Quizmaster: Prabhat Reddy Please note that only questions are available on these slides.

1. Freshies Pop Culture Quiz
Prelims

2. ● There are 20 questions in this round
● Each question carries one mark. Some questions will have marks for partial answers.
● There will be no penalty imposed for an incorrect answer
● There are three star marked questions which carry 2 marks each. In case of a tie between two teams,
the team which answers more number of star-marked questions will advance to the next round. If
the tie has not been resolved, the team which has a longer streak of correct answers advances failing
which both teams will move to the next round.
● The decision of the quizmaster is final in case of any discrepancies.
● Smartphones in quizzes are like cigarettes in public places

3. Short Connect
What do these characters have in common?
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4. This is a shot taken during the 1989 world
tours of Taylor Swift.
Which song are they playing?
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5. 3
Complete the title of this book released during 2017 which is the first
one in a trilogy.
The blanked named is that of a warrior princess.

6. Identify this fantasy role-
playing board game which is
a recurring theme in stranger
things.
Short form (0.5 marks)
Full Form (1 marks)
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7. This first look poster of the malayalam movie, ‘kumbalangi nights’ is the
reminiscent of which legendary music group ‘X’ iconic cover of their
album ‘Y’.
Id X and Y.
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8. Haffpor Julius Bjornsonn is an icelandic professional strongman and
actor.He is the first man to to have won the Arnold Strongman
classic, world’s strongest man and Europe's strongest man in the
same calendar year.
He is popular for playing a character in a very popular TV series.
Name the character.
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9. What one-word catch-phrase used by a scientist in a popular TV series has been trademarked by Warner
Brothers as "Non-textile wall hangings; wall coverings of cork, paper, plastic, vinyl and textile and
wallpaper"? The word by itself has no meaning.
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10. Identify the bollywood movie which plagiarised this work
to make one of its own poster.
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11. This is a scene from an episode in stranger things season 2.
Which character is Max dressed like, someone who made a
comeback to big screen last year?
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12. Identify the superhero character!
This character can transform into a costumed adult with powers of superhuman strength,speed and
other abilities.
He derives his powers from the immortal elders
● Solomon
● Hercules
● Atlas
● Zeus
● Achilles
● Mercury
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13. Nevada is a western U.S. state defined by its great expanses of desert, and by the 24-hour casinos
and entertainment for which its largest city, Las Vegas, is famed.
Recently the tourist numbers increased and the state was pushed to declare an emergency.
The district commissioner of the state was quoted saying “We're just trying to do the best we can to
prepare for something we know not of. We have no pickin' idea what we're going to face – if
anything.”
Why?
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14. ‘Attack On Titans’ or ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’ is compared to a famous series X, in the sense that you
don’t know who will die next and the fact that no one is safe from the Titans.
The plot line of the anime was shocking and entertaining which makes this anime one of the most
anticipated anime this year.
Identify X.
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15. Identify the anime.
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16. Which television series was originally thought to be a movie, with Selena
Gomez in the lead, but ended up being produced as a television web series
with her as the executive producer?
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17. Whose Biopic is this movie released in 2019?
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18. X is one of the main character from ‘Captain America:The First Avenger’ who also has a cameo in both
‘Avengers:Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers:Endgame’.
Name X.
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19. Identify X
Netflix will be producing an adult animated comedy
series and it will center around X.
In the series,” X trades in his white jumpsuit for a jetpack
when he is covertly inducted into a secret government
spy program to help battle the dark forces that threaten
the country he loves-all while holding his day job as the
King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
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20. Identify this american band.
They rose to superstardom with their albums like “
millenium”(1999) and “black & blue”(2000).
The best selling boy band in this world,they also made a
comeback after 20 years of their debut to make a new album
named “DNA” in 2019.
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21. Superman is most vulnerable to green Kryptonite, mineral debris from Krypton transformed into radioactive
material by the forces that destroyed the planet.
The only substance on Earth that can protect him from Kryptonite is X, which blocks radiation.
Identify X.
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22. What is the inspiration behind these barbie
dolls?
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23. Identify the Anime.
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