

4 3 1 Identify this horror film from a quotation given by its special Hellraiser
effects director: "We know straight away that Clive wanted a
Chinese puzzle box. There are saber-y things. The inspiration for
these came from an exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum of old
surgeon instruments and instruments of torture."

4 3 2 Dave Van Ronk was probably the first person to record a version "Chelsea Morning"
of which Joni Mitchell song, which is named for the location of
the apartment where she wrote the song?

4 3 3 "A Good Country" is a song by what electronic pop band, whose Animal Collective
members include Deakin and Panda Bear? They released the
album Merriweather Post Pavillion.
4 4 1 Harold Gilman, who died in the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, came to Camden Town
prominence as a member of which group of painters centred on Group
Walter Sicket and his North London studio?
4 4 2 Despite being the capitals of bordering countries Beijing and Kabul
which city are 2595 miles apart? It is the capital of the landlocked
country with which China shares a border of only 76 kilometres.

4 4 3 Postponed due to the recent Coronavirus outbreak, the 2020 Feyernoord

KNVB Cup final will feature Utrecht and which team? They won
the 1970 European Cup over Celtic led by players including Coen
Moulijn [mulan] and Ove Kindvall?

Round 5
5 1 1 The longest English word starting and ending with the letter 'a', dwarfism
achondroplasia [a-con-dro-play-see-ah] causes what condition as a
result of preventing cartilage from converting into bones?

5 1 2 Which Austrian artist depicted his mentor Gustav Klimt and wife Egon Schiele
Edith in portraits shortly before both they and he succumbed to [Sheila]
the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic?

5 1 3 The turn 8 and turn 8A combo in which racing track near Laguna Seca
Monterrey is known as "The Corkscrew"?

5 2 1 After mRNA has been translated into polypeptide chains, Splicing

modifications take place to form mature proteins. In which post-
translational modification are introns removed from mRNA?

5 2 2 Steven Yeun voices the architect Speckle, a robin, who is the Tuca & Bertie
boyfriend of the Ali Wong voiced second title character of what
cartoon? This cartoon was created by Tiffany Hadish, who voices
the first title character

5 2 3 Mentioned briefly warning people not worship Baal, by what Ilyas

name is the biblical prophet Elijah known in the Qur'an?

5 3 1 Which Dutch brand of beer is owned by the Asahi group, who Grolsch
decided in 2019 to no longer sell the brand in the UK and Ireland?

5 3 2 Which celebrity admitted she had caught nits from her daughters Heidi Klum
Helene Samuel and Lou Samuel?

5 3 3 Postponed due to the recent Coronavirus outbreak, the 2020 Club Brugge
Belgian club will feature Antwerp against which team, who lost
European finals to Liverpool in 1976 and 1978?
5 4 1 "Reggae" is a track from what band's Mercury Prize nominated Black Midi
album Schlagenheim? Their name alludes to a Japanese genre
involving complex note patterns, which in turn references a file
format.
5 4 2 Marillyn Hewson is the CEO of which Fortune 500 company which Lockheed Martin
developed the U-2 Spy plane at its Skunkworks?

5 4 3 Identify this horror film from a quotation given by its director: "I Phantasm
actually had a dream (or more like a nightmare) in which I was
being pursued down corridors by a small chrome sphere. The
dream didn't include any blades, drills, or blood. That came later."

Tiebreaker 1
TB1 0 1 Andy Goldsworthy and Robert Smithson are both artists known Environmental Art
for their work as part of what broad movement? or Landscape Art or
Land Art
TB1 0 2 The Deathstalker is often considered the most dangerous of what scorpion
kind of animal?
TB1 0 3 Jan Hammer's Crockett's theme was a piece of music used on Miami Vice
which American TV show?
Tiebreaker 2
TB2 0 1 Manuka Honey is widely used as an alternative therapy and New Zealand
originates from which country?
TB2 0 2 Who is the current kind of Thailand? Vajiralongkorn
(Accept Rama X)
TB2 0 3 Beatrice is the twin sister of which Tennis player and former Eugenie Bouchard
Wimbledon finalist, who is also named for a member of the Royal
Family?
Nearest the Bull Tiebreaker
TB3 0 1 On average, how many bones does a dog have? 319