A quiz on conspiracy theories around the world, conducted under the aegis of QuNITe NIT Jamshedpur

2. Rules of the Quiz
 Three Members from a Franchise will be playing the quiz at any point of time.
 Two Swaps are Allowed Twice during the Quiz; at the end of Rounds
 There are four Rounds, Clockwise, Differential, Anticlockwise and a Long
Connect
 The Teams must be connected with each other via phone/Discord voice
channel or whatever they feel comfortable with, but please make sure that only
three of you remain connected at any point of time.
 The Participants must have their Cameras on at all points of time during the
Quiz and their Hands must remain visible throughout.
 The Host team reserves the right to penalize any team found involved in any
misconduct.
 Our proctors will be keeping an eye on each participant.

3. Round 1
CLOCKWISE POUNCE BOUNCE
P - +20/-10
B - +10/0
D - +20/0

4. Q1.
 Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is a Swiss-born writer, television presenter and
producer.
 For several years he worked as a bodybuilding promoter and a volunteer in
IFBB sanctioned bodybuilding contests, including Mr. Olympia.
 He produced and directed the annual IFBB San Francisco Pro Grand Prix
from 2001 until 2005.
 ID his CTF

5. SAFETY

7. Ancient Aliens

8.  Mr. Tsoukalos will act as our safety slides from now on. So keep an eye for
some easy chuckles.
 And also …

9. Q2.
 One of the most unusual pop-culture conspiracy theories revolves around
a member of a legendary band. Legend has it that the person X secretly
died in 1966, at the height of the band’s fame, and that the other members
covered it up by hiring someone who looked and sang like him. There are
numerous clues to this , a few of them featuring in the given lines of their
upcoming song , "He blew his mind out in a car” . Also In one of the songs
, the co-vocalist mumbled at the end of the song , " I buried X " , however
later he denied of this line having any hidden meaning. The original cover
of the band’s 1966 album featured the band posed amid raw meat and
dismembered doll parts - “symbolizing X's gruesome accident”.
 Id the band member

11. Paul McCartney

12. Q3. Connect

14. Anti-Vaxxers

15. Q4.
 This conspiracy theory, dating back to the late 50s, alleges that sometime
around 1943, US navy conducted an experiment aboard USS Eldridge that
rendered it invisible for around 20 minutes. Also, reportedly, when the ship
reappeared, some sailors were embedded in the metal structures of the
ship. However, US navy maintains that this couldn't be possible as the
vessel wasn't in US when this experiment is said to have happened.
 Name the experiment.

17. The Philadelphia Experiment

18. Q5.
 Migdal is a small town in Northern Israel, that was founded in 1910. The
town was established after a group of German Catholics identified it as the
birthplace of X.
 The 2003 bestseller Da Vinci Code popularized a lot of conspiracy theories
regarding X, which suggest that she was married to Jesus and was
pregnant during his crucifixion.
 ID X.

20. Mary Magdalene

21. Q6.
 In October 2017, an anonymous user put a series of posts on the message
board 4chan. The user signed off as “_" and claimed to have a level of US
security approval known as "_ clearance".
 These messages became known as “_ drops" or "breadcrumbs", often
written in cryptic language peppered with slogans, pledges and pro-Trump
themes.
 _ propagated a conspiracy theory according to which a cabal of Satan-
worshipping cannibalistic pedophiles is running a global child sex-
trafficking ring and plotting against US president Donald Trump, who is
fighting the cabal.
 FITB

23. Q

24. Round 2
DIFFERENTIAL – POUNCE ONLY
(6 - X) * 10 / -10

25. Q1.
 This event that took place on 30th June 1908 in Siberia has attracted the
attention of a lot of conspiracy theorists due to its mysterious nature. A lot
of conspiracy theories regarding this event pin the blame on a failed
experiment conducted by Nikola Tesla with his Death Ray.
 However the actual explanation is simply a mid air meteor explosion.
 What event is being discussed here?

27. Tunguska Explosion

28. Q2.
 Because of the undisclosed nature of the proceedings, there are a lot of
conspiracy theories surrounding this group, believing them to be the ‘Deep
State’, or the ‘Shadow World Government’.
 Its an annual conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between
Europe and North America. The group’s agenda, originally to prevent another
world war, is now defined as bolstering a consensus around free market
Western capitalism and its interests around the globe. Participants include
political leaders, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media,
numbering between 120 and 150.
 The first conference was held at the X Hotel in Oosterbeek, Netherlands, from
29 to 31 May 1954. This led to the participants being called the X-ers.
 ID the group.

