TangoLimaCharlie: The Travel, Living and Culture Quiz

TangoLimaCharlie
The TLC Quiz- SAMAGAM 2019
By Vindhuja Vijayan and Ria Chopra

Preliminary Round
(with answers)

Rules
➔ Written round with 20 Questions
➔ Questions 5, 10, 15, 20 are * and will
be considered in case of a tie.
➔ Each right answer fetched 1 point and
if its a 2-part answer, 0.5 each
➔ Use of internet and gadgets is
prohibited for the duration of the
prelims
➔ Kindly put your devices on flight
mode ;)
➔ Top 6 teams make it to the Finals

1. FITB
An enormously expansive online resource, _____
dominates global newsfeeds and countless hours of
your day with addictive bite-sized videos.
____ has amassed over 75M Facebook followers
and billions of autoplay views. Spin-offs include
_____ junior/story/happy-hour. Apart from a
book, _____ also launched products in
collaboration with Walmart.

2. ID X , What game?
‘The ______ __ ___Card Game is simple, even
though ______may not be.’
‘It’s specially designed for ______, Or lack thereof.,
X in collaboration with Nothing is Sacred, launched
these cards inspired by the Cards against Humanity,
named after X’s brand-new 3-word tagline.
This deck comes with 50 Question Cards (including
Bollywood, Action and Improv rounds) and 200
Answer cards – with content that’s “painfully
relatable, hilariously inappropriate, and 100% Shudh
Desi”.

3.What?
In April 2018, we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of
this Japanese invention, by Yoshiaki Shiraishi (1914–
2001), who is also credited with another failed futuristic
invention in the same field.
This was born out of necessity in his understaffed
restaurant and rose to popularity in the 70s after display
at the Osaka World Expo and furthermore after the
Financial Crisis of the 90s.
It helps visitors who might be anxious about the language
barrier, and it has become something of a tourist
attraction in its own right, while minimising the scope for
social interaction unlike other fast-food outlets.

4.ID
The X(3) is a reality show tests the team's resolve and
relationships, and teams are eliminated along the way
but not due to someone else doing something against
that team.
A show that has completed 30 seasons,inspired a
Canadian animated series called "The
Ridonculous___"
Here, iconic __ ____ of X are called "chill zones"
and contestants are eliminated if they fail to step on
the "carpet of completion" in time. ( map relevant to
the show)

*5.Fitb
This show won People’s Choice The Revival Show of
2018 and its premise relies on stereotypes while also
attempting to address deep issues with a set of hosts
from different walks of life.
Originally aired in 2003 as ____ __ __ __
_____ Y/X, a spin off(6 words) (Titles contain
words that are ‘opposites’ )
But eventually stuck to just ____ __ and the
reviews show that the new edition has been made
better than before.
"____ __ adapts for a different era without losing
its style, charm, or sense of fun,just as sweetly
addictive even after a change in location and a new
group of hosts."

Queer Eye (Queer Eye For THE straight guy/girl)

6.ID.
“If we had a rupee for every-time we made this error,
we would be so much richer.” This common,mistake
under the influence of a certain google application,
costs us time, money and energy.
When approaching this ‘situation’ most of us have a
mini panic attack and such issues remain the reason
why the older generations remain skeptical of this
platform.However users abroad do not face this
dilemma.
In response to a tweet by a Delhi comic, Google said:

Swiggy voice of hunger challenge

8.ID
This pop culture trope derives from a real-life
psychiatric problem. Although this can affect people
of all genders, ages races and preferences, it is
mainly attributed to older white women and specific
manifestation of this problem, often feared by the
community.
A parasitical disease Toxoplasmosis that causes
neurological maladies such as schizophrenia is
found to be a factor in real life cases as a cause or
effect.
However, more and more women are claiming this
identity and embracing this future situation as ideal.

9.ID
X is a dormant stratovolcano located
70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Mount
Kilimanjaro in the country of
Tanzania. At a height of 4,562.13
metres (14,968 ft),it is visible from
Mount Kilimanjaro on a clear day. It is
the second-highest mountain in
Tanzania, after Mount Kilimanjaro.
ID X, Also the name of what is
described in this painting from a Jain
cosmological text. “The Sun along
with all the planets circle the X, make
determining its location most
difficult, according to most scholars.”
or X could be somewhere in
Northwestern Kashmir

10.*
The song that plays over the final scenes of Crazy Rich Asians
had to strike the right emotional tone for all the character arcs
— and it had to serve as a thematic closing statement for the
film, the first studio product in a quarter century to feature an
entirely Westernized Asian cast.
Director Jon M. Chu felt that one song perfectly fit the vibe he
was going for. However, the band in question (no stranger to
cultural appropriation allegations), initially refused to allow
their song to be used in the movie over racism worries.
But Chu was adamant. “We tried so many other songs,” he told
THR, “but everything was about the love story and not about
the bigger context of who we are.” Finally, he personally wrote
to the band and managed to secure the rights, saying “Y has
always had a negative connotation in my life ... until I heard
your song.”.
What song (Y)? What band?

