LitMuse Quiz finals

LitMuse Quiz
Abhishek
Saurav and Mondeep

Rules:
– Standard LPFA quiz rules.
– 6 teams in finale.
– Pounce and Bounce wherever required.

1.
– Because of their outfits probably, it was alleged that the
name of their band meant “Knights In Satan’s Service”.
But the band members deny the claim. They rather say
that they decided to keep the name short, crispy and
attractive and thus the present name was chosen.
– Id the Band.

2.
– This 1995 track is believed to be most politically enraged
track of the artist. It raised mammoth questions about
the racial discrimination of the whites towards the black.
Because of that it was shot in Salvadore de Bahia in
Brazil. Due to the controversial content, the clip was
actually censored in the 1990s, and MTV and VH1 would
only air it after 9pm.
– Identify the song (pic next slide).

Answer
– They Don’t Really Care About Us (Michael Jackson)

3.
– The following tweet happened from the official handle
of a famous personality. It is one of the few Hindi
tweets from him and because of which the whole
Tweeting fraternity went gaga.
– Identify the famous personality.

4.
– The marked out portion was
a wizarding street located
in London, England. It was a
cross street of Diagon Alley and
intersected Knockturn
Alley and Carkitt Market.
Diagon Alley is a popular
location in the Harry Potter
franchisee known for its shop.
Identify the area which is in fact
quite “straighter” than the
others.

5.
X WAS A GIFTED YOUNG WIZARD BORN OF A WITCH MOTHER
AND A MUGGLE FATHER ON DECEMBER 31,1926. HIS MOTHER
MEROPE DIED WHILE GIVING BIRTH TO ‘X’ AND HE WAS RAISED IN
AN ORPHANAGE.WHILE LIVING AT THE ORPHANAGE,HE WAS
OFTEN SUSPECTED OF MISDEEDS INCLJUDING ONCE WHEN HE
WAS SUSPECTED OF KILLING ANOTHER BOY’S PET RABBIT.
‘X’ GREW UP TO BE POWERFUL AND HE EXCELLED AT HOGWARTS
AND WHILE AT SCHOOL HE WAS ALREADY DABBLING IN THE DARK
ARTS.SOME OF HIS FRIENDS WERE ALREADY CALLING HIM
VOLDEMORT,A NAME THAT ‘X’ HAD CHOSEN BY REARRNAGING
HIS NAME INTO “I AM LORD VOLDEMORT”. JUST GIVE ME X

6.
– “Dreaming X” is a 2018 documentary directed by Nitesh Anjaan that
chases the journey of Danish translator Mette Holm and her
journey of translating the magical realism in literature that was
ushered in by X. Holm is constantly chasing the distant author’s
intentions while wrestling with the crosscurrents of two languages
so unlike as to constitute different worlds. The movie also features
a six-foot-tall bipedal frog from the pages of a X short story, who
appears to pursue Holm as she moves through the labyrinth of
Tokyo. It seems at once menacing, absurd, and profound. And, like
the work of both author and translator, it embodies not only hazard
and doubt, but also magic and the promise of freedom.

1.
– “X’ IS A SONG BY THE FAMOUS SINGER ‘Y’ AND WILL
JENNINGS.THE SONG APPEARED ON THE 1991 RUSH FILM
SOUNDTRACK AND IS A VERY FAMOUS SONG.THE SONG WON 3
GRAMMY AWARDS FOR BEST MALE POP VOCAL,SONG OF THE
YEARNAND RECORD OF THE YEAR.BUT THE MOST
INTERESTING/TRAGIC THING ABOUT THE SONG IS THAT THE SONG
WAS IN MEMORY OF ‘Y’’s 4 YEAR OLD SON CONOR WHO DIED
FROM THE 53RD FLOOR WINDOW OF A NEW YORK CITY
APARTMENT.JUST GIVE ME ‘X’ AND ‘Y’.

