this is the finals set of the intercollegiate fandom quiz conducted on 30/08/19 by SJC Quizzers.

1. FANDEMONIUM
Organised by SJC Quiz Club

2. RULES
4 Phases- 2 Written and 1 Clockwise and 1 Anti- Clockwise
34 Questions
On Infinite Pounce with Regular Pounce (+10/-5)

3. RESEARCH
Ravishankar, Nikhita, Praneeth, Kaustub
and Rohit

4. WRITTEN ROUND
5 QUESTIONS
10 POINTS FOR EACH ANSWER, 5 POINTS EACH FOR A
TWO-PART QUESTION
STAKE +5/+10
NEGATIVE FORWRONG STAKEDANSWER -5/-10

5. 1.
Schwiftites : Rick and Morty : : Chalamaniacs : ?

6. 2.
X and Y are both descended from John of Gaunt , first
Duke of Lancaster and son of King Edward III.
X and Y are co incidentally 16th cousins twice removed.
Y went on to play a modern adaptation of a character Z
from one of X’s popular works.
Identify X and Y.

7. 3.
“ECCE HOMO QUI EST FABA” is the theme song for
which aptly named TV show. Easy if you know Spanish.

8. 4.
On 2nd of November, every year thousands of fans and
people visit Land’s end at Bandstand in Mumbai to see
something that happens every year. People travel from
across the country to be a part of this and to see the
subject.
What is this event?

9. 5.
This is the logo of which
fictional restaurant? Also who
is the owner of this
establishment?

10. EXCHANGE SHEETS

11. 1.
Schwiftites : Rick and Morty : : Chalamaniacs : ?

12. Timothy Chalamet

13. 2.
X and Y are both descended from John of Gaunt , first
Duke of Lancaster and son of King Edward III.
X and Y are co incidentally 16th cousins twice removed.
Y went on to play a modern adaptation of a character Z
from one of X’s popular works.
Identify X and Y.

14. X- Arthur Conan Doyle
Y- Benedict Cumberbatch

15. 3.
“ECCE HOMO QUI EST FABA” is the theme song for
which aptly named TV show. Easy if you know Spanish.

16. Mr. Bean
It translates to “behold the man who is a bean”

17. 4.
On 2nd of November, every year thousands of fans and
people visit Land’s end at Bandstand in Mumbai to see
something that happens every year. People travel from
across the country to be a part of this and to see the
subject.
What is this event?

18. Shah Rukh Khan’s birthday.
They assemble at Mannat, his residence.

19. 5.
This is the logo of which
fictional restaurant? Also
who is the owner of this
establishment?

20. Los Pollos Hermanos
Gustavo Fring

21. CLOCKWISE ROUNDS
12 QUESTIONS
10 POINTS PER QUESTION
INFINITE BOUNCE
POUNCE- RIGHT ANS +10;WRONG ANS -5

22. 1.
X played the character ‘Unkar Putt’ in the
Star Wars movie- “The Force Awakens.
Speaking on the Graham Norton show, X
said “I’ve now done the ultimate nerd hat-
trick – Doctor Who, Star Wars and Star
Trek.” He is also well known for being the
lead character in the three flavours
cornetto trilogy.
ID X , also name his character from Star
Trek.

24. X- Simon Pegg
Character- Montgomery Scott

25. 2.
Identify the movie
from this poster?

27. Home Alone

28. 3.
Netflix usually drops their original shows at 12 AM (PST). But for this
season of a Netflix original series they deviated from their upload
schedule and released the show at 12 AM (IST) falling in line with other
providers such as Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar.
Which is this season of a Netflix original and who wrote the source
material for the show?

30. Season 2 of Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra

31. 4.
Where would these hand signs be seen in?

33. Naruto

34. 5.
Festival goers in Torquay. Festival honouring which personality?

37. Agatha Christie
(International Agatha Christie Festival)

38. 6.
The character X voiced by Seth Green has made his appearance in 3
MCU movies, including the final battle in Avengers: Endgame. The
character also had a film based on him, named after him, which was
released in 1986. the film was a big failure and won 4 out of the 7
Razzie awards it was nominated for. Even now the movie is considered
to be one of the worst movies ever made. ID X.

40. Howard the Duck.

41. 7.
A portmanteau used primarily to refer to adult male fans of an
animated TV series.
What has been blanked out in pink?

45. Brony, adult male fan of My Little Pony

46. 8.
Though the title has the number X in it, which could be misleading, the
actually figure is 1,000,912.
The number X is used mostly as it was the number of something in the
first season and also is associated with the name of the lead character.

48. Ben 10

49. 9.
This iconic location, Point Arena, California, had the last few shots of a
2014 movie based on a video game series.

