This document contains a quiz with multiple choice and open-ended questions covering topics like movies, current events, history and pop culture. It includes sections on Simpsons references, questions that will "blow your mind", and internet humor. The quiz has images, clues and puzzles to solve. Participants were led to believe it was a serious quiz but it turns out to be a comedic take on quiz shows.

1. ITEMS QUIZ
ANIKET KHASGIWALE

2. FINALS
• 5 Simpsons references that you never noticed before
• 16 questions that will blow your mind
• These participants thought they were in a serious quiz
round .… you’ll never guess what happens next
• 16 more questions that will blow your mind

3. 5 Simpsons references that you never noticed before
Identify the movies referenced in visuals from The Simpsons. 5 visuals, 5 points each
Bonus of +5 for getting all 5 correct

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8. • 4. (2/2)

9. • 5.

10. 16 questions that will blow your mind
One-finite pounce. +10 for each answer. +15 on the pounce.

11. • A 2006 movie combined footage from a movie from the
70s along with CGI in order to depict X in the same role
which he had played in the earlier movie.
• This was done because X had died in 2004 and the
director wanted to use X for this role to create a link to the
earlier movie.
• Identify X and name the two movies.

12. • Marlon Brando as Jor-El in Superman and Superman
Returns

13. • ___________ is the practice of masking the sponsors of a
message (e.g. political, advertising, or public relations) to
give the appearance of it coming from the grassroots.
• It is intended to give the statements the credibility of an
independent entity by withholding information about the
source's financial connection.
• Identify the term, which most of you might be familiar
with due to its use in sport.

14. • AstroTurfing
• A message that looks like it comes from the grassroots,
but isn’t really so.

15. • This is a photo from Miley Cyrus’ concert in Barcelona in
June 2014, as a part of her Bangerz European tour
• Her actions during the concert were criticized for showing
a poor understanding of the local situation
• Why were they criticizing her?

16. • She waved the Ikurriña in Barcelona, which is the official
flag of the Basque country

17. • Which game show contestant’s Webby acceptance speech
for winning the 2011 Person of the Year award was
“Person of the year - ironic.”

18. • Watson

19. • This phenomenon occurs only twice a year, this year it was
on May 29 and July 12. It occurs because of the alignment
of streets due to a strict grid plan in a particular city.
• A certain popular scientist has given it a certain name,
based on the name of a UNESCO world heritage site in the
UK.
• What name? And identify the phenomenon.

20. • Manhattanhenge
• The setting sun aligns with the east–west streets
of the main street grid in Manhattan
• The term is derived from Stonehenge, where the
sun aligns with the stones on the solstices with a
similarly dramatic effect.

21. • This image of Michelle Obama has been photoshopped.
• The original photo showed her with a different message
aimed at raising awareness regarding actions by a terrorist
organization (X).
• However, members of a different terrorist organization (Y)
photoshopped it to mock the U.S. after they seized
American-made weapons, helicopters, and uparmored
humvees.
• Name the two terrorist organizations and the original
hashtag

23. • X - Boko Haram
• Y – ISIS (or ISIL) or The Islamic State
• #BringBackOurGirls

24. • The Moors conquered this region in 716 it and called it
"Al-Gharb Al-Andalus" as Al-Gharb means "the west". It
was captured by the Catholic Kings in the 12th century
and was critical to the country's maritime might.
• Today, it is a major international tourist destination.
• Which region?

25. • Algarve

26. • This video was taken during the 100th Rose Bowl, and
features the Stanford band
• The band forms the logo of a certain app. Fittingly
enough, the formation lasted a few seconds before
disappearing.
• Which popular app?

28. • Snapchat

29. • The image orthicon tube was commonly used in American
broadcasting from the 1940s till 1960s
• A nickname of the image orthicon tube was considered for
naming something. The nickname was modified to make
the name sound more feminine as it was felt that a
feminine name would be more appropriate.
• The modified name has stuck and is used till date.
• So what has been named after the image orthicon tube?

30. • Emmy (changed from Immy as a feminine name was
required to go with the trophy)

31. • The person on the right is Jeremy Meeks while the one on the
left is Meagan Simmons .
• Neither of them are models, however their photos went viral
after being picked up from an unlikely source.
• What was the source or simply what are these two people?

