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Satish, Tanmoy and Shailya

Finals
◦ 36 Questions in the finals.
◦ Two dry rounds of 18 questions each.

A Sincere and Heartfelt Gratitude to
◦ Vedansh Ojha, Vishal Singh and all the other Qnights

Dry 1
◦ 18 Questions on Infinite Bounce and Pounce
◦ +10/-10 on Pounce, +10/-0 on Bounce.
◦ If a question goes unanswered, the next question will go to the next team.
◦ The Questions will go from team 1 to team 6

1.
◦ The 1930 fresco piece by Spanish painter Elías García Martínez is called Ecce Homo ("Behold the
Man"), which was donated to a church in the Spanish town of Borja.
◦ Having flaked off due to moisture, the artwork was altered by untrained elderly Dona Gimenez
in 2012.The incomplete restoration project propelled the painting to global fame.
◦ Previously, locals blamed the painting restorer for prying into the condition of the artwork, but
later the townsmen changed their tune. as Now Borja, the town where the Church is located
attracts 16,000 vacationers per year ever since the botched restoration job on the painting went
viral. The extra tourism has helped fund the town's elderly home, as well as maintain the
employment of the Sanctuary of Mercy church's two caretakers.
◦ From what popular name do we know that restored artwork?

Answer
◦ Potato Jesus; Monkey Christ

2.
◦ In 1977, Warhol started creating a series of abstract painting called The Oxidations. Using a base
of copper paint, he added _____ to oxidize the paint, creating unique colours and textures. But
due to the limited colours variations he asked for his friends to help him.
◦ The colours in the oxidation process and turned the copper paint various shades of green,
brown and yellow. In 2008, on of his paintings in this series sold for almost $2 million.

3.
◦ When David Fincher started casting his actor for his project. he did not want to cast his leading
actor just for his star profile, though but because of one specific reason - his smile.
◦ Fincher sought out actors for the part by scouring google and noticed a peculiarity about the
way the actor smiled in paparazzi pictures and in public events, which made him perfect for the
role as he wanted the character's smile to make people comfortable in the movement but by
doing that he's making himself vulnerable to people having other perceptions about him.
◦ Which actor and in what movie ?

Answer
◦ Ben Affleck
◦ Gone Girl

4.
◦ Wayne Knight gives a terrific performance in Jurassic Park as the park's doomed, computer
programmer Dennis Nedry, but the precise reason for Steven Spielberg hiring him was bizarre to say
the least. Spielberg contacted Knight's agent after seeing him in X released the year prior, and honed
in on one specific aspect of his performance - his sweating.
◦ Knight plays cop John Correli during X 's infamous scene, with Knight spending the scene getting
sweatier and clammier. Knight was told by his agent that Spielberg saw this scene and said, "I see
him in close-ups, sweating, only instead of open legs, it's a dinosaur."
◦ ID X and the infamous scene.

Answer
◦ Basic Instinct
◦ The leg crossing scene.

5.
◦ The phrase came about in 1839 when it was invented by a nineteenth-century writer named Sir
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), in a play about Cardinal Richelieu. The phrase indicated that
the communication (particularly written language), or in some interpretations, administrative
power or advocacy of an independent press, is a more effective tool than direct violence.
◦ But although Lytton’s wording appears to have been original, the sentiment was not: the Oxford
Concise Dictionary of Proverbs lists several precursors to this famous statement, which, although
worded differently, convey the same idea. Cicero, in his De Officiis (44 BC), declares ‘cedant
arma togae‘, which roughly translates as ‘arms give way to persuasion’.

Answer
◦ Pen is mightier than the Sword

6.
◦ X has many sets of theme parks that are set in various timelines and inspired by various
locations. Along with the main park there are other theme parks named Shougunworld,
Warworld and the Raj.
◦ In the first episode of the last season named the winter line featured a tease of another park
within the show's universe that is based on Y. During that particular episode it is shown that the
park technicians are none other than the showrunners of Y. Other references in the scenes
include images of architectural landmarks and churches from which the show pulled their
designs of buildings. This may indicate according to writers that Y is nothing but a simulation
which tend to be just another theme parks.

