Finals of Game of Fandoms-The Fandom Quiz researched and conducted by Quizzito-The Quiz Society of Gargi College on 9th February as part of High Q 2018- The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College.

1. Finals

2. • Infinite bounce and pounce
• +10/-5 on pounce
• +10 for direct
• Part points as applicable

3. Sometimes authors get their inspiration straight out of their real-
life experiences—and sometimes they don't. In X's case, her book Y
was actually inspired by her happy, functional relationship with her
husband.
X's favourite book happens to be Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith,
the original queen of creating sociopathic mystery characters.
X truly is the anti-protagonist from Y. Not only is she happily
married, but when she was dealt her own layoff from a magazine,
her life almost immediately took a positive turn. Within four years,
she'd written and published Y, crafted a screenplay based on the
book, and had her first child.
Name X and Y.
Points for the protagonist.

5. X = Gillian Flynn
Y = Gone Girl
Protagonist of the book = Nick
Dunne

6. This cartoon makes references to "The Flintstones" in numerous
episodes. For example, in season 1 episode 13 Major Glory recreates
Fred bashing on the door after the cat throws him out, followed by
Krunk opening the door wearing a wig that looks like Wilma's hair. Also,
in season 2 episode 1, when _______ grows a beard and struts down
the street, Fred Flintstone can be seen walking by. One of its episodes
is a parody of Die Hard (1988), including a scene where _________ ,
wearing only an undershirt and pants, painfully walks over scattered
potato chips, recreating the scene in where barefooted John McClane
(Bruce Willis) is forced to walk on broken glass. Identify the cartoon.

8. Dexter’s Laboratory

9. Being one of the most famous classic adventure story
of all time, X metaphorically describes the ultimate
quest of the protagonist, which leads to his fateful
demise. Being a commercial failure, during its writer’s
lifetime, only 3715 copied of X were ever sold. It
wasn’t until 1900’s that X achieved its fame. The story
became so famous that it inspired the name of one of
the beverage brand.
Identify X and the brand.

11. X - Moby Dick
Brand - Starbucks

12. In modern day slang, X is defined as the spread and influence of
western society’s (particularly Hollywood) pop culture & media
encroachment, especially focusing on selling of sex across the world. X
finds many mentions in media & pop culture.
There is also a popular US T.V. series that goes by the name X.
One of the most popular usage of X is found as the title of a popular
song by an American funk rock band, one of the best selling bands of all
time. X has remained one of the band's most popular and most
performed live songs. The song is mainly about the dark side of
Hollywood and the export of culture through the movie industry.
The band got the inspiration for the opening line of the song ‘X’ from
hearing a woman on a New Zealand street ranting about "psychic spies
in China".
The music video for the song takes the form of a fictional 3D video
game from the third-person point of view of each of the band members,
each of them being on some sort of an adventure.
Name X.

14. Californication

15. The world's smallest known fly
species was recently discovered and
it is only 0.395 millimeters long.
Although, this fly is anything but
massive, it has 'massive forelegs',and
because of this reason, the fly was
named after a very famous cultural
icon X. At less than half a millimeter
long, it’s barely visible to the naked
eye. This fly unseats the previous
record-holder for the world’s
smallest fly, Euryplatea nanaknihali,
discovered in 2012.
Identify X.

17. Arnold Schwarzenegger

18. Connect

20. The Lord of The Rings series by JRR Tolkein:
The fellowship of the ring
The two towers
The return of the king

21. Singer/ actor Alison Sudol wrote the melody of the song with X, who
created the lyrics. Alison performed it along with Katherine Waterston
in a scene but the scene was cut from the theatrical release.
The song describes how Isolt Sayre fled to North America because she
was persecuted by some, though she actually escaped from her aunt.
This may be an example of a revisionist history created by a
community that was under threat from some.
Excerpt from the song:
For she was persecuted
by common ________ men.
So she fled from distant Ireland, and so our______ began.
What song is this?

23. Ilvermony School Song

24. X is a 1967 comedy film originally produced by Columbia
Pictures.
It is set as a parody of the Y film series and is loosely based on
the 1953 novel of the same name, which is Z's first novel of the
Y series.
▪The movie X was also released as a reboot of the Y series some
decades later.
▪X is also a 1954 television adaptation of the same novel by Z.
An episode of the anthology series ___, X is the first screen
adaptation of a novel of the Y series.
ID:
X(6)
Y(2)
Z(2)

26. X: Casino Royale
Y: James bond
Z: Ian Fleming

27. Factory workers used to invert their felt fedoras
and chop off the brims so that their eye sight
wouldn't be restricted while working. When they
got new hats, they'd pass their old hats down to
their kids and the crude fedora hack actually
became trendy among kids.
This served as the inspiration behind X's hat (which
is considered odd by some people) when he made
his debut in 1941.
ID X.