33. • The images were police mugshots taken at the time of
arrest

34. • Philae is an island in the river Nile. An object found here
was used along with X for a special purpose.
• Something has been named after X and Philae and has
been in the news of late.
• So identify X and tell me what has been named after X and
Philae?

35. • Rosetta
• The ESA spacecraft to intercept the Comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is called Rosetta and its
lander is called Philae

36. • Connect the two images

37. • First one was sent by Spielberg to George Lucas as a
congratulatory message after Star Wars broke Jaws’
record for highest box office revenue
• The second was sent by Lucas to James Cameron after
Titanic broke Star Wars’ record

38. • He has brought back old school by turning it on its head.
• He is redefining cool by being an antonym of his name and
image.
• He offers a peace joint to his haggard father. He drinks
beer on the road with his friends and indulges in
vandalism. He gets an A in Chemistry by tricking his
teacher into dropping some ‘acid’.
• He was created by 23-year-old Priyesh Trivedi who was
inspired by educational charts from the ‘80s and early ‘90s
• Who?

39. • Adarsh Balak

40. • This city was a part of the Roman Empire, followed by the
Arabs and later the Portuguese who gave it to the English
• From 1923 to 1956, it was a neutral international zone
before becoming a part of its present day country
• The demonym for this city’s residents is also the name of a
fruit as the fruit was shipped from this city to places all
over the world
• Identify this city and name the fruit.

41. • Tangiers; Tangerine

42. • The government of a particular country is very angry with
a recent movie.
• They had its ambassador write to the UN stating "To allow
the production and distribution of such a film on the
assassination of an incumbent head of a sovereign state
should be regarded as the most undisguised sponsoring of
terrorism as well as an act of war.“
• Which country? And name the movie.

43. • North Korea; The Interview

44. • Strauss and Howe coined this term for a set of people and
used 1982 as the start year and 2004 as the last year, since
the media had first identified the prospective link to the
___________ year for this set of people.
• Most studies put the starting date in the early 80s and the
end date anywhere between 1995-2001.
• Surveys suggest increasingly liberal attitudes and higher
overall support for classical liberal economic policies
amongst this set.
• Other terms used for them include "Digital Native",
"Boomerang" and "Peter Pan".
• What term?

45. • Millennials

46. These participants thought they were in a serious quiz round
.… you’ll never guess what happens next
5 questions on Internet Humour. 5 points each
Bonus of +5 for getting all 5 correct

49. • This strip is titled “We must imagine _______ Happy”
• Fill in the blanks

52. • Both these functions can be called the X function:
• f(x,y) = (5y-2x)/2
• f(x,y) = 2y/x
• Identify X.
• Hint: Don’t think Mathematics, think Bollywood.

53. These participants thought they were in a serious quiz round
.… you’ll never guess what happens next
Answers

55. • Sisyphus

56. • Taken

57. • Ishq
• Dhoom 3

58. • Both these functions can be called the Lakhan function:
• f(x,y) = (5y-2x)/2
• f(x,y) = 2y/x
• f (1,2) = 4
• f (4,2) = 1

59. 16 more questions that will blow your mind
One-finite pounce. +10 for each answer. +15 on the pounce. Passing in reverse direction.

60. • This was a meme around 2009, what inspired it?

61. • Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMA

62. • The book Smurf Versus Smurf, shows that the Smurf
village was divided between North and South, and that
the Smurfs on either side had different ideas as to how
the term "smurf" should be used.
• For instance, the Northern Smurfs called a certain object a
"bottle smurfer", while the Southern Smurfs called it a
"smurf opener"
• What was this a parody of?

63. • The language legislation in
Belgium where the official
language in the North (Flanders)
is Dutch and in the South
(Wallonia) is French.

64. • Bir Tawil is the only place on earth (outside Antarctica) to
hold a certain record.
• However, if the recent claim made by Jeremiah Heaton of
Abingdon, Virginia is ratified it might lose this record.
• So what is the record and why specifically did Jeremiah
Heaton make his claim?