Answer
– X – TEARS IN HEAVEN
– Y- ERIC CLAPTON

2.
– ALTHOUGH ‘X’ ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS BOOK MOSTLY FOR HIS FOLLOWERS,IT
GREW IN POPULARITY. FROM THE ROYALTIES,’X’ WAS ABLE TO AFFORD A
MERCEDEZ AUTOMOBILE WHILE STILL IMPRISONED.THE BOOK WAS GIVEN FREE
TO EVERY NEWLYWED COUPLE AND EVERY SOLDIER FIGHTING AT THE FRONT.
– BY AROUND 1947 ABOUT 10 MILLION COPIES WERE SOLD ACROSS THE WORLD.
GIMME ‘X’

Answer
– MEIN KAMPF BY ADOLF HITLER

3.
– STRIKE IS A WAR VETERAN WOUNDED BOTH PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY
AND HIS LIFE IS IN DISARRAY. THE CASE GIVES HIM A FINANCIAL LIFELINE,BUT IT
COMES AT A PERSONAL COST,THE MORE HE DELVES INTO THE YOUNG MODELS
COMPLEX WORLD,THE DARKER THINGS GET. INTRODUCING CORMORAN STRIKE,X IS
A REMARKABLE BOOK.
– THE BBC REPORTED THAT THE AUTHOR SENT THE MANUSCRIPTS TO MANY
PUBLISHING HOUSES WHO DECLINED IT INCLUDING ORION BOOKS.IT WAS
EVENTUALLY ACCEPTED BY SPHERE BOOKS WITH WHOM ‘Z’ HAD COLLABORATED
ON HIS/HER PREVIOUS NOVEL,THE CASUAL VACANCY(2012).
– THIS IS THE FIRST CRIME NOVEL BY ‘Y’ RECENTLY FOUND OUT TO BE ‘Z’.

Answer
– X- THE CUCKOO’S CALLING
– Y-ROBERT GALBRAITH
– Z-JK ROWLING

4.
– THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AN INSTRUMENT.
– “IT IS A MODIFIED ARCHTOP GUITAR AND CONSISTS OF 20 STRINGS-THREE TO
FOUR MELODY STRINGS ,FOUR TOM FIVE DRONE STRINGS AND TWELVE
SYMPATHETIC STRINGS. A GOURD (OR THE TUMBA) IS SCREWED INTO THE BACK
OF THE NECKFOR IMPROVED SOUND SUSTAIN AND RESONANCE.IT IS HELD IN
THE LAP LIKE A SLIDE GUITAR.
– THIS INSTRUMENT IS MODERN VARIANT OF THE HAWAIIAN GUITAR AND IT IS
SO SAID THAT THE INVENTOR ,WHO RECEIVED “A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD”
IN 1994 NAMED IT AFTER HIMSELF

Answer
– MOHAN VEENA
– INVENTOR- VISHWA MOHAN BHATT

5.
– Known for more than just his cricket, CRICKETEER ‘X’ has formed a music
band and named it S36.
– While S stands for ‘X’, 36 is is lucky number, reported Times of India.
– The player famous for his on-field histrionics had released a theme song for
the Commonwealth Games 2010 held in New Delhi named ‘sport of life’.
– Besides the cricketer himself, the band includes his brother-in-law Madhu
Balakrishnan, a playback singer of his own right, and friends Deepak Warrier,
Deepak Das, Harib Mohammed, Niran Kumar and Narayan Unni.
– X was quoted as saying: "Music is my passion. Besides cricket, music gives
me energy and strength."I JUST NEED X.

6.
– ‘X’ is a form of singing which involves repeated and rapid changes of pitch
between the low-pitch chest register (or "chest voice") and the high-
pitch head register or falsetto. This vocal technique is used in many cultures
worldwide.
– Most experts agree that ‘X’ was used in the Central Alps by herders calling
their stock or to communicate between Alpine villages. The multi-pitched
SOUND later became part of the region's traditional lore and musical
expression.
– IN INDIA,THIS TECHNIQUE WAS INTRODUCED INTO PLAYBACK
SINGING BY TAMILCOMEDIAN JP CHANDRABABU BUT IS ,MORE
COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH KISHORE KUMAR.JUST GIVE ME X.

1. X, Y and Z.
– X is a mashup band that plays music made from combination of
songs from Y and Z.
– The project was founded in 2001 by original guitarist Krk
Hammetson and singer Jaymz Lennfield.
– To avoid legal problems, the band maintained a strict non-
commercial policy and shrouded themselves in anonymity.
– Z were aware of the spoof band's existence and never threatened
to take any legal action. Members of the band Z have all publicly
stated that they enjoy X's music.

