The document describes the rules and questions for a general quiz hosted by Sachi Tengse and Utkarsh Sinha. It thanks various people for helping with questions and credits. It outlines the rules for scoring and conduct during the quiz, including no phone use. It then provides several multiple choice questions and answers as examples of questions that will be asked during the rounds of the quiz.

1. General Quiz
Hosted by Sachi Tengse and Utkarsh Sinha

2. Credits
• Thanks to Nandhini and Sachin for helping with the questions
• Achintya for the same
• Red Bull and MFC

3. Finals

4. Rules
• Standard pounce and bounce rules apply, wherein the scheme
is +10/-5, infinite bounce rules apply
• Civilized pounce might be implemented at the QM’s discretion.
• In which case, +5/-10 on uncivilized pounces, +10/-5 for
civilized pounces
• No using mobile phones whatsoever, even if your mom calls.
Please maintain integrity.
• As it has always been said, QM is god.

5. Round 1
+10 for each correct answer; no bonus
Dries

6. • The note was sent to Paul Burrell, in October 1993, a few months after X’s
separation from Y was announced.
• She wrote: "I am sitting here at my desk today in October, longing for
someone to hug me and encourage me to keep strong and hold my head
high.
• "This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous - my husband is
planning __ ________ in my car in order to make the path clear for him to
marry Tiggy. Z is nothing but a decoy, so we are all being used by the man in
every sense of the word.
• ID X and Z
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8. • X- Princess Diana
• Z- Camilla

9. • The ___ used in X was a safety measure used to prevent photographic
replicas, since the cameras of the time could only take pictures in black and
white.
• In 1929, the size of X was shrunk to cut down on manufacturing costs. X
continued to be printed with _____ ___ because, according to Y, it was
plentiful and durable and the color was associated with stability.
• X / Put funda
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11. Dollars

12. • In 2003, X helped Y launch an ambitious new marketing campaign.
• Tied around the slogan “Z” the advertising blitz marked, surprisingly, the
first time the venerable company had ever used a single message and set of
commercials worldwide at the same time.
• Over the past 15 years, “Z” has gone on to become by far the longest-
running Y’s slogan in history. And the jingle’s “ba da ba ba ba” vocal hook,
originally sung by X, has grown more famous than his actual hits.
• Give me Y and Z, X for bonus points.
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14. • X- Justin Timberlake
• Y- McDonald’s
• Z- “I’m Lovin’ it”

15. • The owner of this school said, “Well, you know, every season we hold
auditions for future _______, and we have affectionately termed it Y
School. So they will come to Y School and they will audition for me. I usually
do 20 or 30 people per class and I spend an entire day auditioning people,
putting them through some exercises in terms of how fast they walk, what
their character is, what their personality is, explain to them that in many
instances, their performance can make or break a scene. If you have
somebody that’s in a scene that does not look like they’re authentically
performing, it could take the audience out of the scene.”
• Give Y and Put Funda
4

17. • Y- Zombies; The Walking Dead

18. • Petrus Gonsalvus was born in 1537 in the Canary Islands, and he was the first
person in recorded history to suffer from hypertrichosis — also known as
werewolf syndrome. When he was just 10 years old, he was shipped off to
France as a gift for the coronation of King Henry II.
• The king thought he was too monstrous to be capable of learning. But that
didn't stop the boy from becoming fluent in a few languages, including Latin, and
becoming well-versed in high-class etiquette. King Henry II's wife took over the
throne after he passed away, and she wasn't exactly known for being a nice
person.
• Accounts vary as to why exactly she wanted to find a wife for Gonsalvus — some
say she found the idea of marrying him off to a woman "hilarious," others say
she wanted to see children who also suffered from hypertrichosis.
• She did get him married to a beautiful woman but in spite of that, they
remained married for almost 40 years and bore 7 children. What is this the
real-life inspiration of? 5

20. Beauty and The Beast

21. • Possibly a shortening of "___ __ jamoke“, its etymology was given in a
military officer's manual from 1931, around when the term first
appeared.
• Alternatively, perhaps a use of X (“fellow, guy”), signifying that it was
meant for the common man.
• Another theory suggests that US soldiers in World War I (1914-1918)
referred to this as made by the G. Washington ______ Refining Company
(founded in 1910) as a "___ __ George".
• What’s the phrase?
6

23. Cup of Joe; coffee

24. 7
• Released on May 9th 1999, this song was in the official soundtrack for the
movie Mystery Men.
• Although the song became one of the band’s most successful hits, it came
into the spotlight again in 2001, when it was used in the opening sequence
of an animated movie not under the Disney banner.
• Pretty sure Gen Z people will know it.
• Which song?

