The 90's Quiz hosted by the members of LSD, IIM Ahmedabad.

1. That 90’s Quiz
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3. 1.
What was so named by Ferdinand Magellan during his famous round-the-world
trip, due to its serene and placid nature?

4. 2.
This book has been interpreted by many people in many different ways, but it
would shock them to find out that the book was actually a satire on modern
mathematics. A resident at Christ church college, London it incensed the author
that modern mathematics was not grounded in reality. With the introduction of
the concept of imaginary numbers he believed that people would lose their
minds and wrote his book as an imagination of a world based on abstract
mathematics. Id the author and the book.

5. 3.
XX is a rare earth metal extracted from the igneous ore of the same name. It is
renowned for being as strong as steel, yet far lighter, making it ideal for any
number of purposes. It is inert, and therefore falls into the 'transition metals'
section of the Periodic Table. It is a diatomic molecule, bearing a close
resemblance in structure to the inter-metallic compound yttrium-silver. It is not
magnetic, signifying that it is not as closely related to iron as was once thought.

6. 4.
The author X once came down with an acute fever. He suffered for many days
without respite, when one day his wife made him a concoction to cure fever.
The author took the concoction slept soundly and to his amazement found the
fever gone . He said-”That was when I got the idea for Y, I felt like the world
around me had changed.”. Id X and Y

7. 5.
X : a reportedly unlicensed nuclear accelerator which fires a proton stream that
polarizes with the negatively charged energy of a ________ allowing it to be
held in the stream while active.It was designed by Dr. Egon Spengler.
Y : a box with a split, hinged lid, remote-controlled by a simple pedal switch,
attached to the end of the box by a long cable. When a _______ is brought close
to the trap (usually by means of the X, though not necessarily), the Y is activated
by the foot switch. Its lid then opens, and a force field draws the ________
inside.

8. 6.
In picture is the serpent
squad, sworn enemies of
Captain America. Famous
among comic book fans ,
some of the members gained
mainstream popularity by
giving their names to the
main characters of the film X.
Id the film

9. 7.
As a child, you probably saw the movie and read the book. You probably did not know, however,
that the story is actually an allegory about U.S. monetary policy in the late 19th century. Most
farmers in the western part of the country were debtors. According to Populist politicians of the
time, the solution to the farmers, problem was the free coinage of silver. During this period, the
United States was operating with a gold standard. The free-silver advocates wanted silver, as well as
gold, to be used as money. If adopted, this proposal would have increased the money supply,
pushed up the price level, and reduced the real burden of the
farmers’ debts.
X, author of the book Y, was a mid- western journalist. When he sat down to write the book, he
made the characters represent protagonists in the major political battle of his time.

10. Contd….
Here is how economic historian Hugh Rockoff, writing in the Journal of Political Economy
in 1990, interprets the story:
A: Traditional American values
B: Prohibitionist party, also called the Teetotalers
C: Farmers
D: Industrial workers
E: William Jennings Bryan
F: Citizens of the East
G: Grover Cleveland
H: William McKinley
I: Marcus Alonzo Hanna, chairman of the Republican Party
J: Gold Standard
In the end of X's story, A does find her way home, but it is not by just following the J. After a long
and perilous journey, she learns that "I" is incapable of helping her or her friends.
Extra info: J is itself a movie and an Elton John album.
X,Y,A,I,J ?

11. 8. Republicans across the country were stunned when famed philanthropist XXX announced his
candidacy in the 2012 Republican primary. Speaking from the steps of Capitol Hill, he proclaimed,
“Republicans need someone who can guarantee victory next November. I am that man. I have
wrestled with men far more powerful than Obama and have lived to tell the tale. Rest assured, if I
can beat AAA, I can beat Obama!”
When asked about his questionable legal past, including multiple years in prison, he explained that it
was nothing to worry about. “Look, I did some things I regret—I stole some cakes and did some
scheming, but those are in the past now. My record speaks for itself, and what my record shows is
that I’m willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish my goals—that’s the type of resolve and
strength America needs.”
According to many Tea Party organizers, this has injected a new sense of energy into the campaign.
“The special thing about him is that he holds the same values as the Tea Partiers—he dislikes aliens,
wants to get rid of taxes for the wealthy, and has, on multiple occasions, tried to destroy the big
government that is trying to control our lives—this is a man people can relate to,” said Mike
Mathers, head of Tea Party organization in the midwest.
Another Tea Party supporter, Christine Matthews, held similar views. “Look, the Tea Partiers
applauded when they learned Rick Perry had executed 234 people. Just wait until they see XXX’s
record. He’ll give them some real numbers to appreciate.”

