S05_E11: The Greatest Quiz Ever Made | Rishabh and Khushi

THE
GREATEST
QUIZ EVER MADE
S05_E11
3rd
November 2021
QM: Rishabh and Khushi

TEASER
X was a French bookseller and a scribe. He was once sold a rare manuscript. After
spending 24 years translating it, he and his wife were able to accomplish
transmutation, turning half a pound mercury first into silver, then into gold. He made
a projection of the red stone on same amount of mercury and as a result, the
transmutation took place.
From the middle ages, the red stone (Y) was the most sought after goal in the world
of the medieval ancestor of chemistry. The stone was believed to cause
transmutation and had healing properties. Some believe that the red stone may not
be a stone at all, but called so just due to virtue of it’s fixed nature.
Many unsuccessful attempts to find Y had been made until X claimed of having
discovered it. X might/might not have discovered Y, but it did make him immortal.
ID X (5) and Y (5).

Ans
X - Nicolas Flamel Y - Philosopher’s Stone

ROUND RULES
● THIS ROUND CONTAINS 7 POUNCE & BOUNCE QUESTIONS.
● DIRECT +10/0
● BOUNCE +10/0
● POUNCE +10/-5
● FOR POUNCING, TAG THE QUIZMASTER (@quizmaster) WITHIN THE
POUNCE WINDOW IN YOUR TEAM’S TEXT CHANNEL AND WRITE
YOUR ANSWER.
● DO NOT UNMUTE AND ANSWER UNLESS YOU ARE ASKED TO.

01
Identify this king from the early modern period of modern history (which is roughly said to
be from the 1400s to around 1800 CE). The memes bring out some of his most infamous
actions, such as having multiple divorces, getting two of his wives beheaded and
separating his country from the Roman Catholic Church because the Pope didn’t allow
him to divorce his ﬁrst wife.

02
The creator of this art installation was inspired to create this when she heard a
remark, “170,000 <REDACTED> are just a statistic”. She says that her 25 years of
experience has taught her that each <REDACTED> is valuable, no <REDACTED> is just
a statistic.
The first art installment was setup in Oct 2020 and featured 200,000+ white flags,
planted in an array. The creator also encouraged visitors to plant personalized white
flags.
Due to the emotional response that the first exhibit got, the artist set up the second
installment of her artwork recently, but this time, with almost 400,000 flags more
than the last exhibit.
What is the significance of the white flags in the art-installment ?

A02
Deaths due to Covid
The white ﬂags symbolise the lives lost to Covid in USA.
In America : Remember In America : How could this happen...

03
Explain how these numbers are connected by a tragic event of the 21st century.
Identify the event (2.5) and the what the grey and silver numbers stand for. (7.5)
8:46 9:03
9:37 10:03

A03
Event: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
11, 175, 77 and 93 stand for the ﬂight numbers of the four ﬂights hijacked in the
attacks.

04
Find this one word term that is used in both medicine and athletics:
Use in medicine: an external device that is implanted in certain patients. It uses
electrical impulses to regulate the working of an organ of the body.
Use in athletics: a runner hired in track events to run at certain speeds in certain
stages of a middle or long distance race, before falling back or dropping out. Their
function is to serve as a reference for the athletes in the designated parts of the race
(usually in the beginning), as these events are highly strategy dependent. They are
most useful for athletes trying to break world records.

05
The bittersweet battle that ensued between two adjacent states in 2017 finally come
to an end in 2019 as Chennai-based Registry Office has recently issued a formal
certificate recognising the second state’s variant of a culinary dish.
In its submission before the registrar, the variant to which the formal certification
was issued was described as : “very soft to feel, juicy and non-chewy in consistency,
and can be swallowed without teeth pressure." The formal certification of the same
product to two states now recognizes two distinct varieties in texture and taste.
While one state alleges that the dish was ‘invented’ by a state cultural icon at his
residence, the other state cite a tradition dating back to 12th century of offering the
dish to their deity.
ID the states (2.5 each) and the delicacy (5).