11.
Originally calling himself "__ ____" a reference to his
area code in his hometown of Miami, Fl, this celebrity has
been using the more famous moniker X since at least 2010.
This new moniker has spawned a variety of memes,
featuring this artist holding a globe, accompanied by any of
these very funny captions. Who + new moniker?

12.
(#shady?)
Évian is a brand of mineral water coming from several sources
near Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva.
While today Evian is considered quite luxurious and bougie, their
past has a very strange attempt at diversification. Evian released
a product aimed at a particular section of the population, and
this product featured compartments one could fill with water.
Why did Evian do this? Was it to “cool down” this nasty section
of the population? Was it to give them extra space to put water
(since social constructs dictate their clothing not have pockets)?
Or, did Evian predict a certain early 2019 viral meme and put a
quite literal spin on its location?
What product, and targeted at whom?

Water bras, for women.
(shall accept variations on H2O underwear)

13.
A graduation project at Beckmans College of Design by Oskar Pernefeldt,
this flag’s symbolic interpretation is stated as:
● Centered in the flag, seven rings form a flower – a symbol of the_.
● The rings are linked to each other, which represents how _.
● The blue field represents water _.
Flag of what?

14.
For this location, the film's producers searched all over the
world, finally settling on the Amalfi Coast: a stretch of
coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea, located in the Province of
Salerno in Southern Italy.
It was chosen because most beaches in the world that sit
below big cliffs disappear beneath the tide for part of every
day. Production designer Aline Bonetto explained that,
"Italy had beautiful weather, a beautiful blue-green sea,
not too much tide, not too much wave. Our effects team
added some cliffs in post-production, and it was the
perfect way to go".
The film ended up receiving many accolades, not just for
the cinematography, but for other more wonderful things
as well.
Film + what location was the Amalfi coast used for?

15.
The Billion Tree Tsunami was launched in 2014, by the government
of the country as a response to the challenge of global warming.
The Billion Tree Tsunami restores 350,000 hectares of forests and
degraded land. The project aimed at improving the ecosystems of
classified forests, as well as privately owned waste and farm lands,
and therefore entails working in close collaboration with
concerned communities and stakeholders, to ensure their
meaningful participation.
The project was a massive success, and the number of trees in the
area grew explosively. Recently, however, there are allegations that
the project has faced setbacks due to *reasons*.
What region was this project in? (country will do)
What are the reasons for the supposed setback?

Pakistan
Trees damaged due to Indian bombings

16.
What does this infographic (compiled by the Independent
in 2010) show?

17.
In the last week of 2012, quiz competitions were
held at 10 locations in Delhi (that share a
connection), to commemorate a special occasion.
The questions were set to check the GK of the
people regarding the functioning of the systems,
the rules they are to follow here etc. Winners were
given souvenirs and t-shirts.
These quizzes were also probably a good way to
kill time (since one can spend a lot of time waiting
at these locations).
What occasion?

18.
Looks like a ‘match the following’ exercise, but
just ID what are these the top 10s of?

Top 10 songs/tv shows/food items
mentioned in Tinder bios

19.
Shubhra Chadda, and her husband, Vivek, realised that there
was a gap in the market for Indian souvenirs, and decided to
establish a unique company selling artistic fridge magnets.
After selling theme based fridge magnets for a while, they
soon realised that they needed to come up with a variety of
other product categories, and thus diversified before their
main company launch in March 2010.
Their aim is transforming the colours and unique artistry of
India into novelty products, including footwear, bags,
wallets, souvenirs, key chains, jewellery and many more.
She says, “One of the most fun things at _____ is working
on new designs. Though a lot of our designs are India-
inspired, they do well in an international environment.”
What company?