12. 9.
The first XXXs were apricorn fruits cut apart and carved out, then fitted with a
special device enabling them to convert matter to energy and then back. The
mass production in modern times takes place under Silph Co. and the Devon
Corporation and these have added special features like size reduction for travel
that are now considered to be the norm for the devices. Despite the
effectiveness and ease of use of the mass produced ones some still use the
apricorn crust versions, while Kurt, a resident of Azalea Town, still constructs
them.

13. 10.
XXX is an international terrorist and assassin whose ultimate goal is a world in
perfect environmental balance. He believes that the best method by which this
can be achieved is to eliminate most of humanity. He usually tries to assault the
world's human populace with a biological weapon, such as a genetically-
engineered virus. His name is Arabic for "the ghoul's head“.

14. 11.
X has the looks of James Dean and Fonzie( from “Happy Days”) and the voice of
Elvis Presley and resides in Aron City.
(The director says that the name “__” was inspired from the episode of the
Brady Bunch wherein Greg Brady wants to be a rockstar.)
Many Celebrity guests on the show include Mick Jagger, Weird Al Yankovic,
Farah Fawcett, Capt. America, Velma Dinkley etc.

15. 12.
XY was an event held in the frivolous town of X in Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by
John Bunyan celebrating the X of X.
Also, name of a famous 19th century book.
XY ?

16. CONNECT

18. XXX has fought off YYY over exclusive rights for the distinctive colour it has used for more than 100
years. They are thought to have picked the colour as a tribute to Queen Victoria.
The group, which has been locked in a legal battle with its rival for three years, was granted a
trademark for the tint – pantone 2865c – to be used on certain goods in 2008. YYY challenged the
ruling, arguing that the colour was not distinctive enough to receive a trademark.
The Swiss group's challenge appears to have failed after the registrar at the UK Intellectual Property
Office this week ruled in XXX's favour, saying it had showed enough "distinctive character" for a
trademark.

20. If you watch his films closely noting the endings or portrayal of cops, you will
see that if a cop is required to die, the death will be slow, gruesome or
uncompromisingly grisly. If cops survive they are nearly always portrayed as
baddies, though in reality they are the good guys.
Whose films are being talked about?

24. Infinite Pounce 2

25. 1.
The babies are figments of Angelica’s imagination. The DeVilles had an abortion and
Angelica couldn’t decide if it was a boy or girl, so her creative brain decided to roll with
twins. Chuckie died along with his mother, which explains the overly anxious complete
mess of a grown man that his father, Chaz always is. Then there’s Tommy. Tommy was a
stillborn, which explains why Stu relentlessly builds toys in his basement – they’re all for
the dead son who never lived to play with them. Suzie was Angelica’s only real-life
friend, and she just went along with the preposterous fantasies for Angelica’s sake.

27. Answer

28. 2.
•Many have noted that the X wear pointed white hats, except for their leader, who wears a pointed red
hat — much like the fashion decisions of the KKK. There’s also the related fact that the big villain,
Gargamel, is a money-loving, large-nosed, dark haired fellow. His cat even has a bona fide Jewish
name, Azrael — which is also the name of the angel of death in Jewish tradition.
•The creator of the X, Pierre Culliford, aka Peyo, was born in Belgium in 1928, which means that he
spent his childhood under Nazi occupation and, might have consequently reflected the spirit of those
times in his later work, whether he was aware of it or not.
•We can all agree that a person's early years can have a great influence on his or her later life. It's like
how the creator of Mario allegedly based his design on his annoying landlord, except in this case Peyo
drew X.

