Mangalore Quiz Foundation - LockDown Quiz held on 30 Mar 2020

1. MQF LockDown quiz
By Ramesh Babu

2. 1. Multiple definitions of X. Identify X ?
● X when used as verb means - Reserve / Make an official note of the personal
details of a person.
● Another long definition of X goes like this “Instrument that record, analyse,
summarise, organise, debate and explain information that are illustrative, non
illustrative,hard bound paper bag jacketed, non jacketed, with forward
introduction table of contents, index that are intended for the enlightenment,
understanding, enrichment, enhancement and education of the human brain
through sensory route of vision... some times touched"
1 Point

3. 2. Connect
1 Point

4. 3. Connect
(Not an exhaustive list)
1. From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi
2. Schindler’s Ark
3. Midnight Cowboy
4. All the King’s Men
5. Q & A
1 Point

5. 4. Unique connect
Song used in Wonder
boys “ Things have
changed”
1 Point

6. 5. Identify the person
● Perhaps taking the meaning of "high in the sky" to another level, X secretly
(then not-so-secretly) advocated that marijuana use was beneficial. In an
essay he authored in 1969 at age 35 under the name "Mr. X," outlined
marijuana's positive effects on his sensibilities. Marijuana, wrote X, made
music, art, food and sex better
● Once critic described X as a scientific Robert Redford
1 Point

7. 6. Connect 1 Point

8. 7. Id the author
The book is
presented as a
series of
discussions, over a
span of four days,
among two
philosophers and a
layman. This book
was placed in “Index
of Forbidden Books”
1 Point

9. 8. Identify X
The first book by X was written as the result of a challenge from X's sister Madge.
X has created 2 equally famous and loved characters. Both those characters
appear in different books. X’s house was named Styles in 1924 after the success
of X's first novel.
1 Point

10. 9. Identify X, Y. Bonus points for Z - real name of X
X developed Y trilogy as a Twilight fanfiction series originally titled “Master of the
Universe” and was published under fan-fiction website under the pen name "Snow
Queen"s Icedragon".
The piece featured characters named after Stephenie Meyer's characters in
Twilight, Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.
After comments concerning the sexual nature of the material, X removed the story
from the fan-fiction websites and published it on X's own website.
3 Points

11. 10. Identify X and Y (his first book).
In 1974 X was a casualty of a fraudulent investment scheme involving a Canadian
company called Aquablast. The debacle lost him his first fortune and left him
almost £500,000 in debt. Fearing imminent bankruptcy, he stood down as an MP
at the October 1974 general election. X wrote his first book "Y" in the autumn of
1974, as a means of avoiding bankruptcy.His literary career picked up and he got
world wide fame as an author.
When X was in college, he had raised money for the charity Oxfam, obtaining the
support of The Beatles in a charity fundraising drive. Not on stage but during a
discussion with a college student Ringo Starr said following words about X 'He
strikes me as a nice enough fella, but he's the kind of bloke who would bottle your
piss and sell it".
2 Points

12. Answers
1. Book
2. Movies based on Ruskin Bond books
3. Books which was made to movies and won Oscar
4. GB Shaw and Bob Dylan ( won Oscar and Nobel literature) only 2 people to
have done this achievement
5. Carl Sagan
6. Movies based on Shivaram Karanth
7.Galileo Galilei
8. Agtha Christie
9. X- EL James, Y - Fifty shades of Grey series Z-Erika Leonard
10. Jeffery Archer . "Not a Penny more, Not a Penny Less"