A05
Odisha and West Bengal
Controversy over GI tag for the sweet dish Rasgulla.
Banglar Rosogulla Odisha Rasagola

06
The Earthshot Prize, established by the Royal Foundation recently had its first event.
Created to tackle environment-related challenges, it “aims to turn the current pessimism
surrounding environmental issues into optimism, by highlighting the ability of human
ingenuity to bring about change, and inspiring collective action.”
It provides financial rewards and recognition to people/groups that come up with
innovative and effective solutions for the five ‘Earthshots’ : the restoration and protection
of nature; air cleanliness; ocean revival; waste-free living; and climate action. The vision is
to achieve these goals by 2030.
It has quite a few similarities (or comparisons that can be made) to another endeavour of
the previous century: the significance of technological creativity in the pursuit of the
target, a large commitment of financial resources, and declaring the intent to achieve a
specific goal by the end of that decade. In fact, the name Earthshot is derived from the
name given to that particular initiative X.
What is the name ‘Earthshot’ inspired from?

A06
Moonshot
https://www.jfkmoonshot.org/

07
These skyscrapers were constructed to house the headquarters of
a namesake government owned energy company. The structural
system of the buildings is tube in tube design, commonly used for
high rise buildings. The design of steel and glass facade resemble
motifs from Islamic Art.
Circular sectors were added to meet the space requirements for
ofﬁces. These circular sectors resemble the bottom part of another
tower X of historical importance.
ID X.
Also, identify the structure being talked about. (5 each)

A07
X - Qutub Minar Petronas Twin Towers

WRITTEN PICTURE ROUND (STAKE)
ROUND 2

ROUND RULES
● YOU WILL BE SHOWN 8 PICTURES OF ICONIC MOMENTS ACROSS MODERN
HISTORY. YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE YEAR FROM THE PICTURE. (YOUR
ANSWER ONLY NEEDS TO BE THE YEAR.)
● WRITE ALL THE ANSWERS IN A SINGLE MESSAGE IN YOUR TEAM’S TEXT
CHANNEL AND TAG THE QUIZMASTER. (@quizmaster)
● DO NOT UNMUTE AND ANSWER.
● YOU CAN STAKE THE ANSWERS ACCORDING TO :
○ STAKE : +10/-5 (MENTION “STAKE”.)
○ NO STAKE : +5/0
● THERE WILL BE NO RE-RUNS.

08
Identify the year from the picture

A08
2011
President Obama and other top ofﬁcials in the White House Situation Room during the
assassination of Osama Bin Laden. (Operation Neptune Spear)

09

A09
1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall

10

A10
1971
Pakistan signing the instrument of surrender after the Indo-Pak War of 1971.

11

A11
1945
US troops raising the American ﬂag on the island of Iwo Jima during WWII.

12

A12
2014
Germany’s Mario Götze scores the winning goal in the FIFA World Cup Final.

13

A13
1997
Death of Princess Diana in a car accident in Paris.

14

A14
2002
India and Sri Lanka share the Champions Trophy after the ﬁnal gets washed out twice.

15

A15
1929
The Wall Street Crash

ROUND RULES
● THE FOLLOWING SLIDES CONTAINS 6 IMAGES CONNECTED VIA A
COMMON THEME. YOU HAVE TO GUESS THE THEME.
● THE POINTS YOU WILL GET FOR ANSWERING IS MENTIONED IN
EACH SLIDE.
● FOR ANSWERING, TAG THE QUIZMASTER (@quizmaster) IN YOUR
TEAM’S TEXT CHANNEL.
● YOU CAN ATTEMPT ONLY ONCE.

20
1994 - 1996
1996 - 1997
+30/-10

21
2001 - 2014
2014 - Present
+15/0

Ans
List of politicians who have served
both as Chief Minister of some state and
Prime Minister of India.

16
Tenure as CM : 1971 - 1973
Bombay State
Tenure as PM : 1977 - 1979
Morarji Desai

17
Tenure as CM : 1967 - 1968,
again in 1970
Undivided U.P.
Tenure as PM : 1979 - 1980
Charan Singh

18
Tenure as CM : 1980-1982
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure as PM : 1989 - 1990
V.P. Singh

19
Tenure as CM : 1971 - 1973
Andhra Pradesh
Tenure as PM : 1991 - 1996
P.V. Narasimha Rao

20
Tenure as CM : 1994 - 1996
Karnataka
Tenure as PM : 1996 - 1997
H. D. Deve Gowda

21
Tenure as CM : 2001 - 2014
Gujarat
Tenure as PM : 2014 - Present
Narendra Modi

22
If you use youtube, there are high chances that you have
heard this name. This freemium mobile game was released in
2018. It has been praised for its graphics but criticized for its
aggressive microtransaction system.
The game has received substantial negative attention for its
extensive advertising campaign, most notably its
sponsorships of a number of YouTube and Twitch content
creators. This had led to it becoming an internet meme.
However, their marketing strategy has been pretty
successful, and they have generated nearly 50 million
downloads and more than 500 million dollars in revenue.
Identify the mobile game.

