MELAS Quiz conducted by Quiz Club NIT Warangal as a part of Q-factor: Online edition on 23rd July.

2. Research team
• Himanshu
• Tanuja
• Sai Krishna
• Jauwaad
• Ruchir
• Prateek
• Rohan
• Siddharth

4. Rules
• To pounce, write your answer on the team text channel, and tag
the moderator before pounce time is closed.
• Pounce scoring:
+10 for full correct answer -5 for incorrect/incomplete answer
• To bounce, when it is your team’s chance to answer, any one
member can unmute themselves on the Quiz voice channel and
answer.
• Bounce scoring:
+10 for complete correct answer No negatives for incorrect answer
• Part points where applicable

5. Test Question
• These are the objectives for a physical education course offered
by the University of Victoria.
• Examine human potential using X as a metaphor for the ultimate
in human conditioning; evaluates the concepts of adaptation to
exercise and injury from the perspective of science and exercise
training; examines the multiple sciences behind exercise
adaptation, musculoskeletal injury and concussion, and
limitations of the human body and mind.
ID X.

6. ANSWER
Batman

7. Q1
• The Flowers of Scotland is the country’s unofficial national
anthem (because apparently they have 6) and is widely used at
sporting events. According to some, it must be dropped as the
national anthem because it portrays anti-English sentiment.
More traditional artsy folks give another reason, saying that it
can’t represent true Scottish culture.
• Why do they feel it doesn’t represent true Scottish culture?

8. ANSWER
It contains a flattened seventh note, which cannot be produced by
the bagpipes.

9. Q2
_____ is a reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown
pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish of the
same name.
This color was used in a project 80 years ago to represent the
transition from a boring world to a vibrant one.
People nowadays will be more familiar with this color through
various social media and camera apps.
Which color is this? (5)
What project is talked about above? (5)

10. ANSWER
Sepia & Wizard of Oz

11. Q3
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a famous dystopian novel by George Orwell
telling the dark story of a world held in an ironclad grip by a few
political organisations.
The organisation controlling Britain, INGSOC, even goes as far as to
change the language of the country from English (Oldspeak), to a new,
condensed, and simplified Newspeak to have better control over
people’s thoughts (explained in the Appendix section).
While the book itself is dark, and ends on a hopeless note, with the
(spoilers) protagonist brainwashed just like the party wanted, some
people believe Orwell subtly told the reader that that government
eventually will be overthrown. How?

12. ANSWER
The Appendix section, explaining the language, is written
in the past tense.

13. Q4
Sometime around 1941, a 59 year old artist was walking in New York
City with a handheld sketchbook when he sketched a man wearing a
suit and a fedora. He sketched another man from behind several
times.
After years of searching, it was found that the artwork was not
inspired by a single place. It was a composite of intersections around
Greenwich avenue and its curving prow is believed to be inspired by
the Flatiron Building (image follows).
Which artwork is discussed above?

14. Flatiron Building

15. ANSWER
Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks

16. Q5
A defender blocking a spike attempt/attack in volleyball with one hand
is commonly termed an X. The X block was made popular by legendary
beach volleyball player Randy Stoklos, and it used mainly as a last
resort.
This block was called X because it closely resembled how the famous
character from which it gets its name swatted at _________ in the
movie.
ID X.

17. ANSWER
KONG

18. Q6
• After the famous band X fired drummer Pete Best in 1962 in favor
of their more iconic drummer, he formed a new band along with
two songwriters and released an album on Savage Records, titled
____ __ ___ _______.
• This caused a lot of disappointment from the fans who bought the
album without reading the song titles, since they had expected
something else.
• Give the name of the album.

19. ANSWER

20. Q7
“Dokdo is Korean Land” is a song about the highly disputed island by
Japan and Korea and the song is said to be well known by all
Koreans.
This song was paid a tribute to last year in the form of a memory
technique.
Give me exactly where you might have heard this tune.

21. ANSWER
Jessica’s jingle in Parasite

22. Q8
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of X, was a Scottish nobleman,
remembered for lending his name to something that is of great importance
in modern boxing.
He also played a significant role in destroying the career of Y.
It started in February 1895, angered by the apparent ongoing affair
between Y and his child, X left a calling card reading "For Y, posing
_________"(picture on the next slide) at Y’s club. Y sued for criminal libel,
leading to X’s arrest.
X won a counterclaim against Y for the considerable expenses he had
incurred on lawyers and private detectives in organizing his defense. Y was
left bankrupt; his assets were seized and sold at auction to pay the claim.
ID Y and how X contributed to modern boxing.