Answer
◦ Westworld
◦ Game of Thrones

7.
◦ Thomas Gainsborough's iconic painting first appeared in public in
the Royal Academy exhibition as A Portrait of a Young Gentleman,
where it received high acclaim, and by 1798 it was being called
"The Blue Boy"—a nickname that stuck with it.
◦ This 1770 painting was created when slavery was rampant in the
Americas. Inspired by this clothing, costume designer Sharen
Davis made the Blue suit for his character X in his work of 2012.
◦ This painting also inspired FW Murnau's debut film, “Knabe in
Blau”. Murnau was one of the great pioneers of cinematic
language, and one of his great breakthroughs was a technique
that allowed filmmakers to move the cameras, which until then,
had been largely stationary.
◦ The Technique also inspired the Title of X.
◦ What Technique ?
◦ and which Character ?

Answer
◦ Django
◦ Unchained Camera Technique

8.
◦ Born in 1965, he had a hidden passion for paintings which he nurtured for more than 15 years.
his set of paintings called Immortals will be displayed at an art exhibition in Sandeep and
Gitanjali Maini Foundation (SGMF) in Bengaluru alongside the works of legendary artists like
Raja Ravi Varma, Abanindranath Tagore, and VS Gaitonde.
◦ As the foundation collaborated with Google arts, The website mentions "His figures are
impactful, devoid of emotion, but extremely arresting. Much like the character, he brings to the
canvas. His most common form is sketching faces with a tranquil and thoughtful expression, and
often paints religious themes backed by his own belief in the oneness of Gods. The recurring
figures in his paintings are Jesus and Buddha.
◦ ID the artist.

9.
◦ Born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, he began practicing kung Fu, kickboxing and karate
recreationally in his youth while working at local market stalls. An avid footballer and diver, he
was selected by Britain's national diving team to compete in the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Shortly after, he was asked to model for French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger, and Levi's in
various advertising campaigns. After that he made appearances in several music videos, one of
the earliest is the Shamen's "Comin'On"
◦ clip of Comin'On is on the next slide
◦ Id the actor.

10.
◦ When ____ _______, her husband and their close friends Lord Bryon and the physician John
Polidori visited Switzerland during the "year without a summer." The eruption of Mount
Tambora in Indonesia had caused severe climate abnormalities and a lot of rain. Stuck inside,
they made small competition among themselves to create the best horror story possible. In the
end ____ _______ won the contest by writing X.
◦ Neither Bryon nor Percy finished their Ghost story, although Polidori later wrote Y, which
created a new literary genre that later influenced another writer to write Y which further
established many conventions for subsequent works under this genre.
◦ although X inspired many later films, the first film was only 15 minutes long and was produced
by Z in 1910, which become one of the first horror films ever made.
◦ Id X, Y, and Z

Answer
◦ Frankenstein
◦ The Vampyre
◦ Thomas Edison

11.
◦ When Fay Wray a Canadian born actress, was cast by producer/director Merian C. Cooper as the
lead actress portraying a damsel in distress role, she was curious who would be the co-star to
which Cooper assured her that she is going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in
Hollywood. She optimistically thought it might be Cary Grant.
◦ Later when she saw the script, she knew that this was the film that was going to make her name.
In an interview, she said that although three-times married, her co-star was the most enduring
love affair of her life.
◦ Id the co-star

12.
◦ The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel published under the name of Robert
Galbraith. In the author's section, he is described as a former military cop who left the service in
2003 and has been working since then in the civilian security industry. The book received mostly
positive reviews.
◦ Upon its release in April 2013 1,500 copies, plus another 7000 copies of the e-book, audiobook,
and library editions were sold. The Book surged from 1709th to the best-selling novel on
amazon on 14 July 2013.
◦ What led to its sudden upsurge?

Answer
◦ Robert Galbraith is the pseudo-name for J.K Rowling

13.
◦ Very few people know that X was also a poet. A great number of his poems were written to
another man, Tommaso de' Cavalieri. After X passing, his grand-nephew published his poems...
and changed the pronouns of the person addressed from masculine to feminine.
◦ As Professor James M. Saslow explains, X poetry and drawings for Tommaso are the very first
examples we have in the high art of one man declaring his passion for another in such a
confessional manner. it's the first time you have a significant body of work meant to express
passionate feelings between men.
◦ Another art historian Jeffrey Fraiman describes how "the homoerotic, or homosexual, aspects of
Michelangelo's art and biography have been either suppressed, censored, or played down
through the centuries."