30. Bilderberg Group

31. Q3.
 The X is an organization of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts founded in 1934
by Christopher Morley. The membership of this group is invitation only,
and the members take on monikers inspired by canon. There have been
around 701 members in this group since it's inception.
 Notable members include: Issac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Neil Gaiman, FDR,
Harry Truman etc.
 Name the group.

33. Baker Street Irregulars

34. Q4.
 X, also known by the nickname “___ ______", is a shortwave radio
station that broadcasts on the frequencies 4625 and 4810 kHz. It
broadcasts a short, monotonous buzz tone repeating at a rate of
approximately 25 tones per minute, 24 hours per day.
 Sometimes, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in
Russian takes place. The start date of broadcasting is disputed, however it
was allegedly reported to start broadcasting sometime in the 1970s.

36. Russian Radio Station UVB-76
a.k.a. The Buzzer

37. Q5.
 Like many people, John McAfee too believes that there was very little
evidence supporting the official story and that ‘_____ __ __ ____’.
 In November 2019, he decided to voice his opinion though a
cryptocurrency and launched a token called ___ __ __ ____ using the Ticker
symbol WHACKD. A few days later he launched a meme contest and
announced that winners would receive 10% of total supply of WHACKD.
 FITB. (Image on the next slide)

40.  Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself

41. Q6.
 X is an urban legend that emerged in early 2000, concerning a fictitious 1980s
instrument .The legend describes it as part of a government-run crowdsourced
psychology experiment based in Portland, Oregon during 1981. The device
supposedly produced intense psychoactive and addictive effects in the player.
These few publicly staged machines were said to have been visited periodically
by men in black for the purpose of data-mining the machines and analyzing
these effects. Players supposedly suffered from a series of unpleasant side
effects, including amnesia, insomnia and hallucinations. Approximately one
month after its supposed release in 1981, X is said to have disappeared
without a trace . The company named in most accounts of the game is
Sinneslöschen, writer Brian Dunning describes it as "not-quite-idiomatic
German" meaning "sense delete" or "sensory deprivation".
 Id X and what was it associated to.

43. Polybius

44. Round 3
ANTI-CLOCKWISE POUNCE BOUNCE
P - +20/-10
B - +10/0
D - +20/0

45. Q1
 X and Kevin are both excellent engineers when it comes to making traps,
and take a lot of joy in watching people succumb to them. This why there's
a popular theory that suggests that Kevin McAllister, the kid from Home
Alone movies, grew up to be a psychotic sadist known as X and that the Y
series is actually a sequel series to Home Alone.
 ID X and the movie series Y.

48. X- John Cramer
Y- SAW

49. Q2
 The X conspiracy is a satirical conspiracy theory that claims that the city of X
does not exist, but is an illusion propagated by various forces. First posted on
the German Usenet in 1994.
It poses the following 3 questions:-
 Do you know anybody from X?
 Have you ever been to X?
 Do you know anybody who has ever been to X?
A majority are expected to answer no to all three queries. Anybody claiming
knowledge about X is promptly disregarded as being in on the conspiracy or
being deceived by it. German Chancellor Angela Merkel referred to the conspiracy
in public when talking about a meeting she had attended in X. About a year and a
half ago, the council of X announced a reward of a million euros for
“incontrovertible evidence” that X didn't exist. ID X

51. Bielefeld

52. Q3.
 This superhit augmented reality game X brought together people from all
walks of life, but there is a theory that it was released by the CIA to spy on
people by harvesting images from all the participant players. The
inspiration for this theory was Y, a 2008 film based on a tragic hero, which
showed a similar surveillance technique In action.
 Identify X and Y.

54. X- Pokemon Go
Y- The Dark Knight

55. Q4.
 Composer Antonio Salieri was suffering from dementia when he admitted
to killing his famous fellow composer. This created conspiracy theories that
have been debunked since but has been immortalized in the opening lines
in a famous play. Most people believe it was rheumatic fever or kidney
stones that actually killed the composer.
 Who?
 Also Name the play.

