Books and Author Quiz 2017

QUIZ FINALS
the final frontier

ROUND 1: #TYSK
(THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW)

ROUND 1: #TYSK
• Each team can choose a question code of their
choice; the last team will also have two choices.
• +10 on direct and +5 on pass.
• +20/-10 on pounce.
• Questions will pass clockwise.
• The quizmaster’s decision is final and binding.

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ROUND 1: #TYSK
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'Final Test: Exit _________' is a book
by Dilip D'Souza. On which famous
Indian personality is this book based
on?
1

What was chosen as the Word of The
Year 2015 by the Oxford University
Press?
2

Which famous Indian musician's
biography is titled 'My Music, My Life'?
3

L'Effroyable imposture is original French title of a
highly controversial 2002 book by French journalist
and political activist Thierry Meyssan. The book
argues that the __________ were "false flag"
operations directed by right-wingers in the U.S.
government and the military-industrial complex
who sought a casus belli for military action in
Afghanistan and Iraq. The U.S. government has
publicly denounced the book and considers it a
significant international misinformation threat.
Which infamous event is this book based on?
4

One of the most epic tales in modern literature,
J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' has enthralled
readers for nearly 60 years with triumphant themes
of courage and friendship but also destruction and
war. The Lord of the Rings is Christian-themed or is
in some way an allegorical presentation of
Christianity. Although Tolkien did not write a formal
allegory in which characters simply represent
historical figures, it is true nonetheless that several
members of the fellowship represent, albeit with
subtlety, significant Christian typological figures.
Which very famous book is considered as an
inspiration for ‘Lord of The Rings’?
6

This is a magical competitive sport involving
flying contestants. The name of this sport is
supposedly derived from Queerditch Marsh, the
location of the first recorded game. The game
starts with the referee releasing all four balls from
the central circle. The Bludgers and the Snitch,
having been bewitched, fly off of their own
accord, the Snitch to hide itself quickly and the
Bludgers to attack the nearest players. The
Quaffle is thrown into the air by the referee to
signal the start of play. What am I talking about?
7

ROUND 2: #MBTP
(MINDS BEHIND THE PAGES)

ROUND 2: #MBTP
• Each team can choose an author of their choice; the
last team will also have two choices.
• +10 on direct and +5 on pass.
• Questions will pass anticlockwise.

CHETAN
BHAGAT
NEXT ROUND
ROUND 2: #MBTP
ARTHUR
CLARKE
JK
ROWLING
CHARLES
DICKENS
RUSKIN
BOND
SALMAN
RUSHDIE
ROALD
DAHL

In 2015, Chetan Bhagat did something that was
talked a lot by people and had become the main
topic for news channels. He was heavily trolled
on the internet for that. This was his response –
“Lately, the criticism and nastiness on the Internet has
reached insane levels. I get my fair share of it too. I brush
it off most of the time. However, when some educated,
intelligent people keep commenting on how useless I am,
I would not be human to remain unaffected.”
What is being talked about here?
CHETAN
BHAGAT

BACK
He had become a
judge of Nach Baliye

ARTHUR
CLARKE
This video shows an interview of Arthur C. Clarke by
ABC. Which very famous thing did he predict in this
interview?

BACK
He had predicted the
internet 21 years before
it was discovered.

King's Cross, which is one of London's main
railway stations, has a very personal significance
for JK Rowling, because her parents met on a
train to Scotland which departed from King’s
Cross station. How is this related to the world of
books?
JK
ROWLING

BACK
The station from where
one departs for Hogwarts
via the Hogwarts Express.