14.
◦ Roald Dahl boarded at Repton School in South Derbyshire from 1930 to 1934. During his time
he and his schoolmates were a part of an early focus group for a company as they helped the
company to improve its products.
◦ He rose to prominence in the 1940s and his work includes books Like Fantastic Mr. Fox, the BFG
but for his most important work, he gets inspired by his workdays as a company's focus group.
His books are known for their unexpected endings, unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic
mood featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters.
◦ What is his most famous work?

Answer
◦ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

15.
◦ Sloppy Joe’s is a Key West landmark that has become internationally famous and attracts
hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. the bar continues to support its heritage by hosting
the outrageous annual ____________ Look-Alike Contest. The renowned _____________ Days Festival
itself began at Sloppy Joe’s in 1981, ultimately becoming a weeklong celebration honoring him
as both writer and sportsman.
◦ Today it incorporates events including an internationally recognized short story competition,
street fair, and storytelling contest. In mid-July each year, Sloppy Joe’s is thronged with cheerful
bearded men competing for the title of Look-Alike, while the family members judge their
worthiness and hundreds of spectators cheer on their favorites.
◦ The Look-Alikes have gained such a measure of fame that they have even been featured on
Good Morning America. The Look-Alike Society, composed of each year’s contest winners, is
now organized as a nonprofit group with educational and environmental concerns.

Answer
◦ Hemingway Look-Alike Contest

16.
◦ Though the two never met in person, X was an enthusiastic acolyte of the English physicist and
mathematician Sir Isaac Newton. Upon receiving a copy of Newton’s “Principia Mathematica,” he
claimed he knelt before it in reverence, “as was only right.” He played a key role in popularizing
Newton’s ideas, and he offered one of the first accounts of how the famed scientist developed
his theories on gravity. In his 1727 “Essay on Epic Poetry,” He wrote that Newton “had the first
thought of his System of Gravitation, upon seeing an apple falling from a tree.”
◦ Although X wasn't the source for this popular fabled part of newton's biography as often
claimed, indeed he was the one who popularized it.
◦ ID X

17.
◦ Cinemas were a very different place before X came to theaters in 1960. There were no
multiplexes back then. Each cinema played their chosen movie on a loop. Audiences would buy
a ticket and could go into the theater whenever they wanted, and stay as long as they wanted.
The audience could come during the middle of a film and would have to wait until it restarted if
you wanted to see the beginning.
◦ When Y started to work on the film he was afraid of being spoiled ahead of time. he refused to
screen the film in advance for critics. But the most significant restriction He placed on the
release of X was absolutely no late seating.
◦ Theater owners pushed back against this new policy, fearing that it would drive away loyal
audiences. These concerns were unfounded, as the potential profits were higher on a per-
screening basis, theater owners soon adopted set showtimes as an industry norm.

Answer
◦ Psycho
◦ Alfred Hitchcock

18.
◦ Since the first ISS expedition in 2000, NASA has been making expedition posters featuring the
crew, first through its Office of Communications and then is Space Flight Awareness team. In
2007, NASA thought it would be fun to switch from standard group photos to something more
fun - heavily Photoshopped posters based on some of the crew's shared favorite pieces of pop
culture.
◦ Id the references

Answer
◦ Ocean’s Twelve
◦ Reservoir Dogs
◦ Tron
◦ Metropolis

Dry 2
◦ 18 Questions on Infinite Bounce and Pounce
◦ +10/-10 on Pounce, +10/-0 on Bounce.
◦ If a question goes unanswered, the next question will go to the next team.
◦ Questions will go from Team 6 to Team 1.

19.
◦ What are the following ‘tests’ about?
◦ Bechdal-Wallace Test
◦ Mako Mori Test
◦ Johanson Analysis
◦ sexy lamp test

Answer
Test for measuring representation of women in fiction.

20.
◦ Made From Porphyry, a Rare rock with a regal purple-red hue, this
statue memorializes a strange political period in Roman history. It
originally stood in Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern
Roman Empire, for almost 1,000 years. It was stolen by the
Venetians when they sacked the city in the early 13th century
during the fourth crusade.
◦ The statues were originally designed as two separate sculptures,
each consisting of a pair of armored late Roman emperors
embracing one another. The paired statues stand on plinths
supported by a console of the same stone, and their backs are
engaged in the remains of large porphyry columns to which the
statues were once attached, carved all of a piece.
◦ What period does it symbolize or what is the name of the portrait.