65. • Only territory not claimed by any country.
• Heaton went there and planted a flag and has established
a Kingdom of North Sudan there, so that his daughter can
become a princess

66. • In March, X posted a 60-year-old selfie to Facebook with
the comment “Throwback Thursday – I was doing selfies
60 years before you Facebook folks. Eat your heart out
Ellen!”.
• Who?

68. • Colin Powell

69. • This company was founded in 1895 and is considered to
be the manufacturer of the first widely successful, modern
version of a particular device.
• Although it was quite popular for most of the early 20th
century, the company is now defunct as the technology is
obsolete.
• It has featured in a lot of popular movies and was featured
in a particular TV series where the lead character (whos
shares his name with the company) owns one of the
devices made by the company and uses it to write an
important letter.
• Which company?

70. • Underwood Typewriter Company

71. • In Sahara, which is a diary written by X while shooting for
the BBC TV series of the same name, X writes
• "Before I set out on this Saharan journey, southern Tunisia
was the closest I'd ever been to the desert. That was in
1978 and I came here to be crucified"
• So identify X and what was he doing in Tunisia in 1978?

72. • Michael Palin; shooting for Life of Brian

73. • This illegal product is one of the most expensive in the
world, selling for around $100 per gram on the streets of
Vietnam - which is one of the world's largest markets for
this product.
• The high demand has led to a lot of poaching and hence
conservationists have come up with an innovative
solution.
• A red dye is being applied on the source of this object so
that it is detected at airports when being smuggled and
which also makes it slightly poisonous to humans - thus
reducing its demand.
• What object is this?

74. • Rhino horn

75. • Alyssa Milano is an American actress, known for
portraying Samantha Micelli on the 80s TV series Who's
the Boss? and was a popular teen idol in the 80s
• How was a reference made to her in a recent movie?

76. • Chris Pratt’s spaceship in Guardians of the Galaxy is called
the Milano as a reference to her

77. • This term comes from the ______________, which is the
upper part of the abdomen inferior to the lowest ribs of
the thorax (basically below the ribs).
• The term reflects the ancient belief that the viscera of the
_____________ were the seat of melancholy and sources
of the vapour that caused morbid feelings.
• What term?

78. • Hypochondria

79. • Samantha _______ played the same role in four movies
from the mid 90s to 2002.
• She was preceded by Caroline Bliss and followed by
Naomie Harris.
• She also played the same role in an advertisement for
London 2012 Olympics.
• So what role did she play and what is her last name?

80. • Miss Moneypenny
• Her name is Samantha Bond

81. • This location in the Tabernas desert in Andalucia, Spain
was chosen because of the similarity of the terrain and
because it was relatively untouched.
• It was called Yucca City and was used in the mid-60s and
after achieving its purpose was converted into a theme
park which is still functioning.
• What was it used for?

82. • Shooting Sergio Leone’s Westerns

83. • Connect
Ashley Kerekes, a baby sitter from Massachusetts, USA Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad, IT
and telecom consultant, India

84. • Twitter celebrities due to their handles
• Ashley Kerekes is @theashes
• Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad is @rvp

85. • This word means a missing piece from a work.
• It is derived from one of the Latin words for pit, which
itself is a diminutive of the Latin for a small water body.
• It is also the name of the fictional company which has
been blanked out in the image.
• Identify the name of the fictional company

87. • Lacuna, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind

88. • In order to extend their association with a particular
animal, this company has supported the efforts of the
Dian Fossey Fund International in order to help ensure the
survival of this highly endangered species.
• Which company and what is their brand?

89. • Corning
• Gorilla Glass

90. • __________ is open sourced and was created by software
engineer Rob Rhinehart, who developed the formula by
self-experimentation based on his own research online
and through textbooks, and scientific journals.
• A commercial version was crowdfunded and shipments of
orders began in the first week of May 2014.
• The name comes from the 1966 science fiction novel
Make Room! Make Room!, though commonly associated
with its 1973 film adaptation _______ Green, in which it is
made from human remains.
• What?

91. • Soylent – the drink which is a total diet substitute

92. • Identify the actor shown in the video clip
• Also, he was in the news for a particular controversy in
November 2013. What?

94. • Waris Ahluwalia
• Featured in a GAP
advertisement which was
defaced by some racist
idiots

95. THE END
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