24. ANSWER
Y - Oscar Wilde
X - Queensbury who gave the
Queensbury Rules Of Boxing

25. Q9
South Korean designer Kim Dong-kyu was deeply bothered by how
obsessed people are with their phones, often missing out on
wonderful experiences right in front of them. He altered a very
famous artwork to depict this universal malady.
He described it as such:
“In X’s contemplative work, is an outstretched arm with the central
figure taking a photo of the mountaintop scene. I changed it so you
can only see him thrusting a smartphone camera to the fabulous
scenery, something meant to represent a religious or spiritual
experience. Just like a modern person would do.”
ID the work.

26. ANSWER
X - Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

27. Q10
• In the summer of 2003, X retired, leaving a void in Manchester City’s
goalkeeper spot. So Kevin Keegan purchased another highly
regarded goalkeeper Y who was also coming to the end of his career,
who might’ve regretted not being able to stay at his old club
following the outcome of the next season.
• Sky Sports announced this signing with a headline that was soon
taken down and replaced because of its NSFW meaning.
• ID the headline including X and Y.

28. ANSWER
Keegan fills Schmeichel’s gap with Seaman

30. Rules
• There will be 5 questions, of the written type, and all under a particular
theme.
• All the questions will be shown, one by one, and some time will be given
for participants to discuss and compile their answers. Once they are sure
of their final answers, they can tag the Moderator and submit their
answers on the team channel, after which no changing of answers will be
allowed.
• After each question, you can decide to guess the theme (on the same
channel itself, before the next question is shown), and points or
negatives will be awarded according to the scoring mentioned at the top
of each slide.
• To guess the theme, tag the moderator and say ‘Theme - XYZ’.

31. Q1
In an interview this artist (X) said that the purpose behind the title of her
first album was to reflect her age when she wrote them. She said, "I just
kinda remember becoming a bit of a women during that time. And I think
that is definitely documented in the songs".
Y is an award winning song written and performed by X. In 2012, X revealed
that, although she initially refused to do the song, upon learning that Y was
the twenty-third Project of that franchise, she became more willing to do it,
being that she was 23 at the time as well.
ID X & Y.

32. Q2 : Give X
X is set in the “land of ooo”, 1000 years after the great mushroom war where
magical powers have returned to the earth and follows the cast as they
explore and meet new people.
In an interview with Pendleton Ward, the creator of X, he said that the main
inspiration for this show comes from the board game Dungeons & Dragons.
He described creating a new episode being like throwing dice and making up
the story according to where he lands, like choosing weapons, magical items
etc.
The show also contains many different references about the history of the
world of X such as deformed cars and buses hidden in the background, even
though they don’t exist in the world. When asked about this, Ward described
the setting as "Candyland on the surface and dark underneath".
The show was praised for its animation style, soundtrack and characters, with
it being a light hearted show about fun.

33. Q3 : FITB
The ____ ________ Universe is a sci-fi universe set in a world dominated by
Private Military Contractors, written by American authors Chris Kennedy and
Mark Wandrey. The set up is:
“In the early 21st century, First Contact didn't go so well for humans. Earth
turned out to have little of worth to the alien races of the Union, so when
humans tried to break into the highly competitive mercenary business they
proved little more than Cannon Fodder. Only a few companies out of the first
wave of 100 to leave Earth to take these military contracts, actually returned
home, obscenely wealthy by Earth standards by causing death and
destruction on many planets.
These companies: Cartwright's Cavaliers, Asbaran Solutions, the Golden Horde,
and the Winged Hussars, all have similar insignias, and they became known as
"the ____ ________”.

34. Q4 : ID X
• The Opening of the Fifth Seal (image follows) was painted by El
Greco for a side-altar of the church of Saint John the Baptist outside
the walls of Toledo.
• The painting's subject is taken from the Book of Revelation 6:9–11,
where the souls of martyrs cry out to God for justice upon their
persecutors on Earth. St. John dominates the canvas, while behind
him naked souls of a few young women writhe in a chaotic storm of
emotion as they receive white robes of salvation.
• This painting has been suggested to be the inspiration for X, when
the stylistic similarities and the relationship between the motifs and
visually identifying qualities of both works were analyzed.

36. Q5
“McStroke" is the tenth episode of season six of the animated comedy
series Family Guy. The episode follows Peter as he saves the life of the
owner of a fast-food restaurant and the owner gives him a lifetime supply of
free hamburgers.
After eating 30 hamburgers in a row, Peter suffers a massive stroke and
tries to take revenge on the restaurant. Peter Griffin sang a mumbled
version of this song X while he was driving shortly after his stroke as he
thinks he is about to die.
ID the song X which is hugely relevant and popular these days.