29. Jughead Jones

30. ____ magazines or X were inexpensive fiction magazines that were
published from 1896 to the 1950s. The term ____ derives its name
from the cheap _________ paper on which the magazines were
printed. These magazines had ragged, untrimmed edges unlike
magazines printed on higher-quality paper which were called
"glossies" or "slicks".
These magazines gave rise to the term X in reference to run-of-the-
mill, low-quality literature. Although many respected writers wrote
for _____, these magazines were best known for their lurid,
exploitative and sensational subject matter.
These magazines were the inspiration behind the movie X, which is
considered to be one of the most iconic movies ever made.
ID X.

32. Pulp Fiction

33. Frank Sinatra was allegedly furious with X for creating the character
Y. This was due to the striking similarities between Sinatra and Y.
▪Like Sinatra, Y is a crooner adored by women.
▪Y seeks his _________'s help in landing a role in an upcoming
movie, an opportunity that Y feels will salvage his career. According
to rumours (?), X was referring to Sinatra's efforts to land the part of
Maggio in "From Here to Eternity" at a time when his career was in
the doldrums.
ID X and Y.

35. X: Mario Puzo
Y: Johnny Fontane

36. In 1952, X, now considered one of the greatest and most
influential filmmakers of our time, worked as the second
unit director on one episode of the television series
Omnibus. But it was a different episode, about poker
players getting into a fight, that inspired parts of the
movie Y, based on the 1977 bestseller of the same name.
According to X “You think the point of the story is that his
death was inevitable because a paranoid poker player
would ultimately get involved in a fatal gunfight. But, in
the end, you find out that the man he accused was
actually cheating him. I think Y uses a similar kind of
psychological misdirection to forestall the realization that
the supernatural events are actually happening.”
ID X and Y

38. X-Stanley Kubrick
Y-The Shining

39. In the 1960's, psychologist Debord suggested that understanding
'spectacle' was critical to understanding society.
Debord provides an answer that resonates in ___, where many
protagonists experience spectacle in their own way. Be it
spectacle of justice, politics or even love.
Fans of this show believe that one theme that keeps coming back
on the show ___ is the spectacle that comes through their
screens, a sinking feeling of dread, disgust, as it is built into the
fabric of our reality.
The fact that humans have been numbed by years of advertising
and mass culture and because of that live shallow, disconnected
lives is something that is brought up throughout the series.
The show's trademark is its pessimism, that is slowly turning
towards a more positive tone.
FITB.

41. Black Mirror

42. 'Am I at peace that cancer exists, am I at peace that
this disease that killed my father, exists. No I'm not'
said Steve Aoki, when asked about _ and its theme.The
basic idea of _ is to retain consciousness and restore
it. The show _ depicts humans accomplishing their
long desired distant dream. The show's producers
claim that to some the theme of _ may seem creepy
but things like vitro fertilization and test tube babies
were considered creepy too, before they changed the
society's overall perspective. _ focuses on storing the
essence of a person as a data and implications related
to it.FITB

44. Altered Carbon

45. Connect:
-"Cha-La Head-Cha-La" (1989)
-"We Gotta Power"
-"Boku-tachi Wa Tenshi Datta"
--"Kiseki no Big Fight"
-"Dragon Power ∞“
-"Saikyō no Fusion"
-"Ore ga Yaranakya Dare ga
Yaru"
-"Hero (Kibō no Uta)" (2013)

47. Soundtracks of DragonBall Z

49. An 'X' is the leader of a clique. The term has been applied in
several social settings. In a business environment, "X" may refer
to a woman in upper management who advanced in the ranks.
Many of those executive women tend to be politically
conservative and they choose not to publicly identify
with feminism. They often see other, usually younger, women as
competitors and will refuse to help them advance within a
company, preferring to mentor a male over a female employee.
Some such 'Xs' may actively take steps to hinder another
woman's advancement as they are seen as direct competitors.
Such tactics are sometimes referred to as heterophily (in the
sense of positive preference and favoritism for opposite-sex
colleagues) or the X syndrome.In pop culture, These 'Xs' are
often stereotyped in the media as
being beautiful, charismatic, manipulative, and wealthy and are
shown holding positions of high social status. The popularity of
this term soared with the release of an iconic movie Y.
ID X and Y.

51. X – Queen Bee
Y – Mean Girls

54. -Cigars of the pharaoh
-The blue lotus
-King ottokar's scepter
-The crab with the golden
claws
-The shooting star
-The secret of the unicorn
-The seven crystal balls
-The calculus affair
-The red Sea sharks
Names of Tintin comics

55. Connect

57. Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
(Video Game)

58. X is an adventure series based on two
friends that first came out In 1950’s. X is
often centering on puns, caricatures, and
tongue in cheek stereotypes of its
originating continent. X is a symbol used in
software programming. Identify X

60. Asterix

61. ____ is a fictional character that appears in comic books.
____ was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen.
_____ is born on the utopian planet of Czarnia and works
as an interstellar mercenary and a bounty hunter.
Writers attempted to use _____ as a parody of the 1990s
trend towards “grim & gritty” superhero stories.
_____ is also the favorite character of Stan Lee.
_____ has exceptional strength and is arrogant and self
centered, focusing almost solely on his own pleasures.