23
It started in late 2016 when a certain set of Americans in a country in the West Indies
started reporting some medicals symptoms for which the cause couldn’t be found.
Typically, the symptoms went like this: the victim would hear unexplained, strange and
irritating noises for anywhere between 20 seconds to 30 minutes. Those who didn’t hear
sounds instead felt pressure, vibrations or heat.
Many things about this phenomenon were weird. For those who heard sounds, covering
their ears made no difference to the sensation. Others in nearby rooms would not report
experiencing those sounds/symptoms at the same time. Victims experienced dizziness
and fatigue for months after the experience. Commonly referred to using its place of
origin, now this phenomenon has occurred with Americans in various countries across
the continents. It has been widely speculated that it is a human-made occurrence, and
that adversaries of the US are behind these attacks.
What profession(s) did the victims belong to? What is the phenomenon called? (5 each)

A23
Havana Syndrome
Victims are mainly American diplomats/embassy staff and spies.
The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba

24
X is a genre of dance music that originated in Czech and is known well throughout
Europe and America. The dance emerged as a craze in mid 1800s and swept through
Europe. Such was the popularity that products were being marketed as X-related.
Maybe that’s why X shares its name with a fashion.
The fashion practice was not always considered cheerful. In medieval Europe, the
technology to create uniformly spaced X did not exist yet, hence the resulting
unevenly spaced product was reminiscent of fatal illness(es) rampant at that time.
Though any connection between the two (the dance and X) is not clear, it is thought
that the design element evokes the cheerful and light nature of the dance.
ID X.

A24
POLKA
POLKA DOT POLKA DANCE

25
Development on this character began in 1993. Some of the initial design ideas
included a male character with a hat and a whip, but the similarity to Indiana Jones
made the developers look for more originality. The design team eventually settled on
a female character and gave her a British origin.
Over the course of various releases, her backstory has changed but the essence of
the character has remained the same: a highly intelligent and athletic English
archaeologist, the only daughter and heir of an aristocratic family who travels the
world and ventures into ancient tombs and hazardous ruins in search of forgotten
artifacts and locations. Some of her most important accessories include ﬁngerless
gloves, a backpack, a utility belt with holsters on either side and most importantly,
twin pistols.
Identify this iconic character or the franchise she belongs to.

A25
Lara Croft
Protagonist of the Tomb Raider video game series (as well as three ﬁlms).

26
X Y
Released in Aug 2020. Released July 2018.
Time duration: 15-30 sec Time duration: 1-15 minutes
Has in app editing features. Lacks in app editing features.
Has in app real estate to provide non
followers to discover your brand.
Can be discovered in the separate app.
Best for content :
● Short BTS
● Timelapses
● Quick tips and tricks
Best for content :
● Creating a series
● Q&As
● In depth product showcase
Recent algorithm change will be deemphasizing videos with a certain watermark.
ID the video sharing platforms X and Y (5 each).

A26
X - Instagram Reels Y - Instagram TV

27
NASA’s telescope array has captured a picture of a cloud of material from an
exploding star. The leftover particles after the supernova have arranged themselves
to look like a <REDACTED>. The picture is appropriately named X. The stellar corpse,
on the deep black background of the space appears to pop out of nothingness just
like a Supreme being wanting to convey his blessings.
The phrase X was also used by a footballer to describe a goal that he scored in one
of the World Cup matches. The player’s team ended up winning the match due to
that goal. But, according to the rules, the footballer should have been given a yellow
card and the goal should not have been considered.
What is X and ID the Argentinian player (5 each).