Answer
◦ Tetrarchs
◦ Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs

21.
◦ Psychologists believe there’s a relationship between internals and externals, a back and forth
that shapes us.
◦ In Psychology, the term X refers to the ways internal factors, such as personality or self-
perception, influence physicality. Our physical traits in turn impact how other people perceive
us, which again affects how we feel and see ourselves.
◦ It was first described in "Psychodynamic Need for Hair growth Restorers" and other "fountain of
youth", in a symposium about the unrealistic male pursuit of bodily perfection using lifestyle-
enhancing drugs, aesthetic surgery, and psychotropic medicines and its consequences for his
mental health as a social being.
◦ What culturally descriptive syndrome name are we referring to?

Answer
◦ Dorian Gray Syndrome

22.
◦ The works of Hirohiko Araki span decades but there is one thing that has remained consistent
upon the honing of his craft, his references to pop culture, art, and fashion. Among others
sources of inspiration, the work of Paul Gauguin is the most visible among them.
◦ Paul Gauguin was a French post impressionist painter and declared himself as Synthetist, which
is known for its flat areas of color and bold outlines. His use of color blocking and the lively use
of unrealistic color inspired his later works. He appreciated the idea that the ground could be
pink and the tress could be blue.
◦ From which Hirohiko’s work have we seen this colour scheme ?

Answer
◦ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

23.
◦ The latest Dan Brown-style conspiracy theory that hit
the art world suggests that Vincent van Gogh might
have hidden a homage to another artist's masterpiece
in Café Terrace at Night.
◦ The painting shows a lit cafe in the town of Arles in
France, where the Dutch artist lived for a few years
before his death in 1890. The central figure in the cafe
is a long-haired waiter wearing a white shirt and
apron.
◦ Independent researcher Jared Baxter who is
supported by many art historians argues that van
Gogh was deeply religious before beginning his
career as an artist, and Baxter thinks the painting is an
example of an entire genre of paintings by various
artists that are inspired by the former work.

24.
◦ During the era of Jim Crow laws, when open and often legally prescribed discrimination against
non-whites were widespread, an New York City mailman published _____ ____.
◦ Although pervasive racial discrimination and poverty limited black car ownership, the emerging
African-American middle class bought automobiles as soon as they could but faced a variety of
dangers. In response, He wrote his guide to services and places that are relatively friendly and
have non-racist attitudes, eventually expanding its coverage from the New York area to much of
North America, as well as founding a travel agency. It inspired the theme and thus the name for
the 2018 biographical film.

25.
◦ Wernher von Braun was a German aerospace engineer responsible for the development of one
of Nazi Germany’s most advanced weapons, the V-2 rocket. Although he spent the first half of
his life developing weapons, von Braun’s true passion was space travel. he published several
theoretical and fictional works that theorized the colonization of Mars and the construction of a
space station in the Earth’s orbit.
◦ Von Braun’s work, The Mars Project, published in 1952, proposed a manned mission to Mars
that would result in the planet’s colonization and the establishment of an autonomous
government there. The prophetic part of von Braun’s work concerns the autonomous
government of Mars. Namely, he proposed that the Martian government was directed by 10
men and the leader of whom elected by universal suffrage for five years and instead of
presidents, rulers of the colony would be appointed the title of X.

Answer
◦ Actors who played their ancestors
1. Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers in a Beautiful day in the Neighbourhood; 6th cousin
2. Geraldine Chaplin as Hannah Chaplin in Chaplin(1992); own grandmother.
3. Kit Harington as Guy Fawkes in Gunpowder; ancestral link through Mother’s lineage.
4. O’Shea as Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton; own father.

27.
◦ John Hinckley, Jr., came very close to assassinating newly elected President Ronald Reagan in
1981, but the target could just as easily have been his predecessor, President Jimmy Carter. He
was previously arrested on weapons charges while pursuing Carter. Hinckley was not
ideologically driven; rather his obsession stemmed something from the 1970s. His attorneys
would invoke that as his defense when he was arrested shortly after shooting Reagan.
◦ Hinckley’s defense attorneys argued that their client was ill with narcissistic personality disorder,
citing medical evidence, and had a pathological obsession which ultimately led the attorney to
represent their victim through “_________________” which worked as well as it could have, earning
him a “not guilty because of insanity” and 34 years-and-counting at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in
Washington, D.C.
◦ FITB
◦ Blanks are not indicative

