1) The document outlines the rules for a quiz, including that there are 16 questions with +10/-0 points for bounce questions and +10/-5 for pounce questions. Partial points may be awarded for questions with multiple answers. 2) It provides examples of quiz questions ranging from identifying movies, people, sports and more based on clues and descriptions. 3) The questions cover topics like famous movies, hairstyles, Mr. Burns' catchphrase on The Simpsons, sports that were in the Olympics, associations, images, viral ads, animal species, sales of Pedialyte, Indian journalists, TV coverage of Prince Philip's death, movie scenes, travel guides, satellites, and record

2. Rules
● There are total of 16 questions.
● +10/-0 on bounce.
● +10/-5 on pounce.
● Part points applicable in case of questions with more than one answer.
● All the best!

3. Q1. This late 1980s movie was based on the legend of a Southeast-Asian country
written in the 6th century. There are various historical inaccuracies in the
movie, most noticeable being the existence of a famous monument whose
construction was completed around 17th century but was still shown in the
movie. A live action adaptation of this movie with the same name was released
last year which was marked by several controversies. It was also similarly
criticised by the particular country's critics for cultural and historical
inaccuracies.
Name the movie and the monument.

5. Mulan
The Great wall

6. Q2. The ___ hairstyle was launched by the hairdresser Antoine of Paris who is
known to be world's first celebrity hairdresser. This hairstyle immediately
became the symbol of female emancipation. It was said to be inspired from ‘X',
a French woman remembered as a heroine who cut her hair in this style, she
claimed that she did it because of the divine voices in her head. She was
executed by the English forces just at the age of 19 and was also convicted as a
“relapsed-heretic”.
FITB and identify X.

8. Bob hairstyle
Joan of Arc

9. Q3. A writer of the show ‘The Simpsons’ once mentioned that his most proud
moment was creating a Mr. Burns Easter egg in the script. The wealthy
megalomaniac always answers his phone in a certain way using a phrase. The
writers said that they enjoy writing for characters such as Burns because of
their "out-datedness", the writer’s mutual "love of old-timey shenanigans" and
because they get to use thesauruses for looking up "old time slangs”.
What is the Easter egg the writer is talking about/Why does Mr.
Burns always use that particular phrase while answering the phone?

11. According to Graham Bell, the correct way to answer a call is by saying
“Ahoy-hoy”.

12. Q4. This game requires strength and muscle power and was contested as a team
event in the summer Olympics at every Olympiad from 1900-1920. Originally the
competition was entered by groups called clubs. A country could enter more
than one club in the competition, making it possible for one country to earn
multiple medals. During its time as an Olympic sport, it was considered to be
part of the Olympic athletics programme, although this sport and athletics are
now considered distinct.
Name the sport.

14. Tug of war.

15. Q5. Connect.

17. Reserve Bank of India

18. Q6. Few weeks back Perseverance rover shared an image of the horizon of the
Martian surface, which triggered an online debate. But the discussion was not about
the Martian land or its contents.
It was about a supposed _______ over Mars.
However NASA has clarified that a _______ is not possible at all on Mars and the
image shows nothing but a "lens flare", caused by the camera lens while clicking
photographs.
What was the debate about or what was supposed to be captured in the
image?

20. Rainbow

21. Q7. The following image is a still from the 1991 movie Prahaar. It features a
cameo from a famous military man and politician. He appears on-screen when a
Colonel briefs Nana Patekar's character Major Chauhan on the mission to rescue
school kids who are held hostage by militants. The Colonel says, "We have some
slides of the area; ________ will explain it to you."
Whose cameo am
I talking about?

23. General VK Singh

24. Q8. This recent viral ad started a hilarious meme fest on social media because
the celebs featured in it have made the headlines earlier for alleged bad blood
between them. One of the actors has been endorsing the brand for many years
now and the other one just got onboard. Also, The brand recently completed its
25 years in the market.
Which Ad?

