Quiz conducted on 02 Feb 2020 by Mayank Kumar in IIT Patna.

1. S02E03 The Wayback
Machine

2. Look closely ! Hints
could be lying
ANYWHERE!

3. 11 questions
Direct Answer +15/0
Pounce +20/-10
Bounce +10/0

4. Xs are the Grim Reaper-like creatures from the
other world. The Gods of Death love apples. Each
of them posses a notebook with deadly powers.
What/Who are X?

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6. The Shinigami

7. This tech company gets its name from a mythical
Horse with wings. The horse was born out of
Medusa after she was decapitated by Perseus.
The companies’ tagline is 'In Search of Incredible'
Name the company.

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10. This 2016 web series was originally called
“Montauk” based on the real life Montauk
Project. The alleged government experiment
took place in the early '80s and involved
kidnapping kids from Long Island to experiment
on them. The show itself is set in the 80s in a
little town in Indiana following a group of kids
embarking on otherworldly adventures. Name
the show.

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13. Who lives here?
Who lives here?

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16. Monica Geller

17. Niue a small island country in the South Pacific Ocean
issued official coins based on this epic sci-fi space opera
series? What series are we talking about?

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20. Who works here? (name anyone)

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22. Clark Kent Lois Lane Perry White Jimmy Olsen

23. Whose catchphrase is
“LEGEN….wait for it…DARY!”?

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25. Barney Stinson

26. Which actor made his debut as James Bond in
the film Casino Royale in 2006?

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28. Daniel Craig

29. If you are using a Dualshock-4 what are you
operating?

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32. He is the first British actor to ever have donned
the red cape of the greatest superhero ever born.
Who are we talking about?

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34. Henry Cavill

35. A now famous action-adventure stealth video
game series X debut in 2007.Each game revolves
around a different protagonist in a different
period of time. Originally proposed as the next
installment in the already running “The Prince of
Persia” series, due to internal conflicts, was
made into a separate game. What is X?

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39. Round consists of 11 questions.
Written Round.
Differential Scoring -100/n, n-Number of teams who have answered
correctly.

41. Debuting in the year 1963 X is an alien Time Lord from
the fictional planet Gallifrey from a very famous British
Television series (Longest running Sci-Fi Tv show for 43
years). X can be easily recognized by his/her Sonic
screwdriver and the signature time machine , an old Blue
British police box called the TARDIS which is bigger on the
inside. Over the years there have been 13 incarnations of
X. Who is X?

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44. The Doctor

45. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, X is an Italian Plumber who wears
Red-Blue outfit ,lives in the Mushroom Kingdom along with his
younger, taller brother Y and goes on all sorts of coin collecting
adventures and saving his Damsel (Z) in Distress. Name X, Y, Z.
Bonus: Troublemaker A (X’s arch-rival) along with his companion B
(Y’s arch rival) always plan to ruin X and Y’s adventures (but fail most
of the time of course!). A’s and B’s names are portmanteaus of X’s
and Y’s names respectively. Name A and B.

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48. Woh is a Hindi language Indian television horror-
thriller series which aired on Zee TV in 1998.It
features one of the most notable characters
created by Stephen King. What character are we
talking about?

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51. Joe Chilton is responsible for a so-called crime he
committed in an alley behind a Theater in a dark
city .Loved ones were lost. What did he do?

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53. He killed Bruce Wayne’s parents
Martha and Thomas Wayne.

54. Published and released by Buenavista (Walt Disney) in 1982, movie X
is regarded as pioneering the use Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)
for movies. Alas as it was considered wrong at the time, it didn’t
receive any awards for this feat. It has sprouted a franchise of the
same name consisting of 2 Movies (the sequel released in 2010)
starring Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde and Garret Hedland, several video
games, comics and TV series.
Both films follow the story of a computer programmer stuck inside
the digital world trying to find a way out. Name X.

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58. Fill in the blanks
According to its creator Hironobu Sakaguchi the game was his
personal last-ditch, his final dream of making a mark in the gaming
industry. First released in 1987 for Nintendo’s NES, it was meant to
compete with RPG blockbusters like Dragon Quest and Wizardry. The
game is now a treasured piece of video game history that sprouted a
very famous game series _____ _______ (sharing name with the
game) with 15 main installments (Latest in 2016), comics, movies and
other media. Give the name of the series _____ _______.

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62. In 1989 videogame developer and publisher CAPCOM released a survival
horror RPG called “Sweet Home” which itself was based on the 1989
movie of the same name. The story follows five documentary film
makers who set out to recover paintings from an abandoned mansion
(cliché alert!). Although underrated, it is considered as one of the
greatest games ever made in the horror genre.
It has inspired a now famous series of survival horror video games (also
developed by CAPCOM), comics, several animated and live action movies
starring Milla Jovovich and Wentworth Miller. Name of the series is X.
Many game installments from the series have recently been remastered
for current consoles. The plots are almost always set in the fictional
Racoon City plagued with Virus infected zombies. Name X.

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66. In 2018 Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze, Akshay Venkatesh and X were
awarded Fields Medals for their contributions to Mathematics. After
the ceremony X lost his medal for which he got a replacement. X is a
British-Iranian mathematician. ID X.

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68. Caucher Birkar

69. X is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games,
originally developed by Midway Games’ Chicago studio in 1992.In 1993
games X and Night Trap ,led to the creation of ESRB (Entertainment Software
Rating Board) due to their supposedly offensive and degrading contents.
The series X are fighting games having a reputation for high levels of violent
content, including, most notably, its Fatalities (finishing moves allowing the
player to finish off their defeated opponent). Name X.

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72. Debuting in 2007 in a game based on the novel of the
same name by polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski ,X’s story
takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows X of
Rivia , one of a few traveling monster hunters who have
supernatural powers . The game is the inspiration behind
a recent and popular web series (sharing its name with
the game and the book) starring a famous British actor Y.
Name X.

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74. Geralt

75. What multinational consumer electronics company famous for
making video games links them ?

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79. Thank You