27. • The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is named after a militant West German
Terrorist group active in the 1970s.
• In 1994, a commenter coined the name after randomly hearing two
references to the same within 24 hours, the phenomenon has nothing to do
with the name.
• However, the name was coined due to the same.
• Explain the phenomenon.
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29. When you hear/see something once, you hear/see the same repeatedly.

30. • X is Quebec slang for a “mess”.
• The most widespread story is that X originates from a restaurant formerly called
‘Le Lutin qui rit’.
• A Drummondville restaurant called Le Roy Jucep registered a trademark stating
that it is the inventor of X.
• X could also come from the region of Nicolet. The high number of cheese dairies
in this region could explain this phenomenon.
• Give X.
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32. Poutine

33. • The X logo is among the most iconic in the entire automotive industry.
• In fact, the origins of the logo trace back to the coat of arms of the state of
Wurttemburg of former Weimar Germany, which is now called Stuttgart.
• Part of the logo represents the stud farm on which the city was built.
• The _______ are taken from the crest of the Kingdom of Wurttemburg. The
logo is now a clear symbol of incredible automotive performance.
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36. HIGH FUNDA
INTERLUDE
Courtesy Achintya
Round 2

37. Rules
◦10 dries.
◦+10/-5
◦Clockwise / Anti – Clockwise dekh lena
◦Googling gets you disqualified.
◦Using Bing also gets you disqualified but with brownie
points for supporting diversity in the workplace.

38. 1. ID X.
◦ The admiration of Rudyard Kipling for the controversial military figure X has
been a historical debate
◦ Kipling, claimed X was "the man who saved India", and is alleged to have started
a benefit fund which raised over £26,000 sterling, including £50 contributed by
Kipling himself. Kiplings’s name was conspicuously absent among the list of
donors as published in the Morning Post.
◦ Nevertheless, Kipling did pay his tribute to X at least twice, with brief but
definitive words of edification. The first simply read: ‘He did his duty as he saw
it.’ and the second relating to a hospital project read: “These (hospital) beds have
been endowed as a lasting memorial to X, a brave man who in the face of a great
peril did his duty as he saw it -- ‘he that observeth the clouds shall not reap’.”
◦ This tribute was inscribed on the card accompanying Kipling’s wreath at the
funeral service of X at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

39. Durghatna se der bhali.

40. General Dyer

41. 2. Put funda.

42. Durghatna se der bhali.

43. Tour de France

44. 3.
◦ Xeroderma Pigmentosum is a rare disease occurring in about 1 in every
2,50,000 people. A mutation that interferes with the repair of DNA is the
cause of the condition. Symptoms usually first appear in early childhood,
marked by severe sunburn after just a few minutes of exposure. Freckling
of the face and exposed skin is common, as well as dry skin and changes in
skin color.
◦ Unfortunately, individuals with XP have a high chance of developing skin
cancer. Without proper protection, nearly half of all children with XP
develop some type of skin cancer by the age of 10. The eyes also become
bloodshot, hazy, and irritated from UV exposure.
◦ What is the common name for this disease?

45. Durghatna se der bhali.

46. Vampire Disease

47. 4. ID the style statements X and Y.
◦X and Y are styles that came to prominence in the 1950s and
1960s, among African-American men, most notably jazzmen. It
became popular with beatniks, artists, and those who frequented
the jazz scene and moved in literary and artistic circles.
◦Jazz trumpeters in particular preferred to sport X for the comfort
it provided when using a trumpet and Jazz flute players sported Y
for its comfort to place the flute on their lower lip.
◦(On pounce I want the exact names for X and Y. On bounce, I’ll
accept a description of Y in case no one give the exact name.)