Roald Dahl went to a famous English public school
called Repton, where he boarded along with lots of
other young boys. Each year, Roald and his friends
would be sent a number of Cadbury's newest
chocolate inventions to test out. They would arrive in
plain packaging, but they were always full of
delicious chocolate treats and the boys were invited
to share their thoughts on each and every one. This
experience made Roald think about the great
chocolate-making companies and the incredible
factories they must use to invent their confectionary
creations. This was an inspiration for one of his most
famous books. Which one?
ROALD
DAHL

BACK
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory

When Charles Dickens moved into Tavistock
House in 1851, he did something witty. His house
had something hidden in the form of a fake
bookcase. The fake books included titles such as
‘The Life of a Cat’ in 9 volumes. What am I
talking about?
CHARLES
DICKENS

BACK
He had a hidden secret
door to his study in the
form of a fake bookcase.

Junoon is a critically acclaimed and award-
winning 1978 Indian Hindi language film
produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by
Shyam Benegal. This film is based on Ruskin
Bond's one of the most famous fictional novella.
Which famous book is being talked about here?
RUSKIN
BOND

This highly controversial novel by Salman Rushdie
provoked great controversy in the Muslim community
for what some Muslims believed were blasphemous
references. Rushdie was accused of misusing
freedom of speech. As the controversy spread, the
import of the book was banned in India and it was
burned in demonstrations in the United Kingdom. In
mid-February 1989, following a violent riot against
the book in Pakistan, the Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran and a Shi'a
Muslim scholar, issued a fatwa calling on all Muslims
to kill Rushdie and his publishers, or to point him out
to those who can kill him if they cannot themselves.
Which novel am I talking about?
SALMAN
RUSHDIE

ROUND 3: GENRE-AL
• This round consists of 7 questions based on 7 different
genres.
• No question will be asked directly to any team, all
teams will have the choice, either to attempt a question
on pounce or let the question pass.

This is a novel written by English author Mary
Shelley that tells the story of a young scientist who
creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an
unorthodox scientific experiment. This is also
considered the first true science fiction story
because, in contrast to previous stories with
fantastical elements resembling those of later
science fiction, the central character "makes a
deliberate decision" and "turns to modern
experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic
results. Which novel is being talked about here?
SCIENCE
FICTION

X is actually a fictional character appearing in comic
books published by DC Comics. Created by writer
Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original X
first appeared in X Comics #1. Nicknamed the "Scarlet
Speedster", all incarnations of the X possess "super
speed", which includes the ability to run and move
extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes, and
seemingly violate certain laws of physics. X is a police
scientist with a reputation for being very slow, and
frequently late, which frustrates his fiancee, as the
result of his devotion to crime-solving. Identify X.
COMIC

Q & A is a novel by Vikas Swarup, an Indian diplomat.
Published in 2005, it was the author's first novel. Set in
India, it tells the rags to riches story of Ram
Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the
biggest quiz show winner in history, only to be sent to
jail on accusations (but with no evidence) that he
cheated. The idea behind the story line was triggered
by a report in a local newspaper about children living in
the Indian slums using mobile phones and the internet -
an indication that class barriers were breaking down. In
2008, the book was adapted into a famous movie.
Which one?
DRAMA

This is a 1971 novel by American writer William Peter
Blatty. He wrote this novel in a cabin in California. The
paperback publisher of this bestselling book is situated
in New York, building number 666. Their emblem is the
bantam. Which famous novel am I talking about?
HORROR

The Selfish Gene is a 1976 book on evolution by Richard
Dawkins, in which he builds upon the principal theory of
George C. Williams's Adaptation and Natural Selection
(1966). The Selfish Gene was extremely popular when first
published, causing "a silent and almost immediate revolution
in biology", and it continues to be widely read. It has sold
over a million copies, and has been translated into more
than 25 languages. The book also coins a famous term for a
unit of human cultural evolution analogous to the gene,
suggesting that such "selfish" replication may also model
human culture, in a different sense. This term is an idea,
behaviour, or style that spreads from person to person within
a culture. Which famous term am I talking about?
NON
FICTION

This inspired something famous in the world of books. What?
MYSTERY

This is a very famous fictional character. It is known for its
iconic helmet, but this was not part of the original design –
George Lucas originally imagined the Sith Lord as wearing a
black silk scarf over his face. What is being talked about
here?
FANTASY

ROUND 4: #ATWIS
(AROUND THE WORLD IN SECONDS)

ROUND 4: #ATWIS
• There will be 7 questions based on 7 different countries open to all
teams on the stage. The countries would be showed before the
questions. After seeing the country, teams will have to bet the
amount of time in which they would be able to answer the question.
The team with lowest time gets to answer the respective question.
• The amount of time can be set only in the multiples of 5. The
questions might be long so choose your time wisely. Maximum time
limit is 1m 30s.
• Scoring: +50/-50.

