1. The document outlines the rules and questions for the Annual KQA Comics Quiz. It includes 40 questions about comic book characters, stories, creators and references split into two sections by Debanjan Bose and Siddarth Pai. 2. The first question asks about the popular comic book character Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. 3. Subsequent questions cover topics like comic book covers, crossovers between different fictional worlds, artists and their works, references and in-jokes within comics, and adaptations of classic novels into the comic book format.

1. The Annual KQA Comics Quiz by
Debanjan Bose and Siddarth Pai
COMIKAZEE!!!

2. Rules
40 questions (with some various sub parts)
Each part carries one point
“You can look up for inspiration or down in
desperation, but not side to side for
information”

3. Pai - Qs 1-17

4.  Jeff Albertson, a MENSA member, holds a degree
in chemical engineering but treasures his masters
in folklore and mythology even more. He runs the
blog “Ain’t I Fat News”, a riff on the popular film
review site “Ain’t It Cool News” but is more popular
as being the proprietors of a not-so-friendly
neighborhood establishment.
 His sarcastic wit and slightly misanthropic
tendencies culminates in his most quoted phrase of
declaring anything to be superlatively terrible
 How is Jeff Albertson more popularly known to
us,thus making this a fitting first question
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5. Comic Book
Guy from The
Simpsons

6.  Though created with good
intentions, SuperGirl #65
annoyed a lot of people
who accused DC of
ignorant pandering and
tokenism.
 Judging a book by its cover,
what did DC do which drew
such flak
 and why was it considered
ignorant?
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7. Answer
 The kids spelled
out SUPERGIRL in
sign language
(technically, ASL)
 The deaf read like
everyone else and
their condition
doesn’t prevent
them from enjoying
a comic, rendering
the move moot

8.  In April 2011, The publication house Andrews Mcmeel
was surprised to receive a painting from Cleveland,
Ohio, in response to a fundraising drive started to
support the writer of ___X___ who suffered from
Parkinsons
 The comic is described as a light-hearted comic strip
centered around a four-year-old girl and her
suburban life experiences on a __X__ with her
friends Beni and Dill and her brother, who’s shown in
the painting.
 ID the painter, a comic legend in is own right who
resurfaced after close to a decade,
 and the comic in which the character in the paintng
appeared
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10. Answer
 Bill Watterson  Cul De Sac by
Richard Thompson,
who died on July
27th, 2016

11. Who making a
rare cameo in
his works?
Also ID the
works
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13.  Herge  Quick & Flupke

14.  Appearing in Stranger Things #111 (1960), Dr. Orson Karloff, the world's foremost
analytical chemist, turns to crime and donned a special armor made of “iron,
calcium & chrysotile”. He defeated the Human Torch but spared his life, after
thoroughly humiliating the hero. Torch later has the last laugh when he defeats Dr
Karloff by absorbing all the oxygen present in the bank the doctor was robbing,
forcing him to surrender and ending the minor villainy of Dr Orson Karloff.
 The plot is a rip off of a 1947 comic featuring the Torch and a female version of Dr
Karloff.
 Both characters would have faded into obscurity if not for the Mesothelioma
Lawyer’s Blog post in 2012 about how they both were “a lasting reminder of the
significant cover-up perpetrated by the __X__ industry regarding the danger
associated with __X___ exposure“
 ID the supervillain name common to both Dr Orson Karloff and his female
counterpart or the industry which suppressed the dangers associated with it.
 A 1990s Fantastic Four issue has the Torch describing the cause of death of
the female counterpart. How did she die, which prompted the 2012 blog post?
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16. Asbestos Man/Asbestos Lady
 Died due to cancer caused by exposure to
the asbestos in her suit
 Asbestos man’s cause of death is never
described

17.  What patriotic All-American name, derived
from the inspiration of their respective
costumes, is given to the super team consisting
of Jack Flag, Captain America, & Free Spirit?
6

18. Stars and Stripes

19.  In the Sandman Universe, __X__ __Y__ is a place
in the Dreaming which all travellers (specifically
sailors) dream of someday finding.
 Appearing First in Frederick Marryat’s novel ‘The
Dog Fiend” as lyrics to a sailor’s song:
 At __X__ __Y__, where seamen true
When here they’ve done their duty
The bowl of grog shall still renew
And pledge to love and beauty.
 In Sandman, it often assumes the Identity of
portly old Gilbert and goes a-wandering
 ID this realm of Sandman
 and who ‘Gilbert’ is modelled on
7