38. Q1 : ID X & Y
In an interview this artist (X) said that the purpose behind the title of her
first album was to reflect her age when she wrote them. She said, "I just
kinda remember becoming a bit of a women during that time. And I think
that is definitely documented in the songs".
Y is an award winning song written and performed by X. In 2012, X revealed
that, although she initially refused to do the song, upon learning that Y was
the twenty-third Project of that franchise, she became more willing to do it,
being that she was 23 at the time as well.
+50/-40

39. ANSWER
Adele & Skyfall
(Skyfall being the twenty-third Bond Film)

40. Q2 : Give X
X is set in the “land of ooo”, 1000 years after the great mushroom war where
magical powers have returned to the earth and follows the cast as they
explore and meet new people.
In an interview with Pendleton Ward, the creator of X, he said that the main
inspiration for this show comes from the board game Dungeons & Dragons.
He described creating a new episode being like throwing dice and making up
the story according to where he lands, like choosing weapons, magical items
etc.
The show also contains many different references about the history of the
world of X such as deformed cars and round buses hidden in the background,
even though they don’t exist in the world. When asked about this, Ward
described the setting as "Candyland on the surface and dark underneath".
The show was praised for its animation style, soundtrack and characters, with
it being a light hearted show about fun.
+40/-30

41. ANSWER
Adventure Time

42. Q3 : FITB
The ____ ________ Universe is a sci-fi universe set in a world dominated by
Private Military Contractors, written by American authors Chris Kennedy and
Mark Wandrey. The set up is:
“In the early 21st century, First Contact didn't go so well for humans. Earth
turned out to have little of worth to the alien races of the Union, so when
humans tried to break into the highly competitive mercenary business they
proved little more than Cannon Fodder. Only a few companies out of the first
wave of 100 to leave Earth to take these military contracts, actually returned
home, obscenely wealthy by causing death and destruction on many planets.
These companies: Cartwright's Cavaliers, Asbaran Solutions, the Golden Horde,
and the Winged Hussars, all have similar insignias, and they became known as
"the ____ ________”.
+30/-20

43. ANSWER
The Four Horsemen

44. Q4 : ID X
The Opening of the Fifth Seal (image follows) was painted by El Greco
for a side-altar of the church of Saint John the Baptist outside the walls
of Toledo.
The painting's subject is taken from the Book of Revelation 6:9–11,
where the souls of martyrs cry out to God for justice upon their
persecutors on Earth. St. John dominates the canvas, while behind him
naked souls of a few young women writhe in a chaotic storm of emotion
as they receive white robes of salvation.
This painting has been suggested to be the inspiration for X, when the
stylistic similarities and the relationship between the motifs and
visually identifying qualities of both works were analyzed.
+20/-10

45. ANSWER
Les Demoiselles D’Avignon
by Pablo Picasso

46. Q5
“McStroke" is the tenth episode of season six of the animated comedy
series Family Guy. The episode follows Peter as he saves the life of the
owner of a fast-food restaurant and the owner gives him a lifetime supply of
free hamburgers.
After eating 30 hamburgers in a row, Peter suffers a massive stroke and
tries to take revenge on the restaurant. Peter Griffin sang a mumbled
version of this song X while he was driving shortly after his stroke as he
thinks he is about to die.
ID the song X which is hugely relevant and popular these days.
+10/0

47. ANSWER
It's the End of the World as We Know It
(And I Feel Fine)

48. THEME

50. Q20
• The image has been interpreted in many ways: as a metaphor for X, a
neophyte band being reeled in by corporate rock’s big bucks.
• Designer Robert Fisher said, “I must assume that the ____ symbolized his
own innocence thrown into an alien environment, and the ______ ____ his
creative life being drawn towards the corporate world of music."
• The record label prepared an alternate version without a Y, as they were
afraid that it would offend people, but relented when Z (a band member)
made it clear that the only compromise he would accept was a sticker
covering the Y that would say, "If you're offended by this, you must be a
closet paedophile."
• What is being talked about here? ID Y.

51. ANSWER
Y - Penis
Nirvana - Nevermind album cover

52. Q19
• The origin story of the famous song X is as follows: Laxmikant-
Pyarelal, Kishore Kumar and Anand Bakshi were all gathered in 1970
for making the music for the movie Y. Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Anand
Bakshi were trying to make a song but weren't able to find any tune or
lyrics that sounded good yet. So after awhile, Kishore Kumar said
something and stood up to go. To which Laxmikant asked a question,
and Kishore Kumar replied jokingly. Anand Bakshi then stood up, and
exclaimed he’s found the song for them, and thus was created one of
the most iconic songs of Hindi cinema.
• ID the song.

