Interrobang 2019 MELAS (Finals)

MELAS QUIZ
FINALS
‽ N T E R R O B A N G 2 0 1 9
By: Anubhav
Sachdeva and
Krishna Sumanth

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Content Team
• Abhishek Babbar
• Pranav Mihir Kandada
• Vedaarth Uberoi
• Namratha Murugeshan
Organising Team
• Tilak Dangi
• Aashna Chowdary
• Geetanjali Jujjavarupu
• Shreya Kalidindi
• Nishtha Goyal
• Ridhi Shetty

RULES
• 4 Rounds: 2 sets of dries, 2 written. Total of 36 questions.
• Quizmaster’s decision will be final.

ROUND 1 – WRITTEN
10 points per question, +10 if all correct. Total of 60 points up for grabs.

1.
• On the next slide is a picture of an individual named _______
Sorrentino. Sorrentino was employed in Florida working during the 90s,
and was relatively out of the limelight before he met ‘X’ who he adopted
as a protege. A decade or so later, Sorrentino was caught for distributing
drugs and was arrested for the same following which his relationship
with ‘X’ became turbulent.
• Earlier this decade Sorrentino re-entered public consciousness due to
something done by ‘X’ which achieved worldwide popularity. Sarrentino
claims that he was the inspiration for the titular entity, but ‘X’ used the
fact that he was in jail to deny him any credit whatsoever.
• What was Sarrantino the inspiration for? ID ‘X’.

2.
• Those who have heard this piece, might wonder why there is a portion of it that
seems rather out of place. In fact, when the original piece was being recorded
in 2003, it didn't contain this part and the person who wrote the song claims
that this portion was to a large extent a compromise.
• The writer of the song was told that the piece wouldn't even be played on
radios at the time, since it contained something that was a sad minority in the
genre. That's how the odd portion was forced in, as producers had even
refused to release the piece until this out of place portion was added! The
piece was a massive hit, practically launching the band into fame and in 2017
the original piece, without this odd portion of it was released.
•
What band are we talking about? What potential reason were they given for
their original song at the time not doing well in the field?

3. ID ‘X’ AND ‘Y’.
• The cover story of a 1924 issue of pulp magazine Weird Tales was titled
“Imprisoned with the Pharaohs’’, written by none other than ‘X’. In this tale, he
speaks of his voyage to Egypt, where he is captured by nefarious locals and
imprisoned beneath a pyramid, to be sacrificed to horrid monsters of untold
age, and also speaks of his eventual escape.
• However, it was ‘Y’ who had ghostwritten the story on behalf of ‘X’. During this
period ‘X’ was an international celebrity, but ‘Y’ was relatively unknown.
Though ‘X’ claimed that it was a true account, ‘Y’ felt it was made up to add to
X’s image, fictionalized it further, and wrote a tale of "million-toothed torture,
bat-wings in the gulfs of hell, sucking nadirs of ravenous, nauseous lower
vacua, and greater subliminations of cosmic panic”. After Y’s works finally
achieved success, this work is attributed to him with the title “Under the
Pyramids”.

4.
• This is the trailer for an electronic music album titled 'Floods' and it is based on
late author W.G. Sebald’s profound interpretation of a particular work. The
album has been released by Gabe Hendrick, who goes by a pseudonym that is
directly related to the subject of the work.
• The music video for this entire album follows the pattern of a creative shift in
vantage point from object to active subject. Much in the same way 'X' intended
with his work itself, “Floods” attempts to subvert the listener's memory of a
moment.
• Based on the trailer, what work is this album was inspired by? How is
Hendrick's pseudonym related to the work?

5.
• The third-from-last note of each verse of the unofficial national anthem
of X is a flattened seventh. This anthem, played at football and rugby
matches, and at the Commonwealth Games, has been the topic of
debate for many reasons, one that its semi-official status in sport was
given without a proper referendum among other choices, while the more
technical concern is that the national instrument, which is a symbol of
X’s pride, cannot produce a flattened seventh.
• ID the country and instrument.