A27
Hand of God
Diego Maradona

28
What’s a better strategy to help reposition your brand than to come out with an
iconic advertisement?
And so did X. The purpose of this iconic advertisement was to change the perception
that X’s products are for children only. At a time when advertisements sold the
product with in-your-face approach, this commercial also had a revolutionary
impact as the ad barely had a few glimpses of the product.
27 years later, the advertisement has made a comeback but with an apt twist. The
new advertisement aims to recognize the women trailblazers and celebrate their
success stories.
ID X. What was/is the backdrop of the advertisement? (5 each)

WRITTEN PICTURE ROUND (STAKE)
ROUND 5

ROUND RULES
● YOU WILL BE SHOWN 8 PICTURES OF ALBUM COVERS. YOU HAVE TO
IDENTIFY THE NAME OF THE ALBUM FROM THE PICTURE.
● WRITE ALL THE ANSWERS IN A SINGLE MESSAGE IN YOUR TEAM’S TEXT
CHANNEL AND TAG THE QUIZMASTER. (@quizmaster)
● YOU CAN STAKE THE ANSWERS ACCORDING TO :
○ STAKE : +10/-5 ( MENTION “STAKE”.)
○ NO STAKE : +5/0
● THERE WILL BE NO RE-RUNS

A29
Blurryface
Album by Twenty One Pilots

30
Apart from a lot of people (or creatures), another thing that appears a lot (both in its
modern and ancient forms) in this cover may lead you to the name.
Identify the album.

A30
Torches
Album by Foster The People

A31
The Eminem Show
Album by Eminem

32
Think Physics.
Identify the album.

A32
AM
Album by Arctic Monkeys

33
The three images on the right are a reference to the album name. The ﬁrst two words
of the name form a verb that is represented by the aeroplane (because the verb is
something a plane does in every ﬂight) while the other two circles are the things
being acted upon. The album name is like a sentence formed using the verb and the
two objects.
Identify the album.

A33
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Album by Blink-182

34
The album shares its name with a movie, you might be reminded of on looking at the
poster.
Identify the album.

A34
The Lion King: The Gift
Album by Beyonce

A35
A Head Full of Dreams
Album by Coldplay

36
This is a self-titled album and the mode of transportation shown on the cover points
towards the second word of the band’s name.
Identify the album.

A36
Led Zeppelin
Album by Led Zeppelin

Ans
All the companies/brands that have
been the shirt sponsor of the
Indian Cricket Team.

37
Wills : 1993-96 and 1999-2001

43
In the 1920s, the world’s leading electric companies all realised that their light bulb sales
were under threat from the same cause: a certain property of their bulbs. Their annual
sales had dipped massively and if they continued to work the way they did, they believed
further decrease in sales would occur with time.
A secret meeting between the top executives of companies like Philips, General Electric,
Associated Electric and Osram among others took place. They decided to work together
to boost their sales by changing a property of their light bulbs. After implementing this,
they even had a system where they would check each other’s products to ensure they
were complying with the standard that the meeting had outlined. This method worked
and in the following years their sales increased again. Though this cartel didn’t effectively
survive for too long (about 15 years), the learnings from their tactics were heavily
employed by other industries as well.
What did they change in their bulbs to boost sales?

A43
They decreased the lifespan of their bulbs
from about 1500-2000 hours to 1000 hours.

44
August saw a sharp increase in number of people making trips to the hospitals for the
treatment of injuries sustained usually when one falls from height, like dislocated
shoulders, ACL tears and broken wrists. Several doctors and health workers have
voiced their opinions against the practice that caused this.
The practice has also lead to surge in people doing something to get the apparatus
required for it, which is a real issue in the dairy industry. This action is often attributed
to the dairy industry losing $80M a year.
What started off as a fad, was causing serious injuries and hence, to discourage
people from doing it, it had to be banned from a platform.
What practice are we talking about? What is the action that is causing losses to the
dairy industry? (5 each)

A44
Milk Crate Challenge
The people were stealing Milk Crates to perform the challenge.

45
The ﬁrst design of the insignia used to authenticate documents in USA went underway
shortly after the Independence Day declaration. Over time, the dye wore out and the
alternative iterations incorporated mistakes in them. At its 100th anniversary, the
government decided to correct the errors in the insignia and offered X a $1,000 dollar
contract for the same. In the corrected seal, the motifs remained the same, the design was
just made more dynamic. The design, till date features on $1 bill.
X is not exactly in designing business, but designing is an integral part of their business. X
ﬁrst functioned as a “stationary and fancy goods store” before establishing itself as what it
is known today for - a symbol of striving aspiration, be it for love or a more lavish life.
X is synonymous with the light medium robin egg blue color. Breakfast at X should def be
on your bucket list.
ID X.

