Fandom Quiz from Instincts '18

2. Instincts ‘18
Fandom Quiz finals
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3. Format
• 3 rounds – bounce-pounce (clockwise bounce),
theme, bounce-pounce (anticlockwise bounce)
• If you have no idea what bounce-pounce is, fret
not; we’ll explain how it works
• Good luck!

4. Round 1
• Clockwise bounce starting from team 1
• +10 /0, -10 for each question in bounce-pounce
• You can’t pounce on your own direct :P

5. Q1
• In a Pottermore article about the Sword of
Gryffindor, J K Rowling admitted that she drew
inspiration from the real-world legend of the X.
• There are some striking similarities between the
two - only a true Gryffindor can draw the sword out
of the Sorting Hat, and in Deathly Hallows, the
sword is retrieved from a frozen forest lake by
Harry.
• What is X?

6. Safety slide

7. A1
• Excalibur, King Arthur’s legendary sword

8. Q2
• Various fan theories have drawn parallels between the
overall plot of Game of Thrones and the X series. Some
of these are
1. There is a "noble" House (Starks) with a focus on
family and honour, and the head of this House (Ned) is
entrusted with a great responsibility by the King (Robert)
2. Their counterpart is a House with no honour
(Lannisters) that is secretly planning to gain control over
the entire kingdom (Westeros)
3. The noble House is betrayed by a traitor (Baelish) who
ostensibly serves the kingdom but has ulterior personal
motives
(CONT.)

9. 4. A bastard son (Jon) escapes the downfall of his
House by taking residence with outcasts in a harsh
environment (Night's Watch)
5. A daughter (Arya) also survives the downfall of her
house, vows to kill everyone who wronged
her family, and eventually becomes an assassin
What is X?

10. Safety slide

11. A2
• Dune

12. Q3
• "I don't think there are that many situations in film
or television where you have four ----- and three ----
--- around a table and discussing power, strategy,
and war. Had the exact same information been put
forward instead by a bunch of old, grizzled guys
with grey beards, it would been a lot less
interesting - the way we did it was a breath of fresh
air, breaking a number of real-world stereotypes
stereotypes, and writing it that way was a lot more
fun."
• What scene does the above quote talk about, and
what was interesting about it?

13. Safety slide

14. A3
• Daenerys’s war council deliberating on her
Westeros campaign in s7e2 (Stormborn)
• Everyone on the council was a woman, a eunuch,
or disabled (Tyrion’s a dwarf)

15. Q4 Fill in the blanks, and put
funda
• In chronological order,
1. First meeting with X
2. Sirius Black’s escape from Azkaban
3. Riot at the Quidditch World Cup
4. Mass break-out of Death Eaters from Azkaban
5. ______________

16. Safety slide

17. A4
• Fudge’s meeting with the Muggle Prime Minister
• Last one was to inform the PM about his sacking :P

18. Q5
• From east to west, they were -
1. Amon Dîn
2. Eilenach
3. Nardol
4. Erelas
5. Min-Rimmon
6. Calenhad
7. Amon Anwar (or Halifirien)
• However in the film adaptations, one was shown to
exist directly above Minas Tirith.
• What are we talking about?

19. Safety slide

20. A5
• The warning beacons of Gondor

21. Q6 ID X, Y, and Z
• The Green Lanterns Corps are not the only ones who
manipulate hard light with a power ring. There are
other 'corps' comprised of the rest of the colours in the
light spectrum, each of which derive their power from
what's referred to as an 'emotional spectrum', though
it's really taken more from things that drive you:
1. Red Lantern Corps: X
2. Agent Orange: Greed
3. Sinestro Corps: Y (which, incidentally, once tried to recruit
Batman)
4. Green Lantern Corps: Z
5. Blue Lantern Corps: Hope
6. Indigo Tribe: Compassion
7. Star Sapphires: Love

22. Safety slide

23. A6
• X – rage
• Y – fear
• Z – willpower

24. Q7
• “We’re so lucky to have an artist as talented as
______ join us. These are big shoes to fill, and an
even bigger cape, and this one fits him perfectly,
which will save us money on alterations. Also, we’d
like to publicly apologize to ______ for ruining
Comic-Con for him forever.”
• Reaction to casting of whom in what role?