20.
In 2011, Huffington Post blogger Dan Mirvish noticed that
every time Anne Hathaway made it to the news, the prices of a
certain stock would rise, and he dubbed this the ‘Anne
Hathaway Effect’. He gives various points of correlation -
● On the Friday before the 2011 Oscars, X shares rose a
whopping 2.02%. And on the Monday just after the
Academy Awards, they rose again, this time 2.94%.
● Oct. 3, 2008 - Rachel Getting Married opens: X up .44%
● Jan. 5, 2009 - Bride Wars opens: X up 2.61%
● Feb. 8, 2010 - Valentine’s Day opens: X up 1.01%
● March 5, 2010 - Alice in Wonderland opens: X up .74%
● Nov. 24, 2010 - Love and Other Drugs opens: X up 1.62%
● Nov. 29, 2010 - Anne announced as co-host of the Oscars: X
up .25%
He reasoned that online bots couldn’t really differentiate the
context in which monitored terms appeared.
ID X.

Rules
➔ 25 Questions in 2 rounds
➔ Standard Bounce-Pounce rules apply
➔ +10/0 on Bounce, +10/-5 on pounce

1. ID X
Following the attacks of 9/11 in 2001, there was a spike in
the purchase of a certain commodity.
Factories were operating at full capacity and pumping
more of this otherwise imported good with Made in USA
labels to capitalise/ ‘Do their Part’ in the dark days that
followed
Americans started buying X hours after the attacks. Wal-
Mart sold 116,000 units on that Tuesday. ‘Every house
needed one.’
Based on this data, the company quickly bought up the
available stock of Xs from every supplier it could reach.
Wal-Mart had effectively ‘monopolised’, and its
competitors were unable to restock their shelves.This
story has become something of a legend . True American
Capitalism.

2, ID X/ what service do they provide?
iitiimX.com was launched in 2014 by Alma Mater
Matters Pvt Ltd to match supply and demand in a
very unique sector.
‘We authenticate each profile on the basis of education by screening
their institution’s degree, ID-card/mark sheet etc. We wish to cover
Engineering, Management, Architecture, Medicine, Finance, Law,
Fashion Design, Theater, Media Communication, Psychology,
Sociology, Music, Dance , Animal Psychology and you name it. Senior
Government Officers are also included. An indicative list of such
institutions has been listed in the eligibility criteria.,’
However their requirements are relatively less stringent
for women.
Image:

3. ID X
The term is derived from an old children's game called
Xstones (like a game of marbles), which takes its name
from the obsolete verb X, meaning "to dab" or "to pat."
It is also a 19th-Century American slang for ‘money in
small amounts.’
It is unclear as to how X claimed its current meaning but
it is a 20th-century development. X remains more
prevalent among the young and children.
In the UK and Australia, different words convey this
meaning.
… whenever he got an idea for a story, an article or a play … he jotted down a
note on [a penny postcard] and mailed it to himself. He was not only reminded
when it arrived, but it seems the postoffice stamp gave him some sort of X on
copyright.
— Claudia Cassidy, The Chicago Sunday Tribune, 10 June 1951

4.
Sufferers from Stendhal syndrome often feel
overwhelmed, anxious, and even nauseous when
seeing what they perceive to be immense beauty
(such as something in the natural world like a
beautiful sunset). The effects are relatively short-
lived and do not seem to require medical
intervention.
This is also known as Florence Syndrome where its
considered a ‘Tourist Disease.’
The most common cause of this, gives it another
name that is also a British TV Series we grew up
watching on Disney.

5. ID
Manish Chandra’s social commerce platform
Poshmark is a clothing reseller. It’s now the second-
most-popular iPhone shopping app in the United
States, and it has benefited from a growing consumer
comfort with secondhand goods.
Its platform links buyers with an array of sellers —
from a hipster offering up a boutique, barely-worn
jacket or an influencer experimenting with her own
fashion line.
He credits a recent cultural phenomena, a personal
brand for sparking his new-found success. What?

Tidying up with Marie kondo/ konmari

6.
According to lore, the X challenge is a viral game shared
on messaging services like WhatsApp that goads young
children into violence or even suicide.
Images of the devilish bird-lady supposedly pop up with
creepy messages and commands that are said to
escalate to extreme violence and horror which led to
Youtube releasing a statement on 27 Feb 2019.
The name of this challenge might mislead you into
thinking its a version of a seeming less sinful South-
Korean challenge.
X was subject to hot controversy in Summer 2017 in
parts of North India.

7. FITB
In 2016, Ben & Jerry’s came out with an extra sweet
(and punny) ice cream to help "get big money out of
politics," expand voter access and voting rights,
participate in our democracy called ______-___.
The peppermint ice cream shares similar ideals with
the flavour ‘Bernie’s Yearning’, that is majorly mint,
oppressively covered by a thick solid chocolate disk
that represents the wealth of the one percent. In a
move of economic redistribution, the eater smashes
the disc and mixes it up with the other 99 percent.
FITB.

