Fiction Quiz (Silhouettes 2016)

FIGMENTS FROM FABLES
(FICTION QUIZ) - PRELIMS
THE DEBATING AND QUIZZING SOCIETY
AFMC
QM: Saraswat Chatterjee, Rohan Ram Setlur, Ruturaj.

RULES
• This fiction quiz includes questions from Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, James Bond, Game of Thrones,
and Indian Fiction.
• There are 25 questions, 10 points each; exceptions will be mentioned along with the questions.
• No Negatives.
• Any doubts regarding the questions and answers will be clarified on the spot.
• Quizmasters’ decision will be final.
Happy Quizzing !!

X was an Irish actor, singer, songwriter, producer and director. X
played the role of Y in the Harry Potter films. Diagnosed with
Hodgkin's disease in Aug 2002, X was later hospitalised - and passed
away in October 2002. P, a lifelong friend of X, was reportedly
pitched by his family as a replacement in the films. However, the
role of Y was ultimately taken up by Irish born English actor Q in
subsequent films of the Harry Potter franchise.
ID P, Q, X, Y.
1.

"...he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify
his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to
prove himself right. Again and again I have taken a problem to him, and have
received an explanation which has afterwards proved to be the correct one. And
yet he was absolutely incapable of working out the practical points..."
This is the protagonist's description of which central character of a classic fiction
series?
2.

As per many Bond fans the explanation for it goes as follows : During
World War 1, Naval Intelligence had intercepted the Zimmermann
telegram from German foreign secretary urging Mexico to attack U.S ,
which helped bring America into the war. The telegram had been
encrypted with the German diplomatic code ______, and thus it was
associated with British intelligence’s greatest achievement.
3.

This famous channel 4 presenter wore a cloak and held a sword
and challenged Kit Harrington to a duel. Who was this person ?
4.

This author was hailed as the ‘Indian Dan Brown’ for two of his
works which were critically acclaimed as Indian versions of the
best-selling Da Vinci Code and the Lost Symbol. He is one of
India's best-selling conspiracy fiction writers and is an author of the
new era of retelling Indian history or mythology in a contemporary
context. Id.
5.

In "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Arthur Weasley
takes Harry to the Ministry of Magic through a phone booth. The
number he dialled was 62442. What is the significance of this
number?
6.

The award will be presented at the statue of Holmes outside the
entrance to Baker Street station at 11.00am on Wednesday 16
October, 2012.
Present to mark the occasion will be a modern Dr John Watson, a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Also present will be a Mastiff cross-breed hound as a reminder of the
dog which haunted the Baskerville family through two centuries on
darkest Dartmoor. What award ?
7.

“Orbis non sufficit” is the Bond family motto.
What is it more famously known as?
8.

Who says the aforementioned lines?
9.

Famous writer X was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India, to a
Bengali Hindu tea plantation manager and a Malayali Syrian
Christian women's rights activist. X is a cousin of prominent media
personality Prannoy Roy. X has been extremely vocal on several
political issues, including the Kashmiri separatism, the United States
Foreign Policy, the Situation in Israel and the Sri Lankan
government, and featured in the Time 100 most influential people
in the world in 2014. ID X
10
.

“I mark the hours, every one, nor have I yet outrun the sun,
My use and value, unto you, are gauged by what you have to do"
What had this inscription engraved on it?
11
.

"I was in danger...of being entirely identified with what I regarded
as a lower stratum of literary achievement."
"I think of slaying him in the last and winding him up for good
and all, He [sic] takes my mind from better things."
Who is talking about whom ?
12
.

The role eventually went to Sean Connery, but who was
James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s first choice to play
Bond in Dr. No? (1962)
13
.

"we looked at big goose animals when they are on the ground, how they play
with their wings even though they’re not able to fly.”
"we had great footage of bats flying very close on top of a surface, so [we
could see] what would they do with their wings.”
The creators are talking about the inspiration for what ?
14
.