Answer
– X – Beatallica
– Y – The Beatles
– Z - Metallica

2. X and Y?
– Somerset Maugham, on a trip to Mysore in 1938, had
asked to meet X, but not enough people had heard of
him to actually effect
the meeting. Maugham subsequently read X’s The Dark
Room, and wrote to him expressing his admiration. But
Maugham was in a false assumption that X lived in Y,
which actually didn’t exist.

Answer
– RK Narayan, Malgudi

3.
– Robonaut 2 are humanoid robots designed to help out the
astronauts on the International Space Station. A version of
Robonaut 2 is up in space right now and one only gone
stuck here on Earth. Robonauts are of immense help for
NASA and the successful completion of their missions. In
which 2015 chartbuster, have you ignored the cameo of this
robot?

4. Identify the movie.
– Three Hindi songs from old Hindi movies can be heard playing in the
background in a certain scene of movie X. The songs are as follows,
– "Mera Man Tera Pyasa” from the movie Gambler (1971) performed by
Mohammed Rafi.
– "Tere Sang Pyar Main" from the movie Nagin (1976) performed by Lata
Mangeshkar.
– "Wada Na Tod" also by Lata Mangeshkar from the movie Dil Tujhko Diya
(1987).
– All three songs are listed in the original soundtrack credits.

5. Put Funda.
– Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha
Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running
characters, appearing in 33 novels, one play (Black Coffee), and
more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.In
the 1975, Curtain he finally died from his own hands. Due to the
huge fanbase, many people across the world mourned his demise.
That lead to something historic that till this date Poirot is the first
fictional character to receive that.

Answer
– Hercule Poirot was the first fictional character ever
to receive front page news coverage in the New
York Times (in this case, it happened to be his
obituary).

6.
– X TAKES ITS TITLE FROM THE 17TH CENTURY HAIKU POET MATSUO BASHO’S FAMPUS
HAIBUN,OKO NO HOSOMICHI,BEST KNOWN IN ENGLISH AS ‘X’. THE NOVEL IS EPIC IN
FORM AND CHRONICLES AN AUSTRALIAN CENTURY WITH ONE HORRIFIC DAY AT ITS
HEART ON THE BURMA RAILWAY. THE NOVEL ENCOMPASS THE POST WAR LIVES OF
JAPANESE AND KOREAN PRISON GUARDS AS WELL AS AUSTRALIAN EAST PRISONERS
OF WAR.
– THE AUTHOR,RICHARD FLANAGAN SAID THAT HIS FATHER’S EXPERIENCE OF BEING A
JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR INFLUENCED HIM TO WRITE THIS BOOK.
– THIS BOOK WON THE BOOKER PRIZE IN THE YEAR 2014.
– JUST NAME THE BOOK (CONCENTRATE ON THE 3RD PARA AND THE ANSWER IS
OBVIOUS)

1. To whom did LDR pay tribute
to?

Answer
– Marilyn Monroe, JFK, Happy Birthday Mr. President

2. Where this story has been
immortalized ?
– X was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over
the Midianites are recounted in chapters 6 to 8 of the Book of Judges in
the Hebrew Bible X worshipped and loved GOD more than anyone, even
in the difficult times. He was mesmerized when GOD appeared right in
front of his eyes and asked him to lead his conquest in Israel. However X
was a young and doubtful man, so he never stopped asking if his visions
were even real but at all. GOD then came back and showed HIMSELF
again and again to the apologetic X , and reassured him to pick up his
sword, because HE was indeed REAL, and was by his side, guarding him
to victory in every battles. After the conquest was accomplished, GOD
never reappeared again.

Answer
– Vision of Gideon by Sufjan Stevens

3. What is the topic of
discussion?
– Introduced by the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) in 1985 and adopted by the British Phonographic
Industry (BPI) in 2011. It is placed on audio recordings in
recognition of profanity or inappropriate references. The label was
first affixed on physical 33 1/3 rpm records, compact
discs and cassette tapes. Since its introduction, its effectiveness
has frequently been called into question. Jon Wiederhorn
from MTV News suggested that artists benefited from the label
and noted that younger customers interested in some kind of
content could more easily find it with a label attached.

4. Identify the word.
– It’s a word which is derived from the name of the particular
German speaking Bohemian novelist. It has become
evocative of all “unnecessarily complicated and frustrating
experiences, like being forced to navigate labyrinths of
bureaucracy.” It basically overcomplicate their own lives
through their fanatical, singular devotion to absurd
conditions. It denotes the surreal distortion and often a
sense of impending danger.