21.  Fiddler’s Green  G. K Chesterton

22. 2011 Comic Starring who as whom? (Script isn’t important – PS, that’s a
clue)
8

23.  Shah Rukh Khan as Ra.One

24.  Judging an album
by its cover,
 Who’s
posthumous
album is this?
 Judging by the
lettering,
 Who illustrated
it?
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25.  Frank Zappa  Matt Groening, employing
the evergreen (terrace)
“The Simpsons” Lettering

26.  Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus is a
2016 graphic novel by Chester brown
featuring a connecting line between
Bathsheba, Ruth, Rahab, Tamar, and the
Virgin Mother amongst others.
 What is the common thread woven around them
or what is the novel about?
10

28. Prostitution in the Bible
 The iconoclastic and bestselling cartoonist of Paying for It: A comic-strip memoir about
being a john returns with a polemical interpretation of the Bible that will be one of the
most controversial and talked-about graphic novels of 2016. Mary Wept over the Feet of
Jesus is the retelling in comics form of nine biblical stories that present Chester Brown’s
fascinating and startling thesis about biblical representations of prostitution. Brown weaves
a connecting line between Bathsheba, Ruth, Rahab, Tamar, Mary of Bethany, and the Virgin
Mother and reassesses the Christian moral code by examining the cultural implications of
the Bible’s representations of sex work.
 Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus is a fitting follow-up to Brown’s sui generis graphic
memoir Paying for It, which was reviewed twice in the New York Times and hailed by sex
workers for Brown’s advocacy for the decriminalization and normalization of prostitution.
Brown approaches the Bible as he did the life of Louis Riel, making these stories
compellingly readable and utterly pertinent to a modern audience. In classic Chester Brown
fashion, he provides extensive handwritten endnotes that delve into the biblical lore that
informs Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus

29.  Many felt the cover change in 2015 to make
the 75th anniversary debut of the villain __X__
went a step too far.
 It was seen to be a digression from the
current state of the female heroine whose new
storyline is a more optimistic direction with a
fresh take on the role of female superheroes
who are often overtly sexualized and
marginalized. Also, many were in uproar that
the cover holds unwanted sexual subtext with
the __X__ holding __Y__ against her will.
 Which cover was redone as such or ID X & Y
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30.  The Killing Joke
 Joker & batgirl
 Cover by Rafael
Albuerquerque

31.  If Astra is the second coming:
 ID the first
 ID the person its based on
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33. • The irreplaceable
Supremo
• Amitabh Bachan

34. Mini Theme Round (1 per) Qs 13-17
ITS CROSS OVER TIME

35. Crossover
between?
13

36.  My Neighbor
Totoro
 Attack On Titan

37. Series or
characters are
fine)
14

38.  Adventure Time/
The Ice King
 Batman/ Mr Freeze

39. ID the
blanked
out villain
15

40. Don Rickles

41. 16

42.  Wreck It Ralph  Bane from Batman

43.  Characters
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44.  Jesse Pinkman  Juggernaut

45. Debanjan - Qs 17-40

46.  The bulletproof Bantul the Great is one of
Narayan Debnath’s iconic comic characters,
fondly read by Bengalis across generations.
 According to the creator, one of his friends
inspired the character. Who?
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48.  Manohar Aich

49.  These two panels from last year were in
recognition of the 100 years of something
that was consolidated by and named after
Moses Koenigsberg.
 What?
 Who was his boss?
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50.  King Features Syndicate
 William Randolph Hearst
Koenig means king in German.

51.  Who is the creator of the comic?
 What is the creator talking about?
 The title of the comic is a play on a certain
phrase. Which 1968 song’s title, often
misinterpreted to be the act of injecting
heroin, is also a take on the phrase?
19

52. Picture Credit: Debkumar
Mitra

53.  Art Spiegelman
 Peanuts
 Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Beatles)

54.  The word X in Japan could now also mean ‘an individual who is without a job or
between jobs’ or ‘a student who has just passed school and is awaiting university
admission’.
 A famous 1961 film tells the story of X (the word in its original meaning). A
Robert DeNiro film about a Japanese suitcase is also called X.
 In comics, think of dystopic NYC and a reincarnation.
 What is the word X?
 What is the classical meaning of X?
20

