QC101: An Introductory Course to Quizzing, was held from 7th April to 16th April 2023.
Quizzers Cinematic Universe: A Quiz on Marvel and DC held on 7th April 2023.
2. Rules:
● There are 15 questions in the quiz.
● All questions carry 1 point each. In case a question has multiple
parts, the point division will be mentioned.
● You have to write answers on the sheet provided to you.
● Do not speak the answers during the quiz.
● Bold text serves as hint.
● Write something funny, don't leave any question blank.
● Creative team name can earn you brownie points.
Happy Quizzing!
5. Q1. Quizzers cinematic universe
In 2012, Banner was working as a doctor in this city when he was
approached by S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Natasha Romanoff, who wanted to recruit
him to trace the Tesseract through its gamma radiation emissions.
The given movie poster is related to that city.
This movie is based on a real story of a child who gets separated from his
family and ends up in that city .
Identify this city.
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8. Q2. Quizzers cinematic universe
In Thor-Ragnarok , Hela ventures into Odin's vault during her conquest of
Asgard. When she comes across an Infinity Gauntlet, which fans first spotted
as an Easter egg in the first Thor, she pushes it off its pedestal, saying it's
“fake”.
What about the appearance of the ‘fake’ gauntlet is different from the
‘real’ one wielded by Thanos?
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10. The infinity Gauntlet that she saw
was right - handed but the real one
was left - handed.
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A2. 07.04.23
11. Q3. Quizzers cinematic universe
In Iron Man 2 because of element "X" used in Tony Stark's arc reactor, he was
getting poisoned. This element "X" gets its name from the second-largest
asteroid in the asteroid belt.
Later he created a new element that tony's father believed to be the key to
limitless, renewable, clean energy. After tony discovered that element he tried
to get it patented as “Y” but ran into too many legal issues.
The element Y derives its name from an English slang that is used to refer to a
tough, uncompromising or intimidating person.
Identify the elements ‘X’ & ‘Y’
(0.25 points for X and 0.75 points for Y)
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13. Q4. Quizzers cinematic universe
When Microsoft engineer Vincent Connare was instructed to make a lighthearted
font for a new Microsoft interface, he took inspiration from the lettering in DC
titles like The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen.
Thus came with this font, which bears its inspiration in its name and has since
become one of the most despised fonts ever, with Watchmen artist and letterer
Dave Gibbons calling it “A blight upon the Western world”.
That Font’s day is celebrated on the First Day of July every year.
Identify that font style .
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15. Q5. Quizzers cinematic universe
This famous quote comes some time in the middle of the film The Dark Knight. Bruce
Wayne he meets up with Gotham’s fresh new District Attorney, Harvey Dent . The
group gets into a discussion if Gotham actually needs a vigilante like Batman.
Harvey tells them a story about how the Romans would suspend democracy during
times of war and appoint a war-time leader to protect them. Rachel Dawes points out
the last person appointed to this post was the famous Roman Dictator Julius Caesar
who never relinquished his position . This is when Harvey delivers this quote.
What is the quote that is being referred to here?
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17. Q6. Quizzers cinematic universe
A state X embraced Superman to bring in tourists.
Superman lives and works in the fictional city of Metropolis which by chance, is the
name of a small town in southern X. In 1972, with the support of both DC Comics and
the state House of Representatives, Metropolis began calling itself the hometown of
Superman.
Name that state X (0.5 Points).
In honor of Clark Kent’s employer, the Daily Planet, the newspaper there even changed its
name to the Metropolis Planet. Though a planned Superman theme park fell through,
Metropolis continues to embrace the Man of Steel. Its police officers wear special thing on
their sleeves.
What is that “special thing” (0.5 Points) ?
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18. X - Illinois
(Police wear Superman emblem on their sleeves)
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A6. 07.04.23
19. Q7. Quizzers cinematic universe
One of the funniest parts of Deadpool 2 was the big surprise cameo in the scene when
all of the X-Force botched their big sky-diving entrance. Among them was Vanishing
Man, who, as the name would suggest, was never seen. That is until he got entangled in
electrical wires and was fried to death.