1.
• On the next slide is a picture of an individual named _______
Sorrentino. Sorrentino was employed in Florida working during the 90s,
and was relatively out of the limelight before he met ‘X’ who he adopted
as a protege. A decade or so later, Sorrentino was caught for distributing
drugs and was arrested for the same following which his relationship
with ‘X’ became turbulent.
• Earlier this decade Sarrentino re-entered public consciousness due to
something done by ‘X’ which achieved worldwide popularity. Sarrentino
claims that he was the inspiration for the titular entity, but ‘X’ used the
fact that he was in jail to deny him any credit whatsoever.
• What was Sarrantino the inspiration for? ID ‘X’.

ANSWER 1.
• Magic Mike, Channing Tatum.

ANSWER 2.
• Evanescence, Rock songs with all female vocals would never work!

ANSWER 3.
• ‘X’ – Harry Houdini, ‘Y’ – H.P. Lovecraft

4.
• This is the trailer for an electronic music album titled 'Floods' and it is based on
late author W.G. Sebald’s profound interpretation of a particular work. The
album has been released by Gabe Hendrick, who goes by the pseudonym
‘Aris Kindt’ which is directly related to the subject of the work.
• The music video for this entire album follows the pattern of a creative shift in
vantage point from object to active subject. Much in the same way 'X' intended
with his work itself, “Floods” attempts to subvert the listener's memory of a
moment.
• Based on the trailer, what work is this album was inspired by? How is
Hendrick's pseudonym related to the work?

ANSWER 4.
• Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholaes Tulp, he named himself ‘Aris Kindt’ after the corpse
in the painting!

ANSWER 5.
• Scotland, Bagpipes.

ROUND 2 - DRIES
• +10 on the bounce, +10/-5 on the pounce.
• No conservation of points.

1.
• 'X',
Portions from the book of Genesis (most often Genesis 4:9),
Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare,
Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare,
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln,
The Tempest - Act IV, Scene I,
• 'X' also holds current relevance to India, as it was invoked by a Indian Politician,
Shashi Tharoor, over a month ago when he tweeted drawing an analogy between the
subject matter of 'X' and a particular move of the government which was under much
scrutiny at that time.
• Three Parts:
i. Connect these 6 items to a specific, exhaustive list. (5)
ii. What is 'X‘. (2.5)
iii. What particularly criticized move of the government was he referencing? (2.5)

ANSWER 1.
• i. These were the pieces narrator by 'The Orator' in the 'Meal Ticket' story in The Ballad
of Buster Scruggs.
ii. 'X' is Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
iii. The inauguration of the Statue of Unity.

2.
• In March, 2017 Nintendo released the latest edition of one of its most popular series'
much to the delight of its fans. The poster for the same was released in January of that
year, triggering several fans theories.
• One such theory was that the poster was inspired by a particular work. The analogy
here was fairly straight forward, and the comparison was between the lone-warrior
figure, the posture of the same and nature that he was amidst. The last part was
especially relevant given the title of that edition of the game.
• What game was released (need full title)? Which work was this being compared to?

ANSWER 2.
• Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Wanderer above a Sea of Fog.

3.
• "By ______, a vacuum is created which creates localized inflammation proximal to the
area. Inflammatory substances are drawn to the new area of inflammation by the body,
which rather 'prioritizes' the new area to be managed by inflammation. This causes
some relief from the original area of inflammation. Indian techniques of Ayurveda like
'___karma', now commonly done for conditions like plantar fasciitis also is thought to
depend upon this ability of the body to 'camouflage' the original area of inflammation
by creating a new area of inflammation nearby."
• Globally this technique's entered public consciousness less than a decade ago, and
raised a few eyebrows at the time. This entry into public consciousness was due to
something which was criticised by practitioners of a particular activity, since the titular
subject and the content of the entity were not the same.
• Where have we seen this technique? Why was the nomenclature of the entity where
we saw it criticised?

ANSWER 3.
• This is the fire-cupping technique used by Jackie Chan in Karate Kid. Karate Kid came
under scrutiny because of the fact that the movie is all about Kung Fu and has nothing
to do with Karate!