52. Need For Speed

53. 10.
A must visit for fans of the animation film studio, seen in the picture
(next slide) is Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-
Victorian curio cabinet time piece. Designed by X, the clock has often
been likened to the aesthetic of X’s 2004 animated film with strong
anti-war sentiments and a protagonist who broke the stereotype of
“aged unattractiveness.” ID X and the film.

56. X- Hayao Miyazaki
Howl’s Moving Castle

57. 11.
This book, an elementary-level learning disabilities educator that
incorporates something into various lessons, is a rare commodity
because of X’s aversion to merchandising his wildly successful creation.
What? And who is X?

61. Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson

62. 12.
Cosplay of which “hapless” series?

64. A Series of Unfortunate Events

65. ANTI-CLOCKWISE ROUNDS
12 QUESTIONS
10 POINTS PER QUESTION
INFINITE BOUNCE
POUNCE- RIGHT ANS +10;WRONG ANS -5

66. 1.
In July this year, X released her first album titled “My First Album.” In
response, there was an outburst of fan-sites that modelled themselves
on K-pop fan-sites, taking it upon themselves to post updates and
photos about X’s life, music and future collaborations. ID X.

69. Peppa Pig

70. 2.
The creators of this character wanted the character to be spelled in a
particular way to distinguish this character from another character
owned by their competitor. Which character and what is the correct
way of spelling this character?

72. Spider-Man, spelt with a hyphen

73. 3.
These patterns of inkblot are a part of a psychology test that is named
after the creator of this test. There also exists a character in DC comics
whose name is the same as the name of the test and the patterns seen
here appear on his mask at random. Name the character or the test

76. Rorschach

77. 4. This was the Columbia Pictures intro for
which franchise?

79. Men In Black

80. 5.
X is only seen twice during the entire filming of this popular TV show
however he was always the target of jokes and a topic to converse for
the main cast. However, no one knew who essayed this character. A
yearlong search for this character by Ton Van Luling, a Huffington Post
journalist led him to Jon Haugen who played this character.
Which character and show?

83. Ugly Naked Guy from Friends

84. 6.
Noticing that the printing press wasn’t used in full capacity, X suggested
to his superiors that they start printing comic books. Initially, Superman
was considered to be printed but X after interviewing potential readers
suggested Y. This is because the setting of the story is similar to India. Y
was printed and went on to become a major success.
Fans across the country requested for a translation of these comics in
regional languages thus leading Y to be printed in several regional
languages. X went on to start his own company which is behind few
successful brands.
ID X and Y.

86. X- Anant Pai, popularly known as Uncle Pai
Y- Phantom

87. 7.
As part of its promotional strategy, this company known for personal
care products tied up with a production house weeks before a reboot
of a superhero franchise. The promotional campaign revolved around
“How does X shave?”
The company then called people to be the experts here and offer
theories explaining how X manages to shave. Few of the experts were
Bill Nye the science guy and Kevin Smith. Fans were also encouraged to
share their theories. Name the company and identify X.

89. Gilette
X- Superman

90. 8.
Seeing the commotion in handling the crowd, the loyal fans of this
band raised the demand for a better security and be harsh with the
people troubling the members of the band. A fan, who is also a
Hollywood star now after donning various acts offered to be their
bodyguard. Many fans loved and appreciated this fan and also agreed it
would be cool if the band does agree.
Identify the band and this super fan.

92. BTS and John Cena

93. 9.
This is the description of an unaired scene in a popular sitcom which
was posted on their official social media accounts.
In the scene, X picks up a present and sees it’s from A. Z pulls the gift
from the box, X remarks that A gave the couple a pocket watch and
wrote an inscription on the watch face’s cover. Z reads the inscription
aloud: “Z, I am so glad you finally married X. It’s about time. Ha, ha, ha.
Love A.”
X and Z are the fictional characters on this show. A is a popular name in
another field who also has guest appearance(s) on the show in
previous seasons. ID X, Z and A.

95. X-Amy Farrah Fowler, Z- Sheldon Cooper and A-Stephen Hawking

96. 10.
Odisha’s Raj Kishore Mahanta is one of many countless fans of Sachin
Tendulkar. To commemorate on Sachin’s record of having 100
international hundreds, Mahanta came up with a unique idea to pay
tribute to the legend. This idea later fetched him a place in the Limca
Book of Records as well. What is this idea ?

99. Collection of Rs 10 notes that carried the serial numbers matching the
date, month, year on which Sachin scored all his international
centuries.