According to book critic Nilanjana Roy, X reflects 'the stereotypes
and prejudices of modern mainstream Indian culture; pink-
skinned, fair heroes and heroines, dark villains, passive women
drawn as in Indian calendar art from the male perspective'. The
first editions of X, published in 1965, were written in Kannada,
not English. It now has more than 90 million copies sold in 20
Indian languages. ID X.
15
.

X developed an interest in magical creatures early in life, influenced by his mother's
breeding
of hippogriffs. After attending and graduating from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry,
X joined the Ministry of Magic, spending two years in the Office for House-Elf
Relocation before
joining the Beast Division. In 1918, he was commissioned by Augustus
Worme of Obscurus Books to write Y. The book became a best seller, making X a
respected expert in the field of Magizoology.
ID X and Y
Bonus: According to JK Rowling’s official website, X’s grandson married a key character
in the Harry Potter universe. Who was this key character?
16
.

X is a small town somewhere in South India, a few hours journey from
Madras.It is located on the shore of the fictional river Z.
Y has often asserted that X is a fictional town. However, this has never
deterred fans from speculating about its actual location.
But as per one of the writings in Y’s book, he loved two prominent
and old areas of Bangalore and used the first few letters from the first
and last few letters of the second to create X.
ID
17
.

Dramatizations, dramatic readings and radio shows of the part
in which she appears vary in the pronunciation of her first
name. Some used the British English pronunciation with a
long final "e" and some used the French (also German and
Dutch) pronunciation with a schwa or "ə" in the final syllable.
Who?
18
.

What writer (most famous for his children’s books) wrote the
screenplay for You Only Live Twice (1967)?
19
.

20
.
This Game of Thrones ad in New York Times, not only got fans
revved up for the show, it also had numerous blog posts to its
claim within mere hours of publish. One such blog says - "This
has been some of HBO’s finest advertising work in the thirty-
plus years the network has existed.“ What advertisement are we
talking about?

Also known as “Satyanweshi”, this character (while for all
practical purposes playing the role of a fictional detective),
detests the label of ‘detective’. His first story appeared in print in
1932, and his adventures are chronicled by Ajit, a writer he
meets during the course of the narrative. His role has been
depicted in film by several actors including Sujoy Ghosh, Uttam
Kumar and Abir Chatterjee. ID.
21
.

X are a race of semi human, semi magical humanoids reminiscent of
the Sirens of Greek mythology. Little is known about their biology;
they appear to be young, beautiful humans. Their looks and especially
their dance is magically seductive to almost all male beings, which
causes them to perform strange actions in order to get nearer to
them.
Give X
22
.

X is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and
novelist. Some of his notable works include writing
for and acting in TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock,
the latter of which he also co-created and acted in as
Mycroft Holmes. Id X.
23
.

Christopher Lee is the real life step cousin of Bond creator Ian Fleming.
Which iconic Bond villain did he portray in the movies ? Also Id the film.
24
.

25
.
What is his claim to fame in the
world of ‘Game of Thrones ?

FIGMENTS FROM FABLES
(FICTION QUIZ) - FINALS
THE DEBATING AND QUIZZING SOCIETY
AFMC

RULES
• This fiction quiz includes questions from Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, James Bond, and Game of Thrones, with
liberal deviations.
• Any doubts regarding the questions and answers will be clarified on the spot.
• Quizmasters’ decision will be final.
• There are 5 rounds :
Round1 : Infinite Bounce - I
Round 2 : Basic Connect
Round 3 : Infinite Bounce – II
Round 4 : Long Connect
• Other rules will be described in the respective rounds.
Happy Quizzing !

ROUND 1
• Infinite Bounce
• 12 questions : Direct : +10/-0; Pass : +5/-0
• Infinite Pounce
• Pounce : +10/-10

“…it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town. No member is
permitted to take
the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger’s Room, no talking, is under any
circumstances,
allowed, and three offences, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker
liable to
expulsion.”
The above excerpt is a description of a fictional gentleman’s club, created by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle,
and is featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories (and Sherlock episodes from the
BBC TV series as well).
It is described as a place where men can go to read without any distractions, and as
such the number
one rule is that there is no talking, to the point where club members can be excluded
for coughing.
Identify.
1.

Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts and his wand was snapped into half, although
he kept the pieces in his pink umbrella.
We have seen that neither Ron nor Harry could perform magic with broken wands.
What could explain the proper functioning of Hagrid's wand?
2.

Dumbledore repaired it using the
Elder wand

On Game of Thrones, the very best blades are forged from a super-
strong, but incredibly light substance known as Valyrian steel. But
creating the metal itself, which can be recognised by its distinctive
rippled surface, is a lost art: Valyrian blades can be passed down
through families, but no new items can be made without melting
down the originals (most memorably, in the case of Eddard Stark’s
greatsword Ice, which was turned into Widow’s Wail and
Oathkeeper).But in actual this idea was borrowed from a real steel.
What is that steel ?
3.

Maurice Binder, the title designer, happened to have some circular white stickers — meant to
be price tags — and thought they would be a good stand-in for gunshot holes. So in about 20
minutes, he put together a mock-up of the white circles transitioning into the view through a
gun barrel. The filming took a few hours, with X’s body double Bob Simmons and a real
gunbarrel, belonging to a prop-shop gun that was taken apart and filmed through with a
pinhole camera. The sequence was later reshot with X.
4.

James Bond gun barrel sequence

One of the books which Sherlock uses while attempting to crack the
book cipher in the ‘Blind Banker’ , is X’s magnum opus Y.
Incidentally Benedict Cumberbatch played the role of X’s long time
associate and friend Z in the X biopic ‘Creation’.
Id X,Y and Z.
5.

X : Charles Darwin
Y : On the Origin of the Species
Z : Joseph Hooker

In the world of Game of Thrones, Greyscale is the one disease you
really, really don’t want to catch. If you’re lucky, it’ll just leave you
with permanent grey “scales” on your skin (like the late, very-much-
lamented Princess Shireen). If you’re unlucky, it’ll slowly destroy you,
transforming your body into a grey stone-like substance, inch by
agonising inch, until you end up effectively turning into a sort of
living statue (and then, of course, a dead statue).In actuality this is
inspired from a real life disease. What disease ?
6.

They were originally called "The Knights of Walpurgis" but
Rowling's editor changed it to X, because he thought it was easier to
understand and was innately scary. Give X
7.

X is the incantation of a spell in Harry Potter, used once upon one of
the three main characters of the series. The word in Latin means ‘stick’
or ‘rod’.
X is also the name of a genus of flowering plants, the stem of which is
used for a medical purpose consistent with the function of the magical
spell. Id X.
8.

Ferula
It has the effect of forming a splint, as a treatment for broken
bones.

Born on Armistice Day, November 11, his father was a travelling
salesman and his mother a Swiss heiress. His elder brother was named
Henri. Due to his job his father was away for long periods, which
often caused bitter quarrels between his parents. This is said to have
influenced his take on life in the years to come.
Who?
9.

When Magnussen is reading his mental list of Sherlock’s pressure
points(weaknesses), the list on the screen scrolls on for some time(and
Magnussen mocks Sherlock by saying that he has “rather a lot”). However
there are actually only six pressure points listed which are being screened
repeatedly.
However in the original series, Watson describes Sherlock as having only
one true vice. The original vice, however, would not have been unusual at
all in Arthur Conan Doyle’s time.
Which vice are we talking about and how is it different in the original
series? Bonus: Name Sherlock’s six weaknesses on the show?
10
.

Sherlock’s opium addiction. In the original series he is described as a
habitual cocaine user.
Weaknesses: Irene Adler; Jim Moriarty; Redbeard; Hounds of
Baskerville; opium and John Watson.

Game of Thrones fans craving their very own Ghost, Nymeria or Gray
Wind may in luck. The Dire Wolf Project, undertaken by the
American Alsatian Breeders Association, has succeeded in breeding a
number of large, wolf-like, 130 pound American Alsatians that they've
dubbed 'dire wolves'. The puppies come with a $3,000 price tag, so
you may still be better off putting your spaniel on stilts and training it
to look a bit tougher.
What is the breed of the creature in the show, mention alongside
species.
11
.