A45
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany helped redesign the Great Seal of USA.
The Great Seal of USA The seal on $1 bill

46
This three-word phrase (having a repeated word) was originally used as the title for
several publications that list the notable and prominent people of society, usually by
country or by their ﬁeld of work. The most popular of these is a publication in the UK
which lists the prominent people of the British society and has been published
annually since 1849.
This phrase has now become a part of common language, and is used widely by
newspapers, magazines, commentators etc. with a meaning quite similar to what the
publications carried, i.e. a reference to the best/greatest/most notable/most
well-known in any ﬁeld.
Identify the phrase.

47
An audio clip will be played for you. What you hear is music created by a source
whose main function is actually transportation and has been modiﬁed for the
purpose of creating a melody. Identify the source of the music and how the music is
being generated. (5 points for the source and 5 for the description)
(00:10 - 00:41)

A47
Musical Roads
The music is generated by placing a series of strips on the road, varying the spacing
of strips according to the note to be played. The vibrations caused when a car drives
over are heard as sound.

48
This speciﬁc time of the year is dominated by the use of - X & Y. From advent calendars
to socks, X & Y can be seen everywhere. The reason behind this has its roots stretching as
far back as 13th century.
Rood screens, either richly painted in X and Y or carved, were common architectural
features of medieval churches. In those times, X was derived from iron and Y from
copper. These metals were associated with the planets Mars and Venus respectively.
Further the idea of duality was expressed through X and Y: male and female, war and love
etc.
However, out of the many combinations, the current popularity of the combination - X &
Y was cemented in Western culture by a beverage titan Z, when a new version of a
character was created wearing clothes that were X - matching Z’s logo.
ID X (2.5), Y (2.5) , Z (5).

A48
X - Red colour
Y - Green colour
Z - Coca Cola
Rood Screens

49
You might take a few moments to realise (or
you might never) that the image given
alongside is a painting and not a photograph.
As is visible, the paintings of this style try to
imitate the level of reality experienced only in
photographs. It is said to belong to an
American art movement which gained
momentum in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Identify the name given to this movement,
which is fairly representative of its features.

ROUND RULES
● You will be shown a single slide containing 16 images. They are colour coded according
to the following scheme: (written on the next slide as well)
○ Pink - Identify the Famous Personalities.
○ Orange - Identify the company from the slogans.
○ Green - Identify the product from the mascot.
○ No color - Identify the brand from the logo.
● Write the answers in a single message through the text channel and tag the QM.
● Word of Advice: Before the round starts, make a message template with question
numbers 50-65.
● There will be a 1 minute time limit. The timer will be visible on the bottom right of the
slide.
● Whatever will be written at the end of the 60 seconds in the team text channel will be
considered to be the ﬁnal set of answers. ( Therefore make sure you submit before the
timer ends).
● All answers are a proper noun.
● Marking Scheme: +2.5 per correct answer.

58 59
60 61
Pink - Identify the Famous Personalities Orange - Identify the company from the slogans
Green - Identify the product from the mascot No color - Identify the brand from the logo
50 51
52 53
55
54
56
57
65
64
63
62

Smriti Mandhana Warren Buffett
Lata Mangeshkar Jacinda Ardern
Famous Personalities

Bentley Motors Royal Dutch Shell
Dabur Target
Brands from the logo

Cheetos 7 UP
Monopoly Pillsbury
Product from the mascot

Nestle Space X
Sony Gillette
Company from the motto

ZARURAT PADEGI ISKI?
TIE-BREAKER

ROUND RULES
● YOU WILL BE SHOWN 1 POLITICAL CARTOON. YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE
CONTEXT OF THE CARTOON.
● THE SUBSEQUENT 3 SLIDES CONTAINS HINTS WHICH WILL BE SHOWN IN
CASE ANY TEAM ASKS FOR IT.
● THE TEAM WHICH ANSWERS CORRECTLY FIRST IN THEIR TEXT CHANNELS.
(TAG THE QUIZMASTER - @quizmaster) WILL BE THE WINNER.

66
HINT #1 :
YEAR ASSOCIATED : 1945 - 1971

66
HINT #2 :
PERSON IN THE CARTOON :
MAO ZEDONG

A66
Titled Blackballed...again!, this cartoon
appeared when the U.N General Assembly, for
the 14th year in a row rejected the proposal of
Mao Zedong, the communist leader of PRC to
expel ROC (Republic of China, or Taiwan) and
admit PRC (People’s Republic of China or
China).
The idea of allowing membership to “two
Chinas” was unacceptable to China and U.S.
However, in 1971, the U.K, France and
non-aligned countries (India) voted in favour of
PRC and thus, PRC was seated in the U.N.

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