8.Give the alternative name
✖ 2013 Confederations Cup riots or Brazilian Autumn
has another name that is a play on a graphic novel
about a mysterious revolutionary Vigilante.
✖ This name originated when more than 60
protesters were arrested for carrying X as a home
remedy against the tear gas and pepper spray used
by police.
✖ The police falsely claimed that X can be used to
make bombs. Salad Dressings emerged as
alternatives.
✖ A Facebook page was created with the alt. Name
for the protest and stated: The 'Salad Uprising' has
begun.

9. ID X
The X eat a balanced diet. A Guardian article describes:
‘Sweets are eaten sparingly; hunks of crusty bread are
accompanied by handfuls of radishes or fresh fruit…
Despite an abundance of humbugs, toffees and ginger
pop, when grouped into the five main food categories
(fruit and vegetable; meat and fish; dairy; starchy
foods; high fat/sugar foods), no one group outweighs
another.
This healthy but not hearty diet of the X is consistent
with the post WWII dietary history.
ID X from their very famous diet.

10.ID
X is the most British of shows, yet has Americans
transfixed. The show is ‘... so good-natured and mild
mannered, while still being completely absorbing’
unlike what American audiences are used to in the
genre predominantly due to another ‘British import’.
The show moved to Netflix in Aug 2018 and
succeeded as a binge-watchable show despite
skepticism as they changed the old tried and tested
recipe with the altered ‘cast’.
It airs on a slightly different name in the US due to
trademark by a brand closely related to content of this
show.

11. What?
To file this ‘request’, all one needs to do is fill a
simple form, with 4-5 alternatives in order of
preference, and pay a sum of Rs. 250 along with 18
per cent GST.
On February 27th, an office in Andheri, Mumbai was
bombarded with different variants of this request to
replicate a mid-January success of a similar nature.
What rather ‘insensitive’ and exploitative activity
was this ?

Registration of movie title based on pulwama
attacks

12.ID X/ Feature
In July of 2017, the resurgence of new sexual abuse
allegations against R. Kelly prompted Atlanta Arts
Administrator, Oronike Odeleye to take action and
start a major hashtag campaign against the artist.
#XRKelly- X being an outcome sought.
Later, Spotify rolled out a specific feature on their
app, the first of its kind on any streaming platform
and it most likely is a response to this campaign.(Jan
2019)
This effective yet not-absolute feature then became a
major meme where people came together or apart in
using it. Artists like Ed Sheeran, Perry, Camila
Cabello were mentioned too.

#MuteRKelly - ‘don't play this artist’ feature

13.
Hof is a town located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern
corner of the southeast German state of X, in the Franconian region,
at the Czech border.
Hof is also known as X Y, a rhyming title where X and Y are both
names of places that rhyme.
The title has been given because temperatures in Hof are usually
several degrees lower than in most other parts of X, particularly in
winter, and because civil servants were often transferred to Hof as a
punishment (therefore Y).
Additional pop culture hint for fun: in an old mobile phone game
titled Diamond Rush, X and Y were the names of two levels (third
being Angkor Wat).

For close to a decade, city historian John Curran has been
waging an uphill battle to preserve this crumbling brick
parking lot tucked near a commuter railroad station in
Peekskill, NY.
In interviews to famous publications, including WSJ etc,
this superfan explains his reasons to believe that this
dilapidated area is actually, wonderfully, the _ _ _, from
a very famous work. The lore is that the creator went to a
military academy in Peekskill, and when he asked for
directions to the same, he was told a particular phrase
that he included in his work.
(photo in next slide)
14.

Yellow brick road from Wizard of Oz

15.
Kerry O’Brien created the Tumblr entitled the NYC X Guide, a
definitive list of the best places to X in New York.
According to the Observer, the blog began when O’Brien went
through a breakup. “I started picking places to go on my lunch break
that would be the ‘best’ places to X without people looking at me.”
● Bank of America, 592 5th Ave, New York, NY 10036
I randomly ducked in here for a place to X today and I am very
happy I did. The ATM line was luckily very long so I hopped in
and X until it was my turn to use the machine (about 6 minutes).
A very average, basic, no-frills, in and out place to X.
● The 7 Train, New York, NY 10001
No matter what time of day, every single person on the 7 train is
in a deep sleep or stupor. Feel free to X as ___ as you want on
this train, no one will EVER look at you!! It’s a X dream!!!!!! I X
on this subway at least once a day. A true NYC Staple!