48. Durghatna se der bhali.

49. X – Goatee Y- Soul Patch

50. 5. ID his creation.
◦ The reclusive and creative Michele X was a devout Catholic, and is said to have modelled
his most popular creation on a craggy rock grotto at Lourdes which he visited every year
on pilgrimage. He even ordered a Madonna of Lourdes to be installed in each of the
twenty plants worldwide.
◦ A perfectionist, Michele had taken five years to finesse his product, struggling to achieve
the desired curve, But soon after production started it ground to a halt because he
claimed the machines were not pressing the label on in a uniformly central manner.
◦ The secretive Michele would not allow press or visitors to some of his plants for fear of
loosing intellectual property and would transcode all product information into Arabic for
safekeeping in Cairo
◦ Most popular during the holiday seasons, 61% sales of this creation happen during the
last three months of the year.
◦ (Image on the next slide.)

52. Durghatna se der bhali.

53. Ferrero Rocher

54. 6. Which artist’s works are referenced on the wall?

55. Durghatna se der bhali.

56. Mark Rothko
(If someone yells shady, tell them to git gud.)

57. 7.
◦ Mirage is an alternative history book
written by Matt Ruff. The idea for The
Mirage came when Ruff was asked by a
TV producer, who was a fan of his
novel Bad Monkeys, whether he had an
idea for a TV series. The novelist had an
idea of a thriller in an alternative
universe but thought it was too radical
for a TV series.
◦ The cover is a representation of
Baghdad and a key event in the
storyline. What is the analogy in real life
to the key event?

58. Durghatna se der bhali.

59. 9/11

60. 8. What is the purpose of the blue lights?
◦In the past few years, several US
establishments such as small shops and
diners have installed blue lighting in their
restrooms.
◦It is intended to serve as a deterrent to
something, since it makes a particular
process harder.

61. Durghatna se der bhali.

62. Makes it harder to find veins, deterring drug use.

63. 9. ID X.
◦ A popular myth exists that he tried out for the New York Yankees or the
Washington Senators and that he once turned down a $5,000 signing bonus from
the Yankees. According to The Society for American Baseball Research, much of
the popularity of the myth can be traced back to a tall tale told by ex-big leaguer
Don Hoak and sports journalist Myron Cope. Despite the numerous historical
inaccuracies of the account and the fact that neither Hoak nor X had been in
Havana at the same time, the story was repeated enough times by baseball
historians and the news agencies to become entrenched in American baseball and
political lore. The $5000 signing bonus appears to have originated from a 1989
Article in Harper’s Magazine.
◦ X enjoyed the myth of him having been a real Major League Baseball prospect
and he would not have knocked that down in the least. “While a fan of baseball,
X was not a good enough player to warrant such a try-out and there is no record
of having his played professionally,” notes Baseball-Reference.com.

64. Durghatna se der bhali.

65. Fidel Castro

66. 10. Who was the victim?
◦Until the mid-1970s, it was believed that the skin also played
a role in breathing. Modern science, however, disproves this.
◦This misconception manifested itself in an iconic 1964
death.
◦The official cause of death was given as ‘skin suffocation’,
and one of the victim’s acquaintances noted that “….skin
suffocation has been known to happen to cabaret dancers.
It’s all right so long as you leave a small bare patch at the base
of the spine to allow the skin to breathe.”

67. Durghatna se der bhali.

68. Jill Masterson in Goldfinger

69. Khatam.

70. Round 3
+5 for each answer; no bonus
Badly Explained Character Biographies

71. Probably one of the very first biotechnologists, he
tried to create something like Dolly. But to be frank,
it was as far away from a doll as it can get.

72. Frankenstein

73. Pretty sure this female didn’t have a bath. At
least when we saw her. Hiding on top of
cupboards seems to be her favorite pastime if
not using a ‘swing’ on a tree.

74. Bathsheba

75. From the School of Beautiful Sticks, this girl was as
slender as a weasel. Although her hair colour is like a
symbol of the dumb, (plis to not kill me), this girl was
the exact opposite.