The writers behind the funny gag took it even further and brought aboard a big
celebrity cameo for vanishing man. He appeared in the movie for mere seconds. He was
paid $956 + a cup of coffee for his scene in Deadpool 2 .
Ryan Reynolds also played a small cameo in that celebrity’s lead movie as a payback
for his cameo in Deadpool 2 .
Which famous celebrity played the role of vanishing man ?
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21. Q8. Quizzers cinematic universe
During the making of the early Star Wars franchise, George Lucas took great
inspiration from the comics that Marvel had been publishing at the time.
The inspiration behind the making of Darth Vader’s character was none other
than the Archenemy of the Fantastic Four, X .
The character X has mastery in many fields ranging from magic to tech. X is
also the monarch of the fictional country ________.
Identify “X” and the country .
(0.5 points for X and 0.5 points for Y)
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23. Q9. Quizzers cinematic universe
The X sneakers, which were designed by Tinker Hatfield and debuted in 1991, were
worn by ___ en route to his first NBA title. That same year Batman Returns was
filming, and the silhouette was given a custom overhaul to help Batman take down the
Penguin.
Nike did up the basketball shoes in a murdered-out colorway and added some
Batman-level armor north of the tongue (naturally, they still featured the iconic
____logo on the sole). The result was a pair ready for the streets of Gotham and
totally impractical for a basketball court.
IDENTIFY THE SNEAKER “X”
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25. Q10. Quizzers cinematic universe
While Jason Momoa is best known to superhero fans as DC's Aquaman, he was
almost cast as the character X in the MCU .
However, he said the role was not appealing to him. Also in comics Arthur Douglas
was originally a human whose family was attacked and killed by the supervillain
Thanos.
Needing a champion to combat Thanos, The being known as Kronos took Arthur
Douglas spirit and placed it in a powerful new body, and X was born.
Who is X?
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26. X - Drax The Destroyer
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A10. 07.04.23
27. Q11. Quizzers cinematic universe
William Moulton Marston was an American psychologist who also invented an early
prototype of the lie detector. He was also a self-help author and comic book writer
who created this comic character.
He was also a polygamist and cites his wife, Elizabeth, Holloway and the woman they
lived with, Olive Bryne, with influencing this comic character.
This character is no stranger to the world of employment in comic. She was shown
working with the US Air Force, NASA in comics.
IDENTIFY THIS CHARACTER .
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29. Q12. Quizzers cinematic universe
This Marvel character ‘X’ is a God who has some similarities in
appearance with the Hindu Deity "Brahma".
The Staff of X is also used by Baron Mordo in this scene of Doctor
Strange.
Guess the character X .
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(A video clipping of the scene follows)
32. Q13. Quizzers cinematic universe
This character X was shown at the end of the movie “Doctor Strange In the
Multiverse of Madness”. In the comics, she is one of the love interests of Dr.
Strange. Her name is similar to a very popular Egyptian Queen.
She is also related to Y (one of the enemies of Dr. Strange) as his niece. Y is
considered as the evil god of the dark dimension.
Identify X and Y.
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34. Q14. Quizzers cinematic universe
The background behind the creation of this Marvel character X is really
interesting, as it was actually a fan who came up with the concept.
He came up with an idea of a new costume to this Marvel character Y but the
artist of the character Y didn't like the new costume change so he decided to
create the new character X similar in look to the new costume.
Character X is an anti-hero who also has many versions in comics.
Name characters “X” and “Y”.
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36. Q15. Quizzers cinematic universe
This character X, aka Starfox , is blood-related to Thanos and was introduced into
MCU in the post-credit scene of the movie - Y.
X International is known for producing and distributing Hindi and regional language
films and co-producing and distributing international films. Some of the popular movies
produced under X International are Bajirao Mastani, Cocktail .
X was also the name of a greek god.
And the movie Y is the movie to have two actors who played roles in GOT series also
they have a common love interest in the movie Y.
Identify X and Y.
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