4.
• Below is an image of Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies, two individuals who piqued
the attention of sports fans primarily in America in 2018. These individuals are, among
other things, trained dancers and have performed at several locations including at
Disneyland.
• In March, they achieved the first in a field, which has traditionally been dominated by
others. When the press ran articles on this, they used a particular phrase, which is a
modification of a more popular phrase associated with other minority groups which are
the first to do something.
• This modification incorporates the playing surface of the field where they operate into
the original phrase and this therefore yields a phrase which is informally used in
another 'industry'.
• i. What are Peron and Jinnies the first of?
ii. What phrase was used to describe their act?
iii. What other 'industry' is this used for?

ANSWER 4.
• i. First male cheerleaders in the NFL,
ii. Breaking the grass ceiling and
iii. Weed.

5.
• Multi-camera television sitcoms traditionally utilised only three cameras. However, that
changed with the start of “Mork & Mindy”, a sitcom that debuted in 1978, about an
extra-terrestrial who comes to Earth to try and learn about our ways from Mindy, a
human woman.
• What was it about the show that led the producer to introduce a fourth, hand-held
camera, that then became the norm for future sitcoms?

ANSWER 5.
• The standing cameras couldn’t move fast enough to capture Robin Williams
improvising!

6.
• The Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic
Monuments, better known as the X Pact is an inter-American treaty that recognizes
that the defense of cultural objects is more important than the use or destruction of that
culture for military purposes. This treaty came about through the efforts of artist X, who
first popularised the idea in Russia (where he was born) and then brought it to
America,
• After shifting from New York to Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, X involved himself in
an activity that led him to be a part of The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972. The
legislation sought to protect the works of a number of artists that included X, which
resulted in them not receiving full international recognition. This league of artists
included one who had worked on the Constitution, and a Nobel laureate, among
others. The artists collectively have an informal name that has been borrowed from
history.
• ID X. What is the informal name of this league?

ANSWER 6.
• Nicholas Roerich, Navaratnas.

7.
• Jay Hastings is a man who is completely unknown, but with a singular claim to fame
from over three decades ago. This was revived in 2016 when he decided to sell a shirt
of his from that night, and despite the ordinary nature of the shirt it sold for over 31,000
pounds.
• This price however was not unexpected given the significance that the shirt itself had.
Though the shirt couldn't be worn for certain reasons, it is these same reasons that
make it so special. Hastings' job from that period also makes him one of the only
people to have witnessed an iconic moment of history.
• What was Hastings' job or where did he work? What was unique about this shirt that
he sold?

ANSWER 7.
• Hastings worked as a concierge at 'The Dakota' where John Lennon lived. This shirt
was still stained with Lennon's blood from the night he was shot.

8.
• The Tamil Nadu ____ Dealers’ Employees Welfare Association deals with concerns
related to the sale of a particular household commodity that is consumed on a large
scale. On multiple occasions over the years, the association voiced concerns
regarding huge losses that take place due to the goods being stolen as soon they are
unloaded from the trucks. When such a theft takes place, the dealers know who the
culprits are. However, confrontation is not easy given the large number of culprits and
the reason behind the theft motivating them to become aggressive. Among pleas to
prevent losses, the dealers also expressed that the commodity should be treated as
precious due to its unavailability to many people, and that such wastage should not
take place.
•
What is being stolen? What is the reason behind the regular thefts?

ANSWER 8.
• Milk, to use for paal abhishegams/pouring over cutouts of celebrities when their movies
release!

9.
• This exists because the Earth has a 23.5° axial tilt. This is also present on 'X' because
of its 25° axial tilt. A year here is nearly twice as long as on Earth, thus the period in
question will also be twice as long. Hemispherically however things get complicated on
'X'. The eccentricity of the orbit of 'X' causes it to receive 44% more radiation from the
Sun at perihelion than at aphelion . As a result, the southern hemisphere these are
shorter, but hotter than on the northern hemisphere.
• 'Y's axis is however only tilted by 3.13°. Because of this small tilt, this phenomenon
itself is absent and its pretty much always stormy and windy.
• This is an answer provided on Reddit by 'Nickle62' for something from over 6 decades
ago.
• What is this specifically trying to show and what is the context from 6 decades ago?