57. Mozart
 Play is Amadeus by Peter Schaffer

58. Q5.
 Many great men chose to visit India in anonymity. One such was X, a 30-
something prodigious progeny. While one part of the world mourned his
thorny untimely death, he settled down and lived here for 80 odd more
years, If legend is to be believed.
 His 'grave' in Kashmir is a shrine, whose name inspired the title and plot of
a thriller Novel Y.
 Identify X and Y.

60. X- Jesus Christ
Y- The Rozabal Line (after Roza Bal Shrine in Kashmir)

61. Q6.
 A rumor or joke in art circles - that the _______ _____________
______ actively promoted modern art, especially that of the
artist X to win the cultural war of 1950-60s. Abstract
expressionist artists like X were given impetus for propaganda
to show how Western art was more free and creative than
restrained Soviet art. Who supposedly promoted the art?
 Name X.

63. CIA
 X- Jackson Pollock

64. The Long Connect
MARKS ARE INDICATED AGAINST EACH QUESTION.

65. Q1. (+120/-100)
 Most people have a misconception regarding the name of this song
because of the year that's mentioned in it. But the real reason as to why it's
named so is something else, which is pointed out in the last line of the
song.
 Which song am I talking about?

66. SAFETY

67. Summer of ‘69

68. Q2. (+100/-50)
 Katie Bouman led development of
a computer program that made the
breakthrough image of black hoke
possible. This image of her with the
stack of hard drives containing
black hole data was inspired by an
iconic image of another computer
scientist from MIT.
 Who?

69. SAFETY

70. Margaret Hamilton standing next to
the code she wrote for Apollo-11

71. Q3. (+80/-40)
 The mineral shown here is
Armalcolite, a titanium-rich
mineral with the chemical
formula Ti₂O₅. How did this
mineral got its name?

72. SAFETY

73. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins

74. Q4. (+60/-30)
 At the end of the last Apollo 15 moon walk, Commander David Scott
performed a live demonstration for the television cameras. He held out a
geologic hammer and a feather and dropped them at the same time.
Because they were essentially in a vacuum, there was no air resistance and
the feather fell at the same rate as the hammer, as Galileo had concluded
hundreds of years before. Now apart from the verification of Galileo's
statement, this experiment was also intended as a reply to a certain
category of people back on earth. What was the other reason for the
conduction of this experiment?
 Image on next slide ->

75. Q4.

76. SAFETY

77.  After the Apollo 11 mission, conspiracy theorists said that the landings
were fake and they were shot on stages. So this experiment done by David
Scott somewhat was an answer to the questions raised by the conspiracists
and was kind of proof that they were actually on moon!

78. Q5. (+40/-20)
 Richard "Dick" Hallorann had a small but pivotal role in the first book,
although the movie adaptation chose to kill off this character. This, along
with a bunch of other changes in the adaptation disappointed the book's
author so much that when he wrote a sequel to it, he wrote a big part for
Dick, so that Hollywood wouldn't be able to make a sequel to the
adaptation without retconning or remaking it.
 ID the book/movie.

79. SAFETY

80. The Shining

81. Q6. (+20/-10)
 Based on the 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story) by Arthur
Schnitzler, this film’s production holds the Guinness world record for
longest continuous film shoot, taking around 400 days.
 This was the last movie directed by it’s director, with him dying just 6 days
after the final cut was screened to Warner Brothers.
 ID the movie & Director.

82. SAFETY

85. Kubrick faked the Moon Landing

86. TIE-BREAKERS

87. Q1.
 He appears as himself in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon,
where he explains to Optimus Prime and the Autobots that the Apollo 11
mission also discovered a Cybertronian ship on the moon whose existence
was concealed from the public.
 Who?

88. SAFETY

89. Buzz Aldrin

90. Q2.
 In the year 1478, in order to replace the Medici's as the rulers of Florence,
one of the Florentine families aided by Pope Sixtus IV, conspired to
assassinate Lorenzo de'Medici and his brother Giulani. Giulani died but his
brother survived, and the family responsible for this attack were banished
from Florence.
 What is this event known as?

91. SAFETY

92. The Pazzi Conspiracy

93. Q3.
 Unification or death, popularly known
as the __ ___ was a secret military
society formed in 1901 by officers in
the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia. It
gained a reputation for its alleged
involvement in the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
in 1914 and for the earlier
assassination of the Serbian royal
couple in 1903, under the aegis of
Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević.
 FITB.

94. SAFETY

95. Black Hand