53. ANSWER
“Acha to ham chalte hai”
From Aan Milo Sajna
The interaction went as follows:
Kishor Da: Acha to ham chalte hai.
Laxmikant: Phir kab miloge?
Kishor Da: Jab tum kahoge.

54. Q18
• Uraba lugens is an insect that sheds its exoskeleton so that it has
room to grow, but it keeps the skin it sheds on its head stacked on
top of each other. It is aptly nicknamed the ___ ____________,
something that reminds you of a famous literary character from the
19th century and the fact that it looks like a caterpillar.
• Give me its nickname.

56. ANSWER
Mad Hatterpillar

57. Q17
• A 2011 study by Sapienza University in Rome argued that the famous
theory about this color painted on the walls of this city is false.
• This shade of red was considered to be the major color on the walls
but experts were always skeptical because red was considered to be a
color of luxury.
• The new report says that the color was initially yellow (ochre to be
specific) and the prolonged reaction with high-temperature gases
turned it into dark red.
Where can you find walls of this color?

59. ANSWER
Pompeii (Pompeian Red)

60. Q16
• When the commentator of the game was asked on how he came
about the iconic line he said , "The line actually came from a fan who I
had known for a number of years up there . He came up to me at the
wrong end of a sportsman’s dinner when we’d both had a glass or two
and he whispered in my ears , ________(8)__ _(3)_ __(4)_ , X".
• The line was then repeated by another commentator 14 years later
for another player Y, who similar to X ,single-handedly won the game
in the dying minutes of the game to burst upon the scene.
• FITB & ID X and Y

61. ANSWER
Blanks - Remember the name
X - Wayne Rooney
Y - Carlos Brathwaite

62. Q15
• A. R. Rahman collaborated with Coke Studio for a song titled X. X
was based on a concept of seamlessly merging different cultures
using music as a X (Urdu).
• Staying true to this, the song opens off with a Buddhist hymn
followed by a Hindustani classical verse which then merges into an
Arabic folk song.
• Given the fact that a Buddhist hymn merged into an Arabic song
through Hindustani classical music as an intermediary, ID X, the title
of the song.

63. ANSWER
Zariya

64. Q14
• Daisy Bell is a popular song, written in 1892 by British songwriter Harry
Dacre, with the well-known chorus, "Daisy, Daisy / Give me your answer, do.
/ I'm half crazy / all for the love of you", ending with the words, "a bicycle
built for two".
• The song was relatively simple and had a definite rhyme scheme, so it was
selected by IBM researchers for testing their computer voice synthesizer
and it was the first to achieve this feat by using the IBM 704. Since then it
has made many pop culture appearances including cartoons, TV shows and
video games. One of the most memorable uses of this song is when it was
used to signal the end of one famous character in a movie with the lyrics of
the song being the last words spoken while he pleads for his life. This song
among others was chosen as one of several references used in the film.
• What character and movie am I talking about?

65. ANSWER
HAL-9000
2001 : A Space Odyssey

66. Q13
• The book is a collection of articles written by Levitt, an expert who had
gained a reputation for applying X theory to diverse subjects not usually
covered by “traditional Y” books. Some of the book's chapters:
• Chapter 1: Discovering cheating as applied to teachers and sumo wrestlers,
as well as a typical Washington, D.C.–area bagel business and its customers.
• Chapter 2: Information control as applied to the Ku Klux Klan and real-estate
agents.
• Chapter 3: The X of drug dealing, including the surprisingly low earnings and
abject working conditions of crack cocaine dealers.
• Chapter 4: The role legalized abortion has played in reducing crime,
contrasted with the policies and downfall of Romanian dictator Nicolae
Ceauşescu.
• Name the book.

67. ANSWER
Freakonomics

68. Q12
Connect the following 5 paintings.
(Non-exhaustive)

69. 1. Pieta by Titian

70. 2. Self-Portrait after the ____ ____
by Edvard Munch
(blanks not indicative)

71. 3. The Family
by Egon Schiele

72. 4. Human Frailty
by Salvator Rosa

73. 5. The Seven Works of Mercy
by Caravaggio

74. ANSWER
Paintings made during a virus/disease outbreak
(During a plague also works)

75. Q11
The command for this particular action is very simple because of
the diversity of the people that work in this field, with people
coming from all parts of the world but communicating in English.
Another reason is that the command directly refers to the area
where the work is done.
What command am I talking about?