30. Answer

31. 3.
•This episode lampoons X, and is one of the most notorious episodes of South Park. In the episode,
the show’s main protagonist Stan Marsh, takes a “personality test.” His test results say that he is
extremely depressed, and eventually a X-ist is asked to read his “thetan levels.” His thetan levels are
so high, people within the religion consider him to be the reincarnation of Ron Hubbard.
•The next day, celebrities such as John Travolta and Y visit his house. When Stan insults Y, he locks
himself in Stan’s closet. The episode is controversial because the episode treats X as if it was a cult
rather than a religion. Not to mention, Isaac Hayes, a voice actor on South Park departed the show
because of this episode. This episode also takes jabs at Y’s alleged homosexuality.

33. Answer

34. 4.
•The X are explained as the six singularities that existed before the Big Bang, that were compressed into the X
after the universe began.
•One of them is Housed in the Tesseract, it first appears briefly in the Thor post-credits scene. In Captain
America: The First Avenger it is used to power weaponry developed by Hydra
•One of them falls into the hands of Hydra leader Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who is shown in the mid-credits
scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier to have been using it to experiment on humans.
•One of them is formed by the Dark Elf Malekith into a fluid-like weapon called the Aether, it is said to be able to
destroy the Nine Realms and return the universe to its pre-Big Bang state.
•One of them is seen In Guardians of the Galaxy, contained within an orb that Ronan the Accuser sought for
Thanos
•The remaining, are shown in Guardians of the Galaxy to be green and orange
•Combining them gives Y - A right-handed Y appears very briefly in the film Thor, where it is stored in Odin's
vault.

36. Answer

37. 5.
The Justice Friends are a group of superheroes who exist in the "universe" of _________ and
occasionally appeared in back-up segments of ______________.
The Justice Friends is considered to be a spoof or a parody for DC Comics' Justice League and Super
Friends, and Marvel Comics' Avengers.
The major characters of The Justice Friends are Major Glory, Val Hallen and The Infraggable Krunk.
Name the TV show.

39. Dexter's Laboratory

40. 6.
_______, debuting in the first episode of Beyblade, is the first bitbeast to
appear in the series, despite never being seen; her first appearance is even before
that of Dragoon.
__________ is the only bitbeast actually referred to as being female; all
others are referred to as/implied to be male, or not given a distinct gender.
In second season of Beyblade, _______ jokes that her motion-sickness
stemmed the nickname “________", and that watching other tops can make
her feel unwell.

42. Dizzi/Dizzy/Dizzara

44. Round 4: Write the TV shows.

45. Round 4: Look at these brief descriptions and tell me which 90’s Show
am I talking about?
1. The title song of this fantasy series was so catchy; we bet if you start humming
the first two lines you will probably continue till the end! From Kroor Singh to
Roopmati, the Snake Queen – the characters were totally awe-inspiring.
2. The Americans had ‘The Wonder Years’ and we Indians had ‘X’. The coming of
age of a young boy Jai and his relationship with his friends, family and even his
imaginary friend Gautam used to get us glued to the TV in the 90s.
3. If anyone could get us to appreciate art and culture as kids, it had to be Renuka
Shahane and Siddharth Kak in this show! In fact, it holds the distinction of
being India's longest-running cultural series and features in the Limca Book of
Records for receiving the largest measured audience response ever in the
history of Indian television.
4. Before Mandira Bedi went all cool with noodle strap while wowing cricket-
lovers, she wowed us as X with those long bindis!
5. You might be cool, but you will never be cool as this detective who had a
monkey for his sidekick. I mean, seriously, that’s what television is all about!

46. PokémonAnti Clock wise MIB Round

47. 1.Name the pokemon
____X_______’s name has an English male honorific but the assignment of this title has no
bearing of its 50-50 male/female gender ratio.

49. Mr. Mime

50. 2.
Deino (#633) is a dark/dragon type Pokémon which evolves into Zweilous at level
50 which further evolves into Hydreigon at level 64.
ID the linguistic reference.
Where else in the Pokémon world would you find a similar reference?