5. Fill in the Blanks.
– Colonel Tom Parker managed Elvis Presley’s career from 1955 to
1977, overseeing virtually every aspect of the star’s life. Therefore
he sought to make the most of the ride by promoting him every
possible way he could. Elvis sang, dance, starred in movies,
and created “the first all-out merchandising campaign ever aimed
at the teen market.” While there was a major love affair with
Presley, Parker knew Elvis wasn’t favorite to many of the
youngsters. Therefore he devised a way to make a profit even from
his haters by creating buttons and badges that said
______________.

1.
– X is a 1942 American animated film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of
sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book X, a Life
in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. The film was released by RKO Radio
Pictures on August 13, 1942, and is the fifth Disney animated feature film.
– The following is a condition called XY (Y being a body part)
– An affliction causing the sufferer to stumble or fall over at any given time,
predominantly, but not limited to, when trying to stand up or sit down.
– A nickname given to a person who falls over often or seemingly has the ability to
trip over flat surfaces or fall over even when sitting down.
– When you have such an earth-shattering orgasm, it makes your legs buckle when
you try to stand up afterwards.
– Gimme XY.

2. Inexhaustive list of what?
– The Duck
– Muddywood
– Balckie
– Lucy
– Micawber
– Lucille
– Fireplace or Red Special
– Old Black

Answer
All Names of “Guitars” of the
famous Guitarists
– The Duck: Yngwie Malmsteen
– Muddywood: Billy Gibbon
– Balckie: Eric Clapton
– Lucy: George Harrison
– Micawber: Keith Richard
– Lucille: B.B. King
– Fireplace or Red Special: Brian May
– Old Black: Tony Iommi

3. Identify the context and the novel.
Chapter 27 is a 2007 crime movie that depicted
the story of an unpopular criminal who had
committed a heinous crime in the history of
humankind. The reason behind the name of the
movie is that the crime was said to be inspired by
a classic novel published in 1951 that had 26
chapters and this very incident is said to be a
continuation of the novel, as the criminal wanted
to be the “ protector of innocence” by doing that
crime.

Answer
The Catcher in
the Rye,
Killing of John
Lennon

4.
X is a fictional astronaut who casually slips the bonds of the world to journey beyond the stars. Some of the
other references of X are-
– In Peter Schilling's song “X (Coming Home)" (1983) He sends a final message, "Give my wife my love...",
after which transmission ceases. People on Earth mourn him, not realizing that he is still alive.
– At the Drive-In's song "Cosmonaut" (2000) was sometimes introduced at live shows by a recorded "final
message" from X before he dies in space.
– K.I.A. created a song entitled "Mrs. X" (2002) on his Adieu Shinjuku Zulu album, where the song is sung by
Larissa Gomes. Here the story is told from the perspective of X’s wife left at home.
– X also has had and continues to have passing references in other popular songs, such as: Five Star's "Rain
or Shine" (1986), Def Leppard's "Rocket" (1987), Marilyn Manson's "Apple of Sodom" (1997)
Which is the original and most popular appearance of X?

Answer
– Major Tom- Space Oddity by David Bowie

5. X (person), Y (band) and Z
(song)? (no part pounces)
– When Tom Morello’s band Lock Up dissolved, he planned to form
Rage Against The Machine. X showed him the technique, and was
briefly in the running to be the frontman.
– At high school, X wrote poems and illustrated them with a “small,
wiry character” named _______. He adopted the name while he
was in the army.
– X is the frontman of Y and Y’s famous song Z is known to one of
the most intricately made song in history of music. It contains a
key signature different from all and abiding by Fibonacci’s
Sequence.

Answer
– X – Maynard James Keenan
– Y – Tool
– Z - Lateralus

1. +55/-30
– No.1 Roc Sign.
– No.2 Triple 6.
– No.3 El Diablo.
– No.4 ______ ___.
– No.5 Masonic Handshakes.
– No.6 Nazi Salute.
– No.7 Hidden Hand.
– No.8 Hand over Heart.
– No.9 Hailing Sign of Distress
What is this list?