76. ANSWER
“Box” command used by F1 engineers to call drivers in for a pitstop

77. fin

78. TIE-BREAKERS

79. Q1
One of the most famous magazine covers is what the Newsweek came
up with in April 1982, in the background of the Falklands War.
It featured the HMS Hermes en route to reclaiming the occupied
Falkland Islands from Argentina.
Given it was a picture of British retaliation, fill in the blanked portion
with something very famous, even at the time.

81. ANSWER
The Empire Strikes Back

82. Q2
Designed by Phil Tippett, X was inspired by the anatomy of several animal
species. His body structure was based on annelid worms. X’s head was
modeled after that of a snake. His skin was given moist, amphibian qualities.
X is portrayed by a one-ton puppet that took three months and half a million
dollars to construct. While filming the movie, the puppet had its own makeup
artist. The puppet required three puppeteers to operate, making it one of the
largest ever used in a motion picture. One puppeteer operated the right arm
and mouth and read the character's English dialogue, while another controlled
the left arm, head, and tongue. Edmonds, the shortest of the three men (he
also played the Z in later scenes) was responsible for the movement of X’s tail.
ID X.

83. ANSWER
Jabba The Hutt

84. Q3
In 1984, this 51 foot metal X was built by apprentices from the UK
shipyard Cammell Laird for the International Garden Festival held in
Liverpool.
After the show closed the X was moved to Chavasse Park in the city
centre of Liverpool. It was eventually retired from public view when its
condition deteriorated, but it was then renovated and found it’s third
home at Liverpool Airport in 2005. The X is still to this day at the
Liverpool Airport.
• What's X ?

85. ANSWER
Yellow Submarine

86. Q4
In 1961, 18-year-old X enlisted in the United States Air Force and was put
into service as a medical records technician.
He eventually rose to the rank of master sergeant and served as the first
sergeant of the U.S. Air Force Clinic at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska,
where he first saw a lot of snow and mountains.
Having held military positions that required him to be, in his own words,
"tough" and "mean", "the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy
who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late
to work." X decided that if he ever left the military, he would never yell or
raise his voice again.
• ID X.

87. ANSWER
Bob Ross

88. Q5
Located in in a Shopping Complex in Merseyside, London Everton Football
Club's Flagship Store, through which it sells club merchandise, has the
nonsensical sounding name ‘Everton Two’.
• Why this unusual name?

89. ANSWER
The shopping complex is called Liverpool One.
So the address becomes Everton Two, Liverpool One.

90. Q6
The term X was coined by the psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing in
1888, after Marquis de ____, a French nobleman, writer, and famous for
his libertine sexuality.
Some of his more prominent works, 120 Days of sodom, Justine and
Juliette had been banned in France due to the vivid, sometimes cruel
depictions of incest, pedophilia, etc… which is probably why X came to be
known as synonymous with its present day meaning.
• ID X.

91. ANSWER
Sadism

92. Q7
‘The Stone Roses’ is an iconic album by the band ‘The Stone Roses’
with cover art made by their own guitarist John Squire. The cover
art for the album is clearly X-influenced, as is visible by the
splattered paint in the background.
One of the songs in the album is called ‘Bye Bye Bad Man’, inspired
by a TV documentary on the May 1968 student riots in Paris, with
several street battles between the protestors and the police.
• Based on this, what do the lemons on the album cover
represent?
• Also ID X.

94. ANSWER
X - Jackson Pollock
The lemons were what the protestors used to
nullify the effects of the tear gas used by the police.

95. Q8
• Agastya Joshi, founder of the world movement.
• Bahá'u'lláh in the Bahá'í Faith
• Various Shia Muslim missionaries in South Asia – such as Siddiq Hussain –
seeking to convert Hindus to their sect of Islam.
• Vijayakumar Naidu, born on 7 March 1949, founder of Oneness University.
• Samael Aun Weor, founder of the Universal Christian Gnostic Movement.
• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi of _____ Avatar Foundation.
Connect.

96. ANSWER
List of people who have claimed to be the Kalki avatar.

97. Q9
From the 1950s to the 1970s, it is said that X had an almost virtual
monopoly on something required in tv production in those days. In fact,
he and his family were almost treated as the Cosa Nostra, with he doing
the work required of him behind close quarters, in utmost secrecy. The
device or the box with which he ‘completed his tasks’ was one-of-a-
kind, more than two feet tall and always secured with padlocks. At one
point of time it was called, “the most sought after but well-concealed
box in the world". Sadly for him, now whatever he did is available to any
and all production companies, probably really cheaply. His boxes
though, aren’t cheap yet, with the one unearthed in 2010 estimated to
be over $10,000.
• So the question is, what’s in the box?/what was X in the business of
doing?

98. ANSWER
Laff/Laugh box