52. Ein, Zwei, Drei are the German words for One, Two and Three.
Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres are named on the Spanish numerals Uno, Dos and
Tres.

53. 3.
Both Pokémon _____X______ and _____Y_____ are pink in colour (blue when shiny),
weigh 8.8 lbs, know ‘Transform’ naturally, and can learn every possible move.
There are rumours that X was created in a failed attempt to create Y by the scientists.
Give me X and Y.

55. 3. X – Ditto; Y- Mew

56. 4. Living in the shadows
•So there is this fan theory that ____X___ is ____Y___’s shadow.
•X and Y’s body shape and sizes are rather similar, including their hands feet and
ears.
•The tail of Y is rounded, whereas X’s is spiky, which suggests dark/evil.
•X is a shadow type Pokémon, whereas Y is a Normal type – opposite sides of the
scale.

58. X - Gengar; Y- Clefable

59. 5.
While having a discussion with his diagnostic team, House says, "Which is why
___X____ created a universe with three states of matter and 300 solid or liquid
poisons that could cause his symptoms", upon which Taub asks, “____X____?"
House then suggests he look it up.
Give me X.

61. Arceus - God of Pokemon

62. 6.
In episode 42 "Showdown at Dark City", Pikachu begins his infamous love affair
with _____X____. He even cries when the bottle gets broken.
Some people theorize that his affinity for the red substance stems from its
similarity to Ash’s last name
In 2000, company ______Y____ even released a special edition
____X______ with Pikachu on the bottle.
ID X and Y.

64. X - Ketchup
Y - Heinz

65. 7. Later versions of this thing had Pokémon from other generations
Where would you find the following? (Exhaustive list)
•Bulbasaur
•Clefairy
•Jigglypuff
•Mew
•Mewtwo
•2 Pikachus
•Snorlax
•Squirtle
•Togepi

67. Pokemon Jet

68. 8.
The first Pokmon ever designed was ______.
In the earliest designs for Capsule Monsters, the game that would ultimately
become Pokmon, ______ appears multiple times and looks pretty close
to his final design.
This explains why you see random ______ statues in some of the
games; they’re a tribute to his importance.

70. Rhydon

71. 9.
In the South Pacific island of _______, though they accept New
Zealand currency, the government also prints its own cash, sometimes
creating special runs of coins. In 2001, they put Pikachu on the back of their
one dollar coin to celebrate the series.

73. Niue

74. Write Bros
8 questions, Not all are released during 90’s

75. 1.
Woman ditches an eligible bachelor at the altar to marry a guy who has an annoying
daughter

76. 2.
Child raised by neglectful parents in crime ridden neighborhood exhibits sociopathic
behavior

77. 3.
Cripple tells overacting detective stories to pass the time.

78. 4.
A man lures kids into his lair with the promise of candy and kills each one off one by
one.

79. 5.
Man joins terrorists and kills cops after taking drugs from strangers he met on the
internet

80. 6.
Drug addicted girl takes advantage of a mentally challenged boy…. For 3 decades

81. 7.
After losing custody of his children, a cross-dresser nearly murders his ex-wife’s
lover

82. 8.
Hard working cuban immigrant becomes successful entrepreneur, dies of lead
poisoning

83. Write Bros
Answers
8 questions, Not all are released during 90’s

84. 1.
Woman ditches an eligible bachelor at the altar to marry a guy who has an annoying
daughter

85. 1.

86. 2.
Child raised by neglectful parents in crime ridden neighborhood exhibits sociopathic
behavior

87. 2.

88. 3.
Cripple tells overacting detective stories to pass the time.

89. 3.

90. 4.
A man lures kids into his lair with the promise of candy and kills each one off one by
one.

91. 4.

92. 5.
Man joins terrorists and kills cops after taking drugs from strangers he met on the
internet

93. 5.

94. 6.
Drug addicted girl takes advantage of a mentally challenged boy…. For 3 decades

95. 6.

96. 7.
After losing custody of his children, a cross-dresser nearly murders his ex-wife’s
lover

97. 7.

98. 8.
Hard working cuban immigrant becomes successful entrepreneur, dies of lead
poisoning

99. 8.