ANSWER 9.
• This trying to show what Spring is like on Jupiter and Mars, referencing 'Fly Me To The
Moon' by Sinatra.

10.
• It may seem ridiculous for these devices to still be vital to this particular industry given
the technological advancements made, but it turns out that these are still the main
devices used by a lot of the entities in this industry rather than their online
counterparts.
• The reason for this is twofold. Firstly, a lot of these entities just prefer the old-fashioned
method as they feel it's more safe when there is so much money that is being dealt
with during certain periods of the year. Second, the law generally prefers the old-
fashioned method to the online versions, especially when dealing with signatures, etc.
• The importance of this device was especially highlighted less than half a decade ago,
with many being incredible thankful for the same.
• Tell me the device and the industry. What was the incident from less than half a
decade ago?

ANSWER 10.
• This is why fax machines are still essential to the football industry. The incident was De
Gea's transfer to Real Madrid not getting finalized because of a broken fax machine!

11.
• 'X': From the Love of ______ to 'Y' is the name of a book written by F. Van Der Kraaij
in 2015. The book tells the story of the author and how he left his home in the
Netherlands to teach at a University in a West-African country, 'X', which is also known
for being the first African republic.
• The title of the book references the origin of the country, mainly its citizens' desire for
freedom (which is also reflected in the country's name), and the fact that it has now
been damaged by civil wars and several corrupt governments, leaving it far worse off
from its former self. 'Y' is the title of a 17th century work of literature.
• Three Parts:
i. Which country is 'X'?
ii. Fill in the blank.
iii. What work of literature is 'Y'?

ANSWER 11.
• X- Liberia; Liberty
• Y- Paradise Lost

12.
• Following the release of some episodes of a TV series, 'X' (which is also the
title of the book it's adapted from), Netflix posted a joke on their social media
pages stating that they initially wanted to call the series something else, which
is a pun on the title of a 2005 movie.
• This alternate title would also be appropriate as it directly references the main
occupation of the protagonist and the fact that he is in the fledgling phases of
his career, as is seen in the show.
• What is the TV series, 'X'? What did Netflix jokingly state was supposed to be
its alternate title?

ANSWER 12.
• X- Selection Day.
• The alternate title was said to be Batsman Begins!

13.
• 'Harikrishnans' is a Malayalam movie starring Mammooty, Mohanlal and Juhi
Chawla.
• The climax of this movie features a scene where Juhi Chawla has to choose
between her two suitors in Mohanlal and Mammooty. Unable to decide she
decides to drop a leaf, and the person whose name it falls on gets to marry her
and the other becomes her friend.
• This is where the movie's unique claim to fame comes in. The directors
adopted a particular technique to ensure that they maximize the 'crowd-
pleasing factor' of this movie and to satisfy as many fans of these two
juggernaut actors as possible. However, the CBFC had other plans and vetoed
this particular move leading one to think that they preferred one actor over the
other, but in reality there was a different - far more mundane - reason for the
same.
• What was unique about this films climax? Why did the CBFC veto it?

ANSWER 13.
• The directors shot two different climaxes for this movie. The one where the leaf lands
on Mammooty was released in areas of Kerala where Mammooty had a greater fan
following and the one where it lands on Mohanlal was released in places where he did.
• The CBFC vetoed it because when it was screened for them only the Mohanlal ending
was shown and even though the Mammooty ending was almost the same thing, the
law mandates that if they haven't seen it they can't approve it.

ROUND 3 - WR‽TTEN
• Theme: Punctuation
• 10 points per question, +10 if all correct.

1.
• In an article about the history behind a case of antithetical ______ analogy in a
certain field, Charles Pierce wrote about how this term has undergone a
complete revamp from what it historically meant. They estimate that this term
gained its new meaning sometime in the last decade, possibly starting with a
2005 GQ cover, wherein the term found visual representation along with
association with someone who has a successful career in this field.
• Historically, the term referred to someone who failed in their field, garishly,
hilariously, and at the worst possible time. Now it means almost the exact
opposite.
• What is the term being referred to here?