55.  Ronin
A Samurai without
a master.

56.  Sam Lake is the
Finnish writer of
which 2001
sequential narrative
of which he was the
protagonist?
20

57. Max Payne

58.  Very Semi Serious is a
2015 HBO documentary
on a bunch of people.
 What is it about?
21

59.  New Yorker cartoonists

60.  Calendar Man is a DC character obsessed with dates and
commits his crimes accordingly.
 For example, in Arkham Knight, he kills the workers of a
calendar company on Labour Day.
 In the same story, he gathers seven clones of another Batman
adversary and names them after the days of the week.
 Which Batman villian?
22

62.  Solomon Grundy

63.  Two brands produced special edition comics
on this person and (obviously) prominently
displayed their products in it.
 Who is this person?
 What are the companies?
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65.  Kapil Dev
 Action Shoes
 BSA (SLR)

66.  In 2006, Anuradha Sawhney, the chief
functionary of PETA India, lashed out at India
Book House, saying, “The comic is replete with
instances that send a message to young minds
that it is acceptable to be cruel to animals.”
Which controversial book was she talking about
that the IBH had just released in the
country?
24.

67. Tintin in the Congo

68.  In the Marvel Universe, what is the role of
an superior Manhattan-based construction
and engineering company called
Damage Control?
25

69.  They clean up the
rubble and raise
parts of the city
left destroyed
after the battles
between the
superheroes and
their enemies.

70.  Sacred Hearts was a popular young romance
comic book of the 1960s.
 The protagonist of its 83rd issue – Run for Love
– may also be identified by a two-word name.
 What?
26.

71. .

72. Drowning Girl
 Roy Lichtenstein
based his 1963
painting on the
opening splash
page of the issue.
.

73.  On seeing the first version
of this installation, the
creator of this character
insisted upon an apparently
insignificant change to the
statue to truly reflect all
that he stands (no pun
intended) for.
 What was the addition?
27.

74.  R K Laxman insisted that the Common Man
be placed on unpolished and craggy rocks as
opposed to the shiny granite base he was
initially placed on.
 According to Laxman, it reflects the
ordinary Indian’s troubled life.
.

75.  What’s
happening here?
 Which aptly
named person
was responsible?
28.

76.  Superman’s funeral
 Superman is killed in a
battle with Doomsday,
who too dies.
.

77.  Jamie Hewlett and Alan
Martin created Tankgirl
and were visibly inspired
by the British punk.
 Hewlett is also known
for another
collaboration, which is
not all that punk. What?
29.

78.  Gorrilaz, with Damon Albarn (of Blur)
.

79.  50th anniversary
of what?.
30.

80.  Wizard of Id
.

81.  In Persepolis, Marjane
Satrapi divides her
novel into multiple
chapters with symbolic
titles.
 For example, the first
section is called The
Veil, which represents
Iran’s cultural
identity.
31.
 A – Which seven-letter
word is used for the
immediate next section to
reflect brimming revolution
and the fact that with no
continuous effort, it will
cease to be?
 B- Which nine-letter word
does she use for the
section reflecting the loss
of innocence and childhood
– a motif that’s often seen
in the familiar self-
portait(s) of Satrapi?

82.  Bicycle
 Cigarette
.

83.  This artist was employed to create
tongue-in-cheek works in the wake of the
London Olympics, the result of which was a
series called Gallery of Losers, which was
displayed all around the borough in giant
billboards. Who is the creator?
32.

84.  Sarnath Banerjee
.

85.  Which comic strip gets its name from this
sermont by Jesus (Matthew 7:6)?
Do not give what is holy to the dogs;
nor ___ your ___ ___ ___,
lest they trample them under their feet,
and turn and tear you in pieces.
33.

86. Pearls Before Swine.

87. .

88.  Name this
graphic
novel, often
included in
the best
lists of all
time.
34.

89. .

90. .

91.  The next six questions (Qs 35-40) on
comics about written works.
 Identify the original works.
.

92. 36.

93. 35.

94. 37.

95. 38.

96. 39.

97. 40.

98. 1. War and Peace
2. Divine Comedy
3. Feluda
4. Art of War
5. The Trial
6. Macbeth
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99. Widescreen Test Pattern (16:9)
Aspect Ratio
Test
(Should appear
circular)
16x9
4x3