Veda Intra College Quiz Session

1. QUIZ SESSION
Chaitanya

2. RULES
20 Questions
Direct +20
Pass +20
Pounce +40/-20
2 Visual Questions
+10 for every correct visual
Bonus +20 if all visuals are correct

3. X was a prominent Spanish surrealist artist. In the art circles,
X was known by a nickname Avida Dollars which was given
to him by Andre Breton. Avida Dollars is an anagram for X
and a phonetic rendering of the French phrase avide à
dollars, meaning "eager for dollars“, taking a dig at X for his
love for money and commercialisation of his art. Identify X.

4. Safety Slide

5. Salvador Dalí

6. The Gaslight Cafe was a coffeehouse in the Greenwich
Village neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York. It opened in 1958 and
became notable as a venue for folk music and other musical acts. It closed
in 1971. During it’s time it had become an underground bohemian cafe,
focusing on poetry, art and all things creative. Among the many notable
performers who performed at the Gaslight were Bill Cosby, Bob Dylan,
Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Bob Dylan released an
album named Live at the Gaslight 1962 in 2005 which comprised of early
songs he had performed there. The Gaslight made it’s way back into pop
culture in 2017 with the release of an Amazon Prime’s comedy drama web
series X. Much of X is set at the Gaslight Café where the protagonist is a
regular performer. Id X

7. Safety Slide

8. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

9. Connect:
For You Blue – The Beatles
I Need You - The Beatles
It’s All Too Much - The Beatles
Something - The Beatles
Layla – Derek and the Dominos
She’s Waiting – Eric Clapton
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

10. Safety Slide

11. Songs written
about Pattie
Boyd

12. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner better known by his stage name X, is
an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He gained his
nickname after his habit of wearing a black and yellow sweater with
hooped stripes with the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon Solomon
thought he looked like a bee (or according to himself, “they thought I
looked like a wasp”), which prompted the name ‘X’. Id Newcastle Utd’s
most famous fan

13. Safety Slide

14. Sting

15. Connect :
Palantir
Rivendell One LLC
Lembas LLC
Valar Ventures
Mithril Capital Management

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17. Peter Thiel companies named
after objects and locations
from the Lord of The Rings
trilogy

18. I'm Not There is a 2007 musical drama film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by the life and music of
American singer-songwriter X. Six actors depict different facets of X's public personas. The film tells its story
using non-traditional narrative techniques, intercutting the storylines of seven different X-inspired characters.
The title of the film is taken from the 1967 X Basement Tape recording of "I'm Not There", a song that had not
been officially released until it appeared on the film's soundtrack album. Id X

19. Safety Slide

20. Bob Dylan

21. Connect:
Anti-Christ
Drive
Fight Club
The Road
Reservoir Dogs
12 Angry Men
A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

22. Safety Slide

23. Movies with unnamed protagonists

24. FITB:
Millicent Bagnold (1980-1990)
Cornelius Fudge (1990-1996)
Rufus Scrimgeour (1996-1997)
Pius Thicknesse (1997-1998)
Kingsley Shacklebolt (1998-2019)
_______________ (2019- )

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26. Hermione Granger

27. X, also known as the ‘Bard of Bramhaputra’, was an
Assamese singer, lyricist and musician. He composed,
sang and wrote for numerous Assamese, Bengali and
Hindi films from the 1930s to the 1990s. While studying at
Columbia University he met the legendary African-
American singer Paul Robeson, whose famous number 'Ol
Man River' was an inspiration for his 'O Ganga Behti Ho
Kyun' (in Hindi), which became an anthem for generations
of activists. Id X and why has he been in the news lately?

28. Safety Slide

29. Bhupen Hazarika
Bharat Ratna 2019

30. ‘Jaat Kahan ho’ is a traditional Indian song
which was recorded in 1953 by Kesarbai
Kerkar. The song set in Raag Bhairavi
achieved a very unique feat in year 1977.
Which out of the world distinction did this
song receive?

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32. It’s the only Indian
track on the
Voyager-1 Golden
Records

33. Queen’s bassist John Deacon wrote this from the male
perspective of the women’s liberation movement. The song’s
music video is largely known for the fact that all band members
were dresses as women. In the 80’s the song become an
anthem in South Africa when Nelson Mandela was in jail.
However, our generation got exposed to this song was heard in
the tv show X and movie Y. In X, the antagonist is seen singing
the song in an iconic scene in the 2017 season finale while the
central character of the film is seen recording this song live in
Y. Id X and Y

34. Safety Slide

35. X – Sherlock
Y – Bohemian Rhapsody

36. The following are the ingredients required to prepare
which dish?
Sea lettuce
Cheese
Sea tomatoes
Tartar sauce
Mayo
Flour
Turmeric
Sea and land salt
Barnacle shavings,
Patty
Mustard
Ketchup
Two buns
Onions
“a pinch of King Neptune’s Poseidon Powder”
“Love”

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38. Krabby Patty

39. “I blame X for this, there is no Y! There’s a far, and there’s
a near , but all sides of Y receive sunlight. So, the fact that
X had an album with that title meant I spent decades
having to undo people’s [misconceptions]. As an educator,
if I had a time machine, I’d go back and change that title,
and restore thousands of hours of my life.”
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Id X and Y

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41. X – Pink Floyd
Y- Dark Side of the Moon

42. X Syndrome, also known as Todd’s syndrome or dysmetropsia, is a
disorienting neuropsychological condition that affects perception. People
may experience distortions in visual perception such as micropsia(objects
appearing small), macropsia (objects appearing large), pelopsia (objects
appearing to be closer than they are), or teleopsia (objects appearing to be
further away than they are). Size distortion may occur in other sensory
modalities as well.
X Syndrome was named after a famous 19th-century novel . In the story,
the title character, experiences numerous situations similar to those
of micropsia and macropsia. The thorough descriptions of metamorphosis
clearly described in the novel were the first of their kind to depict the bodily
distortions associated with the condition. Id X

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44. Alice In Wonderland Syndrome

45. Characters of which show?
Count
Doll
Saburo Ishikura
General Tani/Lee
Lee/Tani’s assistant
Kibaji Tankobo and Shozo
‘Strong’ Koboyashi
Michiru Jo
Yoroi/Boxing Master
Shinoburyo
Geisha/Bunny Girls
Ultraman

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47. Takeshi’s Castle

48. Identify the
movie and the
song/album

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50. Spider-Man : Into the Spider-verse
Bohemian Rhapsody/A Night at the Opera

51. Identify the show and the
album it’s paying a tribute to

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53. Doctor Who
Abbey Road

54. FITB

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56. A Star is Born

57. Connect:

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59. Movies and shows based on the
works of Philip K Dick

60. Identify these gentlemen. Why
have they been in the news lately?

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62. Divine and Naezy
(Inspiration for Gully Boy)

63. Star Wars parodies of which paintings?

64. Safety Slide

65. Persistence of Memory
American Gothic
Last Supper
Starry Night
Creation of Adam
Nighthawks

66. Minimalist
Posters for
which bands?

67. Safety Slide

68. Led Zeppelin
Sex Pistols
Radiohead
Greenday