● The Standing Side of the Escalator, Grand Central New York,
NY
Great for a X on the go! Grand Central offers a wonderful large
escalator from the 7 train up to where the other trains board. If
you stay to the right and remain on the the standing side, it can
be a wonderful X experience. With people only in front and
behind you, you can feel free to X without anyone looking or
wondering what you’re up to! Great for a 1-2 minute quick X.
● Duane Reade, 535 5th Ave (btwn 44th & 45th St.), New York, NY
10017
Although this location is in the heart of midtown which is
usually a X arch-nemesis, this particular Duane Reade offers a
relatively empty second floor! I X here yesterday during my
lunch break in the vitamins aisle and experienced NO problems
at all! It was a wonderful 10-15 minute X that is so rare to come
by these days. Come X here quick before the word gets out!
Highly recommended!

16.
Nobody Can Love You
More is Mayank Austen
Soofi’s book about the
inhabitants of a
particular area of Delhi.
Through photos and
words, the book tells us
the story of these people.
Where/who?
(photos in next slide)

Sex workers of GB Road/red light district of Delhi

17.
Name X, which is a trending lifestyle company that offers on-demand
delivery from your favorite restaurants & stores in the US. Keeping up their
social media-savvy brand, they occasionally release receipts of celebrities’
orders, eg. a recent one being Kylie Jenner.
In October 2018, they revealed Post Malone’s order history, with nearly
3,000 total items, on more than 660 orders, in 52 different cities nationwide.
“Of the 289 different merchants that he’s ordered from, he goes “psycho”
for Popeyes. Who else can proudly say that they’ve X-ed $8,000 worth of
biscuits to a Coachella party?” the brand posted, with a list including-
● 3 packs of rolling papers
● 6 bottles of orange juice
● 2 bottles of cranberry cocktail juice
● 4 bottles of cabernet sauvignon
● 2 bags of ice
● 2 handles of Tito’s Vodka
● 40 solo cups.
● calcium crickets
● latex gloves
● $100 of buffalo sauce

18.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) of NZ figures
show that in the year to January 2016, guest nights rose 7 per cent in the
South Island, following 8 per cent growth the year before.
Lake Wanaka had a growth of 14%, credited to the fact that Lake
Wanaka Tourism tried something new in 2015. They invited certain
people to Wanaka, to do what they do, and this led to this tourism boom.
However, recently, the plan's success has led to environmental and
social concerns.
Wanaka Tourism thus hosted what? (a
specific term is given to the collection of
these guests anywhere. Points for that if
anyone gets it, otherwise points for next
best answer).

They hosted an Instameet.
(next best answers: invited
instagrammers to come and
post pictures, bloggers to
post photos etc)

19.
In 2001, two unrelated researches on whales were going on
in and near Canada’s Bay of Fundy.
1. New England Aquarium scientist Rosalind Rolland was
taking right whale fecal samples that September as
part of a study on the health and reproduction of the
endangered North Atlantic right whale
2. About the same time, another researcher, Susan Parks,
was getting acoustic recordings on mothers and their
calves for research on the social behavior of the whales
as a part of a five year long experiment.
In late 2009, when Rolland started researching stress in
whales, to prepare for a workshop organized by the Office
of Naval Research, she combined data from her study and
Parks’. The analysis indicated that a drop in a stress-
related hormone found in the right whales happened
during this time. Why?

9/11 had led to a grounding of naval
traffic, thus reducing underwater noise.

20.
In a 1900 article titled "A National Crime at the Feet of American Parents"
in the Ladies' Home Journal, editor Edward Bok wrote, "When are parents
going to open their eyes to this fearful evil? Are they as blind as bats, that
they do not see what is being wrought by this crowning folly...?"
California was at the vanguard of the anti-X movement. In 1901, the
California Legislature banned it for children under 15 and ordered
limitations for older kids. The law was taken off the books in 1917.
“Groups of parents are going to ____ and saying, 'Get real. We want our
kids to have a life,' " said Cathy Vatterott, an associate education
professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, who has studied the
issue.
Indian parents, however, might not agree, lest Sharma ji ka beta does
better than their child in the boards. What are we talking about?

written round
Theme : google trends
5 questions, +10 for every correct,
+15 extra if all correct

Google Trends’ 2018 list of
what?
Top 5-
1. Fortnite
2. Spider-Man
3. Unicorn
4. Dinosaur
5. Witch

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