Answer
◦ Taxi Driver Defence

28.
◦ Rip wan Winkle started using the term in 1807 in his satirical periodical, Salmagundi. He was
inspired by a folk tale called "wise men of ______". In this folktale, the residents after finding that
King John will be traveling through their town and the visit would bring chaos and turn their
village into a circus, the citizen decided to feign madness, to encourage the king to find another
path. They put their plan into action by performing crazy stunts.
◦ When Rip Wan repeatedly used “______” in a publication it created a lampoon of New York
culture, Irving was poking a little fun at the city and its residents by comparing it to a village
where people pretended to be crazy. New Yorkers embraced the moniker, either not aware that
Irving was mocking them, or out of pride for being considered craftily crazy.
◦ Later the term served as inspiration for a city that was based in New York.

29.
◦ Who and What did he create ?
Video on the next Slide

Answer
◦ Tony Iommi
◦ Heavy Metal; Metal Guitar

30.
◦ For a long time, many of his films were not available in America following the original poor
English language version of X, which cut roughly 20 to 30 minutes of time, changed character
names, and diluted the film's themes. Y was so upset over this poor handling that he refused to
give the distribution rights to anyone who did not agree to follow a more strict translation of
the Japanese dialogue and not remove any scenes.
◦ Walt Disney Studios eventually agreed to these terms and has been steadily releasing its films
ever since, including a new English language version of X that restores the lost footage and
plays at its proper length. Y has stated he is very pleased and impressed with Disney's handling
and dubbing of his films.
◦ Id X and Y.

Answer
◦ Nausicaä of the valley of the wind
◦ Hayao Miyazaki

31.
◦ In Stephen King's Bag of Bones published in 1998, the main character Mike Noonan is an author
who is suffering from writer's block. He talks about the second-book blues, a condition in which
the author finds it extremely hard to produce his second work. Those suffering from this
condition have a great degree of nervousness and indulge in jinx stuff, thinking that the success
of their first book was just a fluke. Mike Noonan goes on to sarcastically say that he remembers
an American literature lecturer who once claimed that the only modern American writer to have
found a fool-proof way of avoiding the second-book blues was X.
◦ Identify X.
◦ Why did this condition cease to be valid in 2015?

Answer
◦ Harper Lee.
◦ She published her second book 'Go Set a Watchman' in 2015.

32.
◦ X was a UK animated TV character whose voice was supplied by the actor Neil Morrissey. During
his voice acting role, he achieved a UK number 1 singles, with "Can We Fix It?" in 2000.The song
title is derived from X's catchphrase, a question directed to his fellow workers when presented
with a challenge. This was the biggest selling single in the UK in 2000, selling 853,000 copies. It
went on to become the most successful single in BBC history, topping 1 million in sales.
◦ For which character Morrissey provided his voice?

33.
◦ While the DLS method is used in International cricket, Indian domestic cricket relies on different
method to find out the result in rain-affected games. This method was constructed by a civil
engineer from Kerala.
◦ DLS method assumes that a team’s scoring rate accelerates throughout the team’s innings,
whereas this method assumes that the scoring rate is faster during the first fifteen to twenty
overs during fielding restrictions, decelerates during the middle overs when most teams try to
consolidate their innings and then accelerates again for the slog overs.
◦ Name this method.

Answer
◦ VJD method also known as Gokul Gurandi system devised by V. Jayadevan

34.
◦ The Cricketer Ravi Shastri, despite his sheer brilliance in batting, was not known for playing a
variety of shots. however, one particular trademark shot of his was the flick shot that was played
later where the quick turn of his wrists played an important role in generating power. This action
of turning the wrists and in turn, the bat flipping in a rapid motion reminded his teammates of
an action associated with Indian cooks and housewives and thus named his shot after this
action.
◦ What was the name of the shot?

35.
◦ Barfly is a 1987 American comedy drama film directed by
Barbet Schroeder and starring Mickey Rourke and Faye
Dunaway. The film is a semi-autobiography of poet/author
X during the time he spent drinking heavily in Los Angeles,
and it presents his alter ego Henry Chinaski.
◦ The screenplay, written by X himself, was commissioned by
the French film director Barbet Schroeder, and it was
published (with illustrations by the author) in 1984, when
film production was still pending.

36.
◦ The paintings of Bryan Charnley (1949-1991) used visual metaphor and symbolism to vividly
illustrate the physical experience of X.
◦ Here is some self-portraits he painted in last few months of his life, which captured and
reflected the effects of X.

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