25. Safety slide

26. A7
• Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian in Solo

27. Q8
• These are the supposed outcomes of what?
1. Pyrrhic Victory for Valinor
2. Final Death of Morgoth
3. Rekindling of the Two Trees
4. Destruction and remaking of Arda

28. Safety slide

29. A8
• Dagor Dagorath

30. Q9 ID X
• This is the Chocolate Frog card of Ignatia Wildsmith,
a 13th-century witch who invented Floo Powder.
Interestingly, Ignatia's outfit bears a superficial
resemblance to X , a villainous character from a
famous real-world fairy tale.
• The similarities do not stop there, as X is often
depicted with green flames, which she sometimes
even uses to transport herself. X is also shown with
a raven companion in the film adaptation of the tale
centring on X , which is fitting when you consider
the fact that Wildsmith was a Ravenclaw.

31. Safety slide

32. A9
• Maleficent

33. Q10
• Fan theories suggest that Margaret of Anjou, the
consort of Henry VI of England, is the inspiration for
the character X. The two indeed bear some eerie
similarities: just like X, Margaret was married off to
create a political alliance, with her betrothal to
Henry VI making temporary peace between
England and France. Margaret ruled England in
Henry's stead on many occasions, and she also had
to silence rumours about the legitimacy of her
violent son Edward, who was born when Henry was
in the midst of one of his frequent bouts of
insanity. Identify X.

34. Safety slide

35. A10
• Cersei Lannister

36. Round 2
• Written round
• Six woodblock print-style depictions of iconic
scenes from GoT as if they took place in feudal
Japan.
• Identify each scene for +5.
• +10 bonus if you get all six right.

37. Q1

38. Q2

39. Q3

40. Q4

41. Q5

42. Q6

43. Safety slide

44. 1. Execution of Ned Stark

45. 2. Jon Snow duels Qhorin
Halfhand

46. 3 Battle of the Trident

47. 4. The Red Wedding

48. 5. The Mountain vs. the Viper

49. 6. Tyrion at the Eyrie

50. Round 3 – Bounce-Pounce
• Anti-clockwise bounce starting from the last team
• +10 / -10 for each question in bounce-pounce
• You can’t pounce on your own direct :P

51. Q1
• Some eagle-eyed Harry Potter fans have concluded
that the Pensieve scene in Goblet of Fire , which
was released in 2005, is in fact the first reference to
X in the series.
• What is X?
• <video follows>

52. Safety slide

53. A1
• Deathly Hallows

54. Q2
• This is the version of The Rains of Castamere that is
played during the Purple Wedding (and also over
the episode's closing credits) by Sigur Ros, an
Icelandic band who were invited to make a cameo
appearance in this episode.
• The band deliberately interspersed the vocals with
a wheezing accompaniment in the background
from an accordion. Why did they do this?
• (audio follows)

55. Safety slide

56. A2
• Ironic hat-tip to Joffrey
choking to death

57. Q3
• This term was coined by fans as a portmanteau of
the words X and Y to refer to a particular scene
where ------ takes revenge in style upon a past
tormentor.
• X is a beverage near-synonymous with ------, while
Y is a real-world torture technique that was
commonly employed by the Spanish Inquisition,
the Dutch East India Company, and more recently
(and infamously), the CIA.
• Give me the term.