76. Fleur Delacour

77. This visionary alchemist hands over his duties to his woman every Friday.

78. Tony Stark/Iron Man

79. Kind of the pigeon of the police, this person
was a ray of sunshine in the thunderous
department of public relations.

80. Captain Raymond Holt

81. Lord Shorty’s bae, she is as shady as she sounds. From the temporary home
of the dragons, she betrayed the disappointment.

82. Shae

83. The most colourful character in the story, he doesn’t mind any shade of
blood. Enters the canteen at his own will.

84. The Ghost of Canterville

85. Hailing from the land of brave, with Steve she comes to town. Kind of like a
cowgirl without a horse.

86. Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

87. Less tardy than the rest, he lowers the IQ of the entire street.

88. Detective Lestrade

89. Round 4
+10 for each answer; no bonus
Quizmaster’s Pick

90. • An art student, Martin Hudáček of Slovakia created this structure and named
the work “Memorial for ______ ________,” said the sculpture also “expresses
hope which is given to believers by the One who died on the cross for us, and
showed how much He cares about all of us.”
• Praised by many as an extremely effective representation of ____ ________
trauma, the work sensitively communicates this reality, and draws out many
emotions and interpretations.
• Speaking about the importance of life, it points to the fact that through the love
and mercy of God, reconciliation and healing are possible.
• What is this all about?

92. Unborn Children

93. • Hanna-Barbera created an episode of Tom and Jerry in 1947 that was very
popular.
• In the episode, Jerry drinks poisoned milk and gains super strength with a bit
of an extra temper.
• He is able to beat Tom up like never before but his new powers wear off until
he is able to drink the poisoned liquid again.
• It was the thirtieth cartoon for the series and was nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons.
• What was the inspiration?

95. • The X biscuit was named after X, an Italian general and leader of the struggle
to unify the country.
• He made a popular visit to South Shields in England in 1854. In respect to the
ingredients used in these biscuits, they are pretty similar to the Eccles Cake.
• In the US, the Sunshine Biscuit Company made a popular version of the X with
raisins which was called “Golden Fruit”.
• ID X.

97. Garibaldi Biscuit

98. • Identify both the entities.

100. • Upper blank: PornHub Aria
• Lower blank: Kanye West

101. • For the 31st episode of the anime series Space Brothers, Akihiko Hoshide
made a guest appearance on the show.
• Hoshide has this to say about being the first voice actor __ _____.
• “It was quite difficult, but I did my best. I am very excited to see what kind of
anime scene it will turn out to be.”
• Put Funda.

103. He recorded the episode in space.

104. Which language is this?

106. Dothraki

107. • X & Y is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS
television network for seven seasons from 1982 to 1988.
• A police procedural, the show starred Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly as New
York City police detectives who led very different lives; Christine X was a
career-minded single woman, while Mary Beth Y was a married working
mother.
• Set in a fictionalized version of Manhattan's 14th Precinct, the name of this
TV show is also the same as 2 characters in another detective TV show set in
New York City.
• ID X and Y

109. Cagney and Lacey; from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

110. • "I had to work quite hard in finding a very particular way for that to be caught
because I knew I was going to do that later; initially, as my ______ can confirm, I
had X catch that. She wanted that changed, and I thought, 'Oh, God, back to the
drawing board.’
• Actually that's what sealed X's fate, because the plan was for X to open it,
because X touched it first, but, by making it Y, then it was time to kill X earlier. I
think X was going to die anyway, eventually.”
• This incident also represented the loss of innocence and security.
• Put Funda

112. Hedwig’s Death

113. Round 5
+5 per correct answer
LIST IT
90 seconds per question

114. Actresses who have been knighted

115. Answers
• Angelina Jolie
• Joan Collins
• Helen Mirren
• Judi Dench
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Julie Andrews
• Maggie Smith
• Angela Lansbury
• Salma Hayek

116. Animals who went to space

117. Answers
• Albert I
• Albert II
• Laika
• Able
• Baker
• Belka
• Strelka
• Felicette

118. Indians who won the Nobel Prize

119. Answers
• Rabindranath Tagore
• C.V Raman
• Amartya Sen
• Kailash Satyarthi
• Har Gobind Khorana
• Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
• Subrahmanyan Chandrashekar

120. FIN