100. 11.
This widely admired artist was named after a five-time Grammy Award
winner . Apart from the success of her albums, and keeping the fans on
toes by having Easter eggs on her Social media accounts. This artist is
also popular for being a cat mom to three. The names of two of these
cats are Olivia and Meredith, named after popular characters from two
American TV shows?
Name this popular artist and the two shows?

102. Taylor Swift
Olivia Benson from Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Meredith Grey from Grey’s Anatomy

103. 12.
Comali is a Tamil movie starring Jayam Ravi, Kajal Agarwal in lead roles.
The trailer of this film was released few days ago where the lead
character is shown waking up after being in coma for 16 years.
However, the trailer enraged fans of Rajinikanth. #BoycottComali’ soon
began trending on Twitter with fans demanding a certain scene be
dropped. The makers agreed to the demand of removing the scene as
well.
What was said that has enraged the fans of the superstar across the
world?

105. One of the scenes seemed to mock his political entry

106. WRITTEN ROUND
5 QUESTIONS
10 POINTS FOR EACH ANSWER, 5 POINTS EACH FOR A
TWO-PART QUESTION
STAKE +5/+10
NEGATIVE FORWRONG STAKEDANSWER -5/-10

107. 1.
This cartoonist explains the success of his creation in this way.
“Each family has its wise old man. He solved his problems with common
sense, but with a touch of humour. Humour is the base of my cartoons”.
ID the cartoonist and his creation.

108. 2.
Aristolochiasalvadorensissyn, a woody climber native to the humid
meadows and soggy flood plains of Brazil, it belongs to the
Aristolochiaceae family of plants, which includes pipevines and
birthworts.
The shape and dark purple colouration is the reason why it is named
after an iconic character. Identify the character?

110. 3.
In 2003, writer Peter Milligan announced that the deceased Y would be
joining the X-Statix, a X-men spin-off team. Milligan noted that “Y
exerted a strange, mysterious power from beyond the grave, so why not
turn that into a mutant power?”
However, Marvel never published Y’s appearances after outcry from
various quarters and was eventually replaced with Henrietta Hunter,
Europe’s young pop star. ID Y, a figure who is still remembered vividly.
•

111. 4.
This 1930’s home in the picture is an Airbnb property and is located in
Saint Helens, Oregon. It costs approximately Rs 23,000 INR to rent this
property and bookings have to be done 8 months in advance. The
reason behind the cost and waiting period is due to its significance in
this movie series. Fans have the opportunity to stay and are
encouraged to recreate scenes from the movie series released in late
2000’s . Identify.

114. 5.
Dhinesh Rodi’s establishment ‘Rodi Resto’ is a café which has become
the world’s first Y themed café. This café is functioning since 2017 in
Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi district, Tamilnadu. The owner hopes that he
could promote the work and achievements of this individual while
visiting his outlet.
ID Y who enjoys extreme trolling from the state of Tamilnadu.

115. EXCHANGE SHEETS

116. 1.
This cartoonist explains the success of his creation in this way.
“Each family has its wise old man. He solved his problems with common
sense, but with a touch of humour. Humour is the base of my cartoons”.
ID the cartoonist and his creation.

117. Chacha Chaudary and Pran

118. 2.
Aristolochiasalvadorensissyn, a woody climber native to the humid
meadows and soggy flood plains of Brazil, it belongs to the
Aristolochiaceae family of plants, which includes pipevines and
birthworts.
The shape and dark purple colouration is the reason why it is named
after an iconic character. Identify the character?

119. Darth Vader

120. 3.
In 2003, writer Peter Milligan announced that the deceased Y would be
joining the X-Statix, a X-men spin-off team. Milligan noted that “Y
exerted a strange, mysterious power from beyond the grave,” so why
not turn that into a mutant power?
However, Marvel never published Y’s appearances after outcry from
various quarters and was eventually replaced with Henrietta Hunter,
Europe’s young pop star. ID Y, a figure who is still remembered vividly.
•

121. Princess Diana

122. 4.
This 1930’s home in the picture is an Airbnb property and is located in
Saint Helens, Oregon. It costs approximately Rs 23,000 INR to rent this
property and bookings have to be done 8 months in advance. The
reason behind the cost and waiting period is due to its significance in
this movie series. Fans have the opportunity to stay and are
encouraged to recreate scenes from the movie series released in late
2000’s . Identify.

123. Bella Swan’s house

124. 5.
Dhinesh Rodi’s establishment ‘Rodi Resto’ is a café which has become
the world’s first Y themed café. This café is functioning since 2017 in
Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi district, Tamilnadu. The owner hopes that he
could promote the work and achievements of this individual while
visiting his outlet. ID Y who enjoys extreme trolling from the state of
Tamilnadu.

125. Narendra Modi