58. Safety slide

59. A3
• “Wineboarding”

60. Q4 What has been blanked out
(or) put funda

62. Safety slide

63. A4
• These are the real-world locations of the various
cities that appear in the DC-verse

64. Q5
• This is an exhaustive list of characters from the Harry Potter movies that have
something in common, with the most recent entry to the list (in the news last
week) being blanked out. Put funda.
• Bellatrix Lestrange
• Gilderoy Lockhart
• Horace Slughorn
• Madame Rosmerta
• Nearly Headless Nick
• Lord Voldemort
• Albus Dumbledore
• Mr.Ollivander
• _____________
• Rita Skeeter
• Minerva McGonagall
• Dolores Umbridge
• Sybill Trelawney
• Molly Weasley

65. Safety slide

66. A5
• The actors who portrayed these roles received
Oscar nominations.
• Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black, won the
latest Best Actor Oscar for "Darkest Hour”.

67. Q6 FITB
• In a rare display of friendship between Elves and
Dwarves, ________ was built sometime between
S.A. 750 and 1500 by the Elven smith Celebrimbor
and the dwarf Narvi.
• These were the days before the years of Sauron's
dominion in Middle-earth, and the _________
stood open and allowed unfettered trade. They
were sealed after Sauron sacked Eregion to find the
Elven rings.

68. Safety slide

69. A6
• The Doors of Durin /
The Elven Door at Khazad Dum

70. Q7 ID X, Y, and Z
• The mid-80s were a dark time for X. In 1983, he and his wife went
through a costly divorce, while at the same time revenue from ___ ____
and its associated merchandise was starting to fall off. This was putting
an undue amount of pressure on X to start bringing in some money to
offset losses - and with the investments made in Howard the Duck
looking more and more suspect as time went on, X looked for a way to
bring in some cash.
• X saw an opportunity to sell the Graphix Group, a computer graphics
division within Xfilm that had spent most of their existence in building
tools and methods for computer animation and effects instead of
actually making pieces of entertainment, for $5 million. The buyer? Y,
just having lost his position at _____ Computers, who then turned what
had been a small computer division at Xfilm into Z.
• So thanks, Howard the Duck! You may be weird, uncomfortable, and a
pretty bad movie overall, but at least you gave us Z.

71. Safety slide

72. A7
• X – George Lucas
• Y – Steve Jobs
• Z – Pixar

73. Q8
• "Certainly, this isn't the first Oscar-nominated film of its
kind; it is, however, the first to be nominated for its
______— something that's never a focus on a genre that's
considered more for its technical mastery (sound and visual
effects) than its ______.
• As I noted when the movie came out early last year, this film
marked a new era in the genre—one in which audiences
aren't afraid of complex heroes. It was a box-office success
upon its release, even with a generally avoided R-rating. It
also proved that studios were willing to take risks with the
genre. In this case, it was a creatively ambitious film that
could have alienated audiences. Thankfully, the risk paid off,
and even the Oscars are taking note."
• What is this Esquire article talking about?

74. Safety slide

75. A8
• Logan being nominated for Best Adapted
Screenplay at the Oscars

76. Q9 ID X and Y
• It has long been speculated that Tolkien wrote the story
of X to mirror that of Y, one of the most famous
mythical places in history today. X, just like Y, was a
magnificent civilization, with its people far ahead of the
others technologically.
• The realms of both X and Y were destroyed in the same
way, with pride and arrogance (and a little help from
Sauron for X) being the downfall of both civilizations.
• Tolkien is said to have been making the groundwork for
the modern-day Y myths with X, with the Quenya name
for X after its fall being a corruption of Y.

77. Safety slide

78. A9
• X – Numenor
• Y – Atlantis

79. Q10
• "Of all the heat I’ve ever taken, not having X was
one of the bigger things" said director Joss
Whedon, regarding the fan furor over the absence
of X in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Why the unrest? X
creates Ultron in the comic books, yet in the second
Avengers it will be Tony Stark who unleashes the
super-villain, angering fans who believe Whedon is
messing with the lore.
• But the inclusion of X just wasn't possible, Whedon
explains, considering what former Y director Edgar
Wright was doing with the character.

80. Safety slide

81. A10
• X – Hank Pym
• Y – Ant Man