A _____ fountain pen, that screws into the body of a _____ cigarette lighter.
A _____ cigarette case that is snapped into piece to form a handle. A _____
cufflink that becomes the trigger, and a single _____ bullet placed in the
chamber. What is being talked about ?
12
.

ROUND 2
• Connect round
• Infinite pounce
• +10/-10

All of them featured in the original unaired pilot of Game of
Thrones.

Connect the following individuals:
Rachel McAdams
Natalie Dormer
Morgan Fairchild
Anne Baxter
Belén Lòpez
Sumi Shimamoto
Lara Pulver
2.

All of them have featured in both Harry
Potter and Game of Thrones.

Connect these three books.
Give Funda.
4.

Part of a trilogy ‘Tales of Dunk and Egg’.
These three novellas are the prequels to George
R.R.Martin’s epic ‘The Song of Ice and Fire’
(Game of Thrones)

Connect the following actors working on BBC’s Sherlock :
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Mary Morstan
John Watson
Moriarty’s defence lawyer(Reichenbach falls)
Mycroft Holmes
5.

All of them have family members working on the show.

What separates
-Licence to Kill
-GoldenEye
-Tomorrow Never Dies
-The World Is Not Enough
-Die Another Day
from all other James Bond movies?
6.

Only ones not written by Sir Ian
Flemming

Dumbledore
Gringotts
Hungarian Horntail
Platform 9 3/4
Hippogriff
Phoenix
What is missing from this exhaustive list? Give funda
7.

Cover pages of the seven Harry potter
books.
Ford Anglia.

Connect the following Sherlock Holmes short stories:
His Last Bow
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane
8.

These are short stories not narrated by Dr John Watson.

ROUND 3
• Infinite Bounce
• 12 questions : Direct : +10/-0; Pass : +5/-0
• 3 Pounces per team in total
• Pounce : +10/-10

One of James Bond’s greatest pleasures is cigarettes and he usually smokes sixty per day of a special Balkan and
Turkish mixture with three gold bands. The cigarettes are specially made for him by Morland’s and carried in a wide,
thin cigarette case of black gunmetal that can hold fifty; even in smoking James Bond knows exactly what he wants.
What is the significance of the three golden bands on the cigarettes ?
1.

They represent the insignia of his rank, Royal Navy Commander.

In the Sherlock series, X is a recurring motif during the episode spoken aloud by
several characters and is also appearing in the background in physical form 3 times
which are threats pertaining to certain individuals connected to those 3 locations, as
Moriarty reveals on the roof of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital at the end of “The
Reichenbach Fall”
The last time the motif appears in the episode is at the end, during the graveside
scene. Id X.
2.

I.O.U.
First appears in the apple that Moriarty carves and leaves at Baker Street.
Second is spray-painted in 3 windows across from New Scotland Yard offices.
Third is graffitied on the street outside the 221 Baker St. address.
“Because I owe you a fall, Sherlock. I. Owe. You.” – Jim Moriarty
“I was so alone, and I owe you so much.” – Dr John Watson

According to historical accounts, broomsticks, enchanted carriages and carts were first
used. Apparition was also used with disastrous effects. To solve the problem, portkeys
were arranged throughout Britain but they were unreliable.
Finally, Minister of Magic Ottaline Gambol introduced a revolutionary idea, which is
still used.
What is being talked about?
3.

A suprising number of musicians have managed to secure a cameo roles in the show.Gary Lightbody,
the lead singer from Snow Patrol, can be spotted singing The Bear and the Maiden Fair in season
three, as a part of the camp that captures Jamie and Brienne. Coldplay drummer Will Champion is
among the musicians playing at the Red Wedding- an appropriately depressing gig for a member of
Coldplay. And for season four,________ recorded a particularly creepy cover version of the
Lannister anthem, The Rains of Castamere. Fill in the blank.
4.