2.
• “Clerk-typists in the Korean War era U.S. Army used typewriters, not the
computer keyboards of today. However on a typewriter keyboard (unlike a
computer) the ________ is the upper case of the hyphen. When typing out a
particular abbreviation it took extra keystrokes to change from capital letters
(upper case) to lower case to type the hyphen each time. It's easier (and
lazier) to put the shift lock on and type all upper case letters and it was
originally done by Richard Hooker to show the lack of discipline (these are not
used in Army documents).”
• What is this an explanation behind?
•

3. ID X, Y AND THE ALBUM.
• X’s first album was a self-produced children’s cassette entitled SynthAnimals,
which included a collection of tracks such as "Happy Frogs" and "Suzuki
Elephants". In 1991 he moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as singer-
songwriter and pianist. After a self-titled album that had a song about phone
sex, he released another CD in 2004. Its cover had an art form, the elements
of which would retain meaning when viewed when viewed from different
perspectives (its artist Y referred to it as “an upside down word” but a more
popular term has been coined since). Six years later, he reused the title of this
2004 album in his work in a different field, with the artwork becoming a part of
the work. A certain element of this work was also named as a tribute to artist Y.

4. ID X.
• In a 1983 interview with Playboy magazine, Laurence Tureaud had the
following to say regarding the origin of his professional name :
"I think about my father being called 'boy', my uncle being called 'boy',
my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called 'boy'. So I
questioned myself: "What does a black man have to do before he's
given the respect as a man?" So when I was 18 years old… I said I was
old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself X so the first word
out of everybody's mouth is "__“. That's a sign of respect that my father
didn't get, that my brother didn't get, that my mother didn't get.”

5.
• "We wrote it that way once, when we first started…, and then ... people kept
writing it that way, and it was a freakin' whirlwind. "We never made a big deal
out of pulling it off the name. ... I mean, every time I write..I never put an __ __
in there."
• "At least for me, it got a little bit annoying to try to write that every time you're
typing the name," Ryan Ross said. "It was never part of the name to us. ...
People started writing it, and then it ended up in more and more things like
that, so there it was. When we started doing new promo stuff, we just told
everyone not to use it anymore."
• The above was said by two individuals associated with ‘X’ in a 2008 press
conference addressing a change that they had recently made to ‘X’. The
change was thought to be inconsequential by these individuals but resulted in
message-board hysteria online.

• X- Dan Brown
• Y- John Langdon

5.
• "We wrote it that way once, when we first started…, and then ... people kept
writing it that way, and it was a freakin' whirlwind. "We never made a big deal
out of pulling it off the name. ... I mean, every time I write..I never put an __ __
in there."
• "At least for me, it got a little bit annoying to try to write that every time you're
typing the name," Ryan Ross said. "It was never part of the name to us. ...
People started writing it, and then it ended up in more and more things like
that, so there it was. When we started doing new promo stuff, we just told
everyone not to use it anymore."
• The above was said by two individuals associated with ‘X’ in a 2008 press
conference addressing a change that they had recently made to ‘X’. The
change was thought to be inconsequential by these individuals but caused
message-board hysteria online. As a result, this change didn’t last.

• X – Panic! At The Disco
• They decided to drop the exclamation point but reverted to the original after a full fan
freakout.

ROUND 4 - DRIES
• +10 on the bounce, +10/-5 on the pounce.
• No conservation of points.

1.
• Ginger Dean is a psychotherapist who aims to financially empower women
through her website and training programs. Her initiative has been featured on
several magazines such as Forbes and Elle among others.
• Though not having the technical knowledge about these fields, she claims to
have practical knowledge given her past struggles and offers advice on having
a money-making mindset, earning more and investing in real estate to move
towards financial independence.
• The name of her website is an interesting pun on the name of a song and a
movie from over 3 decades ago, referencing the demand that women have for
gaining financial resources.
• What is the name of her website?