This is Deathstroke, a
famous character of DC
Comics. A famous
character of Marvel is
considered a rip-off of
Deathstroke. Which
character am I talking
about?

This is a collection of short stories by R.K. Narayan
published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. The
book includes 32 stories, all set in a fictional town
located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a
facet of life in the town. Narayan introduced the town in
his first novel Swami and His Friends. A series of
publishers rejected the novel. However, it later became
a mouthpiece setting to express the changing scenario
of British and post-Independence India. In 1986, a few
of the stories in the book were included in a television
series of the same name which was directed by actor
and director, Shankar Nag. What is being talked about
here?

He was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He is
often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of
Avon". His extant works, including collaborations,
consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two
long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of
uncertain authorship. He used to described himself as
'I am a weakish speller' and interestingly this was an
anagram of his name. Who?

This is a very famous fictional character. He is British
Secret Service agent and was created in 1953 by well
known writer Ian Fleming. Identify him.

He was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the
greatest authors of all time. He is best known for the
novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

He is a very famous South African and also a great
author. However, he's not known for writing books but
something related to the world of politics. His famous
works are Conversations With Myself, Long Walk to
Freedom and In His Own Words. Who am I talking
about?

This book's full title is ‘Travels into Several Remote
Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel, First a
Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships.’ A prose
satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. In
this book, During his first voyage, Lemuel is washed
ashore after a shipwreck and finds himself a prisoner of
a race of tiny people, less than 6 inches tall, who are
inhabitants of the island country of Lilliput. Which
famous book am I talking about?

ROUND 5: DIFFERENTIAL
• This round consists of 5 questions open to all teams. Firstly, the
question would be shown to all teams on the stage. After seeing the
questions, teams can choose if they want to answer that question.
• Scoring: +120/n for each correct answer and -60/n for each wrong
answer where n is the number of teams who choose to answer a
question.
• Teams which choose to answer a question would write their answers
on a sheet.

Identify the book from which this famous film is
adapted.
1

The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy

He is a popular Indian comic book character, created
by cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma. He was created in
1971 for the Hindi magazine Lotpot. He soon became
popular among kids and the elderly alike. The
inspiration behind this character was - "Each family has
its own wise old man. He solved his problems with
common sense, but with a touch of humor. Humor is
the basis of my cartoon." He is remarkably different
from most other comic-book superheroes in that he is
not a muscleman, nor does he have any extraordinary
powers or modern gadgets. Which very famous
character am I talking about?
2

adapted.
3

adapted.
4

This is the phrase that begins a monologue from
William Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken by the
melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII. The speech
compares the world to a stage and life to a play, and
catalogues the seven stages of a man's life, sometimes
referred to as the seven ages of man: infant,
schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, Pantalone and old
age, facing imminent death. It is one of Shakespeare's
most frequently quoted passages. What am I talking
about?
5

TIE BREAKER
THE END
This is a yearly event organized by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO). In the United Kingdom, the day of this
event is recognized as the first Thursday in March. The
original idea of this was of the Valencian writer Vicente
Clavel Andrés as a way to honour the author Miguel de
Cervantes. What am I talking about?

TIE BREAKER
THE END
This is a pseudonym adopted by an author and printed
on the title page or by-line of his or her works in place
of their "real" name. This may be used to make the
author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her
gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or
her previous works, to protect the author from
retribution for his or her writings, to combine more than
one author into a single author, or for any of a number
of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic
presentation of the work. What?

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