In the 2002 Bond film Die Another Day, Bond, played by Pierce Brosnan, can be seen examining
Birds of the West Indies in an early scene that takes place in Havana, Cuba. The author's name
on the front cover is obscured. In the same film, when Bond first meets Jinx (Halle Berry), he
introduces himself as an ornithologist.What is the historical significance of this?
5.

Fleming took the name ‘James Bond’ from that of the American ornithologist
James Bond, a Caribbean bird expert and the author of the definitive field
guide ‘Birds of the West Indies’.

What is common to the following ?
- finger printing
- typewritten document analysis
- bloodstain analysis
- gunshot firing distance
6.

Techniques used by Sherlock Holmes
before their use in real life.

When an interviewer said that Y resembled the Iliad and the actions of Hector,
Achilles and Patrodus, Rowling said, "That's where it came from. That really, really,
really moved me when I read that when I was 19. The idea of the desecration of a
body, a very ancient idea..That's what I was thinking when______". Give Y.
7.

Harry bringing back Cedric’s body

The X or X Martini is a cocktail that was originally made of gin, vodka, and Kina
Lillet. The drink was invented and named by Ian Fleming in the 1953 James Bond
novel Y. X in latin literally translates to ‘evening’. Id X and Y
8.

A 1930s jazz slang word for someone who uses Cannabis.
It was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2003, where it is said to refer to a
person who is lacking a skill.
According to Abbott Walter Bower, 13th century author of the Scotichronicon, it
means “an Englishman’s tale”.
Which word?
9.

While convalescing at Harrenhal, Jaime Lannister, reveals to Brienne that the real
reason he killed Mad king Aerys II Targaryen is because he was plotting to put X to
use to burn the capital to ashes, hoping that the flames would transmute him into a
dragon to destroy his enemies.
X also plays a key role at the Battle of the Blackwaters, during War of the Five kings.
Tyrion refers to X as ‘Pig Shit’ while conversing with Varys.
Id X.
10
.

Give the funda behind Petyr Baelish’s nickname
‘Littlefinger’.
11
.

The ‘Fingers’ are rocky peninsulae near the
Vale of Arryn, and Petyr’s father was the
lord of the smallest one of them. And he is
relatively short of stature, both as an adult
and a child, when he was given the
nickname.

X is a group of Y fans created by Christopher Morley, whose famous members
include Isaac Asimov, Neil Gaiman, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
Originally X was a group, headed by a senior member Wiggins, who were
particularly useful to Y. The members of X, although unemployed, were paid a
shilling a day, and could even be rewarded with a guinea in case of an
important find. Id X ?
12
.

ROUND 4
• Long Connect : A-J
• +10/-0 for each connect
• +50 if you get all 10 correct.

A is an English actor, whose portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Goeth in Schindler’s
List earned him Oscar and Golden Globe nominations and a BAFTA win for the Best
Supporting Actor.
A continued his evil streak as he went on to portray the main antagonist in one of the
highest grossing franchisees of all time, B.
In one of the movies, B attacked the protagonist through C, a mythological creature.
The protagonist of this film franchise, is frequently accompanied by D, whose character
was played by a person, who went on to become an UN Goodwill Ambassador in 2014.

The actress who plays D’s mother in the movies achieved greater recognition in a
completely different franchise in the small screen for her portrayal and shocking death as
E. In the TV series, E was resurrected 3 days after her death, after losing most of her
previous personality, and her uncompromising brutality earned her the moniker F.
A was once considered to play the role of James Bond, but finally he went on to play the
character of G in the movie series. In the most recent movie of the series, G was
superceded by Max Denbigh, who was portrayed by the actor H. H has more famously
played the role of criminal mastermind I, even going on to win a BAFTA for the role. But
in the original books I appears only once, in the short story J.

A – Ralph Fiennes
B – Voldemort
C – Basilisk
D – Hermoine Granger
E – Catelyn Stark
F – Lady Stoneheart
G – ‘M’
H – Andrew Scott
I – Professsor Jim Moriarty
J – The Final Problem
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