ANSWER 1.
• GirlsJustWannaHaveFunds.com

2.
• Simonetta _______ was a women of noble descent and was known to be one
of the most beautiful women in the world in the 15th century. Beyond this, she
is also known for being the cousin of an individual who gets his claim to fame
from the latter part of that century. This cousin's main claim to fame was
subject to a vehement rejection of nomenclature by a certain country.
• Three parts:
i. What is Simonetta's main claim to fame?
ii. Who is her cousin OR what is her last name?
iii. Why did the country reject this particular nomenclature?

ANSWER 2.
• i. She was the the model for Venus in Boticelli's 'Birth
of Venus'.
ii. Vespucci, or Amerigo Vespucci.
iii. Spain rejected the name "America" for 200 years
because they claimed that it should've been named
after Columbus!
•

3.
• Ever since the early phase of the Indo-British encounter, the Indian
engagement with X has been one of integration and appropriation. This
engagement has multiple examples. Sisir Kumar Das explained that X’s
success in Marathi is due to one of the plots having an approximation with the
Indian experience of rigidities of caste and marriage rules. In Kannada,
Kuvempu’s Raktaakshi borrowed the historical characters belonging to the
royal family of the Bidanur kingdom.
• In a revival attempt in Bengali, Utpal Dutt introduced X in the Jatra (folk
theatre) form. Other renditions of X’s works also exist such as Tuphan by M.P.
Chaudhary in Hindi and Vidyanandaswamy’s versions where they are
attributed to an author named ‘Sulapani.’
• Identify ‘X’. Why was the name ‘Sulapani’ used to refer to ‘X’?

ANSWER 3.
• X- Shakespeare
• Sulapani (spear-wielder) was the closest literal rendition of Shakespeare’s name!

4.
• ‘X’ was a 21-year-old draftee during the Korean War when he went through a
traumatic accident. He was the only passenger in a Douglas AD torpedo bomber, flying
in severe weather off the coast of Northern California, when the pilot told him they had
to engage emergency protocol.
• Many have theorized that it was this experience that influenced ‘X’ to take up a
particular project that he decided to undertake after reading a certain book titled
“Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters”.
• Identify ‘X’. What project did he take up?

ANSWER 4.
• X- Clint Eastwood

5. ID X AND Y.
• The Sports Illustrated's "Inspiration of the Year" award for 2018 was presented
to X for the courage that she showed in starting a movement in her field, that
benefited many others as well. X, in a powerful acceptance speech, spoke
about how starting this movement had cost her, emotionally and physically.
• In a nice touch by the organisers, the award was introduced by a video
message from Y, who had also shown immense courage after suffering
similarly, and taken on the establishment, but in a different context.
• “In stepping forward, you took a huge risk and you galvanized future
generations to come forward even when the odds are seemingly stacked
against them,” Y said in a video that was addressed to X.
• ID X and Y.

ANSWER 5.
• X- Rachel Denhollander
• Y- Christine Blasey Ford

6.
• In December 2018, the district collector of Kannur uploaded a picture of an
initiative taken by the Station House Officer (SHO) at Kannavam Police
Station, collaborating with local artists to promote road safety in a remote part
of the district. The station’s SI, Ganeshan, first employed an artist to make
something in a way that made in seem like 3D in front of a school so that the
vehicles would slow down. To popularise the purpose of this new creation he
ordered a specific number of cadets to use it in a certain way and uploaded
images of this on their social media page, thereby raising awareness.
• What was done to raise awareness OR how did they use this creation?

7.
• Jeremy Silman is a writer and is an expert in a particular sport. Having authored
upwards of 30 books on his preferred field, he also claims to have created the most
comprehensive online book for this sport as well.
• A cause for great annoyance for Silman is the fact that his sport is never represented
accurately in pop-culture (according to him). From rookie mistakes like the positioning
of the central object being incorrect to the manner in which the players handle
equipment being unrealistic as well, Silman found several flaws in the way this sport
was depicted. However, he saw a perfect opportunity to rectify all of this when he was
called to be a part of particular project less than two decades ago.
• What was the project that Silman was approached to be a part of? What was his role in
the same?

ANSWER 7.
• He was in charge of arranging the chess scene in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone!