63. Lobo

64. I am the fire that burns your skin
I am the water that kills your thirst
I am the castle, the tower
The sword that guards the fortune
You the air that I breathe
And the moonlight in the sea
The throat I want to wet
That I am afraid of throttling
And what desires are you going to
give me?
What is being referenced to here ?

66. English Translation of the theme song in
Narcos
Soy el fuego que arde tu piel
Soy el agua que mata tu sed
El castillo, la torre yo soy
La espada que guarda el caudal
Tú el aire que respiro yo
Y la luz de la luna en el mar
La garganta que ansío mojar
Que temo ahogar de amor
¿Y cuales deseos me vas a dar?

67. Give the connection between these short
stories:
-The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
-The Final Problem
-The Adventure of the Empty House
-The Bruce Partington Plans
(Exhaustive list)

69. They all feature or mention Mycroft
Holmes.

70. Alien and silent hill were the
inspiration behind X. The
designer was also influenced
by the works of Polish
painter Beksinski whose work
often depicted ‘an
otherworldly, helish world
surrounded by a thin layer of
something we can’t make
out’. ID X

72. The Upside Down in Stranger
Things

73. What is common between the three paintings
1."Vase With Fifteen
Sunflowers"
by Vincent van
Gogh.
2. "Hegel's Holiday"
by René Magritte.
3. "The Horse in
Motion" by Eadweard
Muybridge.

75. The parody versions of
these paintings can be
seen in the Smith
Residence in Rick and
Morty

76. "It might seem both thrilling and a bit disconcerting when you
first hear modern music in the wild _ setting, and that’s the
point", according to the show composer, one of the small joys of
_ was deciphering what iconic songs were repurposed for the
show’s ever-present player piano. When one watches _ they pay
special attention at key moments, it could kick in a little
Soundgarden, Rolling Stones, or even Radiohead perfectly
complimenting the show's theme. What’s so great about using
these pieces instead of the score is that they are known
melodies. The show has an anachronistic feel to it, a western
theme, therefore the modern songs. And that’s a metaphor in
itself, wrapped up in the overall theme of the show. Whenever
the melody of a popular song played, it sent audience members
back to their own recollections of that song while also serving
as a reminder of the trippy time-crossing nature of the show’s
setting. FITB

78. Westworld

79. According to X - 'there's no unconditional love, there's
only unconditional need'. X does not believe in happy
endings and does seem to be resign in permanent state
of depression. The show has always suggested that
people don't change yet somehow X wants to try. The
writers took inspiration from Sherlock Holmes for X's
final exit. X as a character stands for — the pursuit of
truth.He had no real friends growing up which more
than likely added on to his anti-social behavior. It is
intimated that he frequently rebelled against his father
and was punished as a result with both intense physical
discomfort and emotional isolation.Identify X.

81. House

82. This was shown in the series X. X’s
protagonist of the same name was originally
based off of the performer Sting. Identify
the object and X

84. Pandora’s Box in the tv show
Constantine

85. Philosophy deals with different kind of alienation.
Alienation from humanity, the world and even
oneself, all these all explored in _. The show even
employs visual tricks to emphasize the distance
between characters, such as wide angle lenses and
framing characters at the edge of the screen.One
of the central tenants of _ is that consumer culture
is a collective delusion , one that estranges us from
the world and each other. The show's creator holds
nothing back in paying homage to other films
critical of consumer culture. This is depicted by
references from 'V for Vendetta', 'They Live',
'American Psycho'.In the show, the stake of
alienation is control. Something that each
character tries to achieve throughout the series
and is the opening monologue of the show.FITB

87. Mr. Robot

88. What Is common between Maya Lopez(Echo),
Clint Barton (Hawkeye), Alexi Shostakova (Red
Guardian) and Eric Brooks (Blade)

90. These four people are the only ones from
Earth 616 to have taken up the identity of
the Ronin.

91. Connect

93. These are the various clauses of the roommate agreement
between Sheldon and Leonard.
Unnamed clause: the thermostat must be kept at 72 degrees
at all times
Section 9: The apartment's flag is a gold lion rampant on a
field of azure and should never be flown upside down, unless
the apartment is in distress.
Friendship Clause: Sheldon will take Leonard swimming to Bill
Gates' house should he ever be invited.
If one of them will be visiting CERN, they must take the other
along