26. Vimal paan masala ad

27. Q9 • This is a species of horse fly found in the
Atherton Tablelands in north-east Queensland,
Australia. They were discovered in 1981 but not
scientifically described until 2011.
• It has a striking, “glamorous” golden tip to its abdomen,
formed by a dense patch of golden hairs, providing the
inspiration for its name.
What was the name given to this species of horsefly?

29. Beyoncé

30. Q10. Pedialyte is an electrolyte solution, which traditionally have been used for
dehydration among infants. However, in may 2015, sales of Pedialyte rose by a
massive 57%, as compared to their sales since 2012. Abbott, the parent
pharmaceutical company which produces Pedialyte officially claimed that a
third of their sales were derived from adult users who consumed it for purposes
which are totally out of Question for the product’s intended demographic.
What was the reason for the consumption of the product by adults?

32. Adults use Pedialyte as a Hangover cure.

33. Q11. The person shown in the image below is an Indian journalist, author,
scriptwriter and lyricist. He is co-founder-editor of India's rural newspaper gaon
connection. He has written five books in his career. For his reportage from
India's insurgency land, he received the Ramnath Goenka award for excellence in
journalism. He is also popular for his show on YouTube, produced by Gaon
Connection, where he chats with the celebs from Bollywood in the rural retreat
near Lucknow district. However, he is more famous for an all different reason.
Name the person and how do we famously know
him?

35. Big FM’s yaadon Ka idiot box with
Neelesh Mishra

36. Q12. The BBC had to set up a dedicated page allowing people to complain about
too much TV coverage of a certain recent incident. Due to this particular
incident the broadcaster suspended its Friday schedule across both BBC One and
BBC Two to run a series of mirrored special programmes about someone. The
final of MasterChef which was due to air at 8:30 PM on BBC one was also not
shown.
What was this excessive coverage about, which gathered an ample amount
of complaints?

38. Prince Philip’s death

39. Q13. In this particular scene of a movie, the character played by X gets stabbed
in the back and dies. When the scene was being shot, the director was giving
instructions to actor X on how to react on being stabbed in the back when X
politely told him his instructions were wrong. Director wanted him to scream on
being stabbed but X pointed out that a person getting stabbed usually makes
“ugghhh” as a sound because air leaves the lungs. Director took X’s word for it
because X had actually served in the Special Forces of his country during World
War 2 and had more than a bit of specialist knowledge on what happens when
people get stabbed. The theatrical release of the film however did not feature
this scene, leaving viewers a bit puzzled about the fate of the character played
by X.
Identify the movie(one of a trilogy) and X or the role played by him.

41. Lord of the rings : return of the king
X - Christopher Lee who played the role
of Saruman

42. Q14. The emerald route was a travelogue published in 1980. It is a pseudo-
travel guide for Karnataka. The book was commissioned by the Government of
Karnataka, and the initial non-commercial version was published in 1977 as part
of a government publication. The book is focused on local history, culture and
heritage, and to depict it the book contains wonderful illustrations but doesn't
exhibit much of writer's characteristic personal narrative. The book was written
and illustrated by two famous brothers as they travelled the south Indian state
of Karnataka together.
Name the brothers’ duo.

44. RK Narayan and RK Laxman

45. Q15. A private satellite named after a prominent Indian space researcher
‘X’ launched on 28th February 2021 carried following things with it in space
among others:
1. A religious book ‘Y’
2. Photo of a well known Indian ‘Z’
3. A document containing names of 25000 people associated with the
project
Identify X, Y and Z?

47. X - Satish Dhawan
Y - Bhagwad Gita
Z - Narendra Modi

48. Q16. “It does seem high, but if you think about the value of customers and
social shares, then potentially that valuation is correct,” Jonah Berger said in
context of something which became the most famous of its kind within 40
minutes of its “release” breaking all the records and causing a social media site
to briefly collapse. It was recreated by a famous sitcom in their show by calling
their version the “wider-one” because it included one more person who was cut-
off in the original version.
What record-breaking thing is being talked about here?

50. Ellen Degeneres’ star strudded Oscars selfie.

51. Thank You!