8.
• Roadies is one of the most popular shows on MTV India. Starting in 2003 it's
been airing for 15 years now, with Raftaar being its current judge. The show
essentially gives contestants a bunch of tasks to test their 'physical and mental
strength' which they have to complete to win the show.
• A rather odd task from Season 2 (2004) was when they had to do something
that is infact common throughout the world, but may be viewed as
'embarrassing' to some people. Irrespective of how it is viewed, this task itself
has the potential to yield an income anywhere from Rs 500 to Rs 10000,
based on one's health. Only three people completed this task effectively
(surprisingly).
• 8 years later, this entire episode was rendered ironic due to the occurrence of
another event and the individual central to the same.
• What was the task? What was the 2012 event which was ironic?

ANSWER 8.
• Semen Donation.
• The release of Vicky Donor, one of the contestants who completed this task being
Ayushmaan Khurrana!

9.
• On December 28, 2018 the Times of India published an article on
various controversies from the sporting world that took place in 2018.
This article was given an appropriate 3 word title, where only the first
word was modified from a phrase that is commonly used at the
concluding stage of a certain sport.
• Among these controversies, one was related to Martin Solveig, a French
DJ. His actions and apology that followed were at the heart of a
particular controversy and led the Guardian to publish an article titled
"Martin Solveig says he is ‘especially’ respectful with _____. What a
_____!"
• What was the title of the article in the Times of India? How do we know
Martin Solveig?

ANSWER 9.
• “Shame, Set, Match’’
• Solveig is the guy who asked the female Ballon D'or winner to twerk.

10.
• X and Y are two styles or elements of fight scenes in action movies that were
popularized by Hong Kong action cinema. Both terms are a combination of the name
of a martial art and a characteristic object that is either shown in a scene or used to
make a scene.
• X is used to describe scenes where the stuntmen's or actor's skill is augmented with
the use of _____ and pulleys, as well as other stage techniques, usually to perform
fight-scene stunts and give the illusion of super-human ability. Popularized in Hong
Kong by movies starring Jet Li, it gained popularity in front of a wide audience due to
its use in The Matrix.
• Y is a fictional style of sophisticated close-quarters fight resembling a martial arts battle
played out with firearms instead of traditional weapons. It is often mixed with hand-to-
hand combat maneuvers. The ‘dual wield’ of firearms that is seen in many action
movies was popularized by John Woo’s Y style movies.
• ID X and Y.

ANSWER 10.
• Wire-Fu, Gun-Fu.

11.
• Eddie van Halen created a guitar by combining the parts of different guitars that he felt
would produce the most soothing sound. To do this, he borrowed heavily from various
sources.
• The name of the guitar is a portmanteau. The first half is a reference to the manner in
which the guitar was built, while the second half is the shortened, informal name of the
guitar that he borrowed core components from.
• What was the name of the guitar?

ANSWER 11.
• Frankenstrat from Frankenstein and Stratocaster!

12.
• Steve Williams was once considered the highest-paid sports personality from
New Zealand. However, this was a strange occurrence since Steve did not
actively participate in any sport on his own.
Steve was highly valued by his partner though.
"He can just read me, to the point when he knows where to say something and
when not to say something," his 'partner' said of Steve. "And we genuinely like
being around each other. I think that is what makes for a wonderful
partnership, especially one that lasts a long time."
• What was Steve Williams' role? Who was his 'partner'?

ANSWER 12.
• Tiger Woods’ Caddie!

13.
• A theory seeking to provide a reason for this rather odd act is as follows:
• During the early days of this particular sport, when technology was not as advanced, it
was difficult to gather information as instantaneously as it is today. Therefore, a certain
group of individuals within this sport had to buy time while this information was
gathered. The odd act was done in order to circumvent this delay.
• The act is done to this day by individuals of this group, even though technological
advancements no longer need the individuals to buy time. Today, these individuals
consider it a crowning achievement to be able to perform this act properly, and it is
compared to a tenor’s high C, as challenging and harmonious if performed right.
• Which act is being talked about?

ANSWER 1.
• The act of screaming “Goal” in a lengthened fashion, primarily by South American or
Spanish-speaking commentators.

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