ZQL Duos�Explainer
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Game Format
Question Types
The number of questions from each question type will be the same for every seat. Each question will clearly indicate what type of question it is. There might be ‘triads’ of questions in each set. Please see demo game.
Game Format
ZQL Duos�Types of Questions
Answer Smash
The tech giant that started as a research project called "Backrub" in 1996 by Stanford University Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
ANSWER SMASH
This TV series (visual) follows the members of the New Directions, a club competing in the show choir circuit.
Answer on next slide.
Answer Smash
The tech giant that started as a research project called "Backrub" in 1996 by Stanford University Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
ANSWER SMASH
This TV series (visual) follows the members of the New Directions, a club competing in the show choir circuit.
GOOGLE & GLEE
Connection (Example 1)
The two-word term for the wave of pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and North Africa beginning in late 2010.
CONNECTION
This 2009 romcom (visual) starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.
Answer on next slide.
Connection (Example 1)
The two-word term for the wave of pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and North Africa beginning in late 2010.
CONNECTION
This 2009 romcom (visual) starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.
ARAB SPRING & 500 DAYS OF SUMMER
Connection (Example 2)
In Mexico, they are known as “flower of the dead” and are used to adorn altars during Dia de los Muertos to guide spirits.
CONNECTION
One of the world's largest brands of surfwear, this Australian company’s logo features a stylised, cresting wave over a snow-capped mountain, inspired by Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa".
Answer on next slide.
Connection (Example 2)
In Mexico, they are known as “flower of the dead” and are used to adorn altars during Dia de los Muertos to guide spirits.
CONNECTION
One of the world's largest brands of surfwear, this Australian company’s logo features a stylised, cresting wave over a snow-capped mountain, inspired by Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa".
MARIGOLD & QUIKSILVER
Connection (Example 3) (India Track)
This film’s story follows a small-town, insecure cop who is called to investigate the murder of a wealthy, elderly patriarch in his own home on his wedding night.
CONNECTION
Despite this two-word phrase being heavily associated with Narendra Modi as part of his 2014 election campaign, it was coined and first used by Dr Manmohan Singh during an NRI meet in Delhi.
Answer on next slide.
Connection (Example 3) (India Track)
This film’s story follows a small-town, insecure cop who is called to investigate the murder of a wealthy, elderly patriarch in his own home on his wedding night.
CONNECTION
Despite this two-word phrase being heavily associated with Narendra Modi as part of his 2014 election campaign, it was coined and first used by Dr Manmohan Singh during an NRI meet in Delhi.
RAAT AKELI HAI & ACCHE DIN
Nested
This African nation harbours the largest elephant population on Earth, particularly within the Chobe National Park, which includes the wetlands of the Chobe River, a tributary of the Zambezi River.
NESTED
The type of bird that plays a prominent role in two of Wagner’s operas, namely, Lohengrin and Parsifal, and typically depicted as a vahana (vehicle) of the Hindu goddess Saraswati.
Answer on next slide.
Nested
This African nation harbours the largest elephant population on Earth, particularly within the Chobe National Park, which includes the wetlands of the Chobe River, a tributary of the Zambezi River.
NESTED
The type of bird that plays a prominent role in two of Wagner’s operas, namely, Lohengrin and Parsifal, and typically depicted as a vahana (vehicle) of the Hindu goddess Saraswati.
BOTSWANA & SWAN
One Letter Change (Example 1)
The largest building in the world by volume is a factory operated by this company in Everett, Washington.
ONE LETTER CHANGE
This is the overall medal tally for which Olympic sport?
Answer on next slide.
One Letter Change (Example 1)
The largest building in the world by volume is a factory operated by this company in Everett, Washington.
ONE LETTER CHANGE
This is the overall medal tally for which Olympic sport?
BOEING & BOXING
Note: The One Letter Change can also be within a part of multi-word answers. See next example.
One Letter Change (Example 2)
This two-word term (4,10) refers to young people who came of age around the time of WWI but were left feeling directionless from the trauma of the war. Hemingway popularised the term (believed to be coined by Gertrude Stein) by using it in the epigraph for The Sun Also Rises.
ONE LETTER CHANGE
The poignant use of a single splash of colour in this 1993 film may have been was inspired by Roma Ligocka, who survived the Kraków ghetto.
Answer on next slide.
One Letter Change (Example 2)
This two-word term (4,10) refers to young people who came of age around the time of WWI but were left feeling directionless from the trauma of the war. Hemingway popularised the term (believed to be coined by Gertrude Stein) by using it in the epigraph for The Sun Also Rises.
ONE LETTER CHANGE
The poignant use of a single splash of colour in this 1993 film may have been was inspired by Roma Ligocka, who survived the Kraków ghetto.
LOST GENERATION & SCHINDLER’S LIST
Rhyming (Example 1)
The first Disney Princess film that does not revolve around romance or a love interest.
RHYMING
In quantum physics, a [blank] function is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system.
Answer on next slide.
Rhyming (Example 1)
The first Disney Princess film that does not revolve around romance or a love interest.
RHYMING
In quantum physics, a [blank] function is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system.
BRAVE & WAVE
Note: The rhyming words can also be the last word of multi-word answers. See next example.
Rhyming (Example 2)
In 2022, this now-popular sport created in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, was chosen as the official state sport of Washington.
RHYMING
This appears in the logo of which critically acclaimed TV series, considered to be one of the greatest spin-offs of all time?
Answer on next slide.
Rhyming (Example 2)
In 2022, this now-popular sport created in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, was chosen as the official state sport of Washington.
RHYMING
This appears in the logo of which critically acclaimed TV series, considered to be one of the greatest spin-offs of all time?
PICKLEBALL &
BETTER CALL SAUL