2. +45/-25
– The phrase “___ ____ ___ ______ ____” (referred to as X from now on) is a slogan
used in literature and other media.
– René Descartes’ realm of pure ideas considers that self-evident idea such as Y
(correct version of X) may, in fact, have no reality outside the mind. According to the
First Meditation (1641), the standard of truth is self-evidence of clear and distinct
ideas. However, Descartes questions the correspondence of these ideas to reality.
– The first known sympathetic reference to this appears in an 1813 letter by Lord
Byron to his soon-to-be wife Anabella Milbanke in which he writes, "I know that Y —
& should be glad to prove it too if I could—though I must say if by any sort of
process I could make X true, it would give me much greater pleasure.“
– The Communist Party of Russian federation used X as a slogan as they believed they
could do a longer span’s work in a shorter period of time.

3. +35/-20
– You’re being watched, listened to and monitored through your computer, phone and even
TV. And it doesn’t stop there. You’re being told what to eat and what to buy. Whether you
know it or not, ___ _______ __ ________ ___ — and here are seven signs that tell you
how.
– Surveillance cameras: they’re watching
– NSA cell phone tapping: they’re listening
– Data brokers: they know where you’ve been
– “Smart” televisions: they’re watching you watching them
– GMOs: they’re telling you what to eat (Genetically Modified Organisms)
– Implantable microchips: they’re managing your behavior
– Wi-Fi: they’re monitoring your movements

4. +25/-15
– The political purpose of X is to eliminate the expression of the shades of meaning inherent to
ambiguity and nuance from ________ (Standard English) in order to reduce the language's
function of communication, by way of simplistic concepts of simple construction—pleasure
and pain, happiness and sadness, goodthink and crimethink—which linguistically reinforce the
State's totalitarian dominance of the people of Oceania. In X, root words function as nouns
and verbs, which reduced the vocabulary available for the speaker to communicate meaning;
for example, think is both a noun and a verb, thus, the word thought is not functionally
required to communicate the concepts of thought in X; hence, the English word thought is not
in the vocabulary.
– The prefixes plus- and doubleplus- are used for emphasis, plusgood meaning "very good" and
doubleplusgood meaning "superlatively good". Adjectives are formed by adding the suffix –ful
to a root-word, e.g. goodthinkful means "Orthodox in thought."; while adverbs are formed by
adding the suffix –wise, e.g. goodthinkwise means "In an orthodox manner".

Answers (along with
the questions)

1. +25/-15
– No.1 Roc Sign.
– No.2 Triple 6.
– No.3 El Diablo.
– No.4 ______ ___.
– No.5 Masonic Handshakes.
– No.6 Nazi Salute.
– No.7 Hidden Hand.
– No.8 Hand over Heart.
– No.9 Hailing Sign of Distress
What is this list?

2. +20/-10
– The phrase “___ ____ ___ ______ ____” (referred to as X from now on) is a slogan
used in literature and other media.
– René Descartes’ realm of pure ideas considers that self-evident idea such as Y
(correct version of X) may, in fact, have no reality outside the mind. According to the
First Meditation (1641), the standard of truth is self-evidence of clear and distinct
ideas. However, Descartes questions the correspondence of these ideas to reality.
– The first known sympathetic reference to this appears in an 1813 letter by Lord
Byron to his soon-to-be wife Anabella Milbanke in which he writes, "I know that Y —
& should be glad to prove it too if I could—though I must say if by any sort of
process I could make X true, it would give me much greater pleasure.“
– The Communist Party of Russian federation used X as a slogan as they believed they
could do a longer span’s work in a shorter period of time.

3. +15/-5
– You’re being watched, listened to and monitored through your computer, phone and even
TV. And it doesn’t stop there. You’re being told what to eat and what to buy. Whether you
know it or not, ___ _______ __ ________ ___ — and here are seven signs that tell you
how.
– Surveillance cameras: they’re watching
– NSA cell phone tapping: they’re listening
– Data brokers: they know where you’ve been
– “Smart” televisions: they’re watching you watching them
– GMOs: they’re telling you what to eat (Genetically Modified Organisms)
– Implantable microchips: they’re managing your behavior
– Wi-Fi: they’re monitoring your movements

4. +10/-0
– The political purpose of X is to eliminate the expression of the shades of meaning inherent to
ambiguity and nuance from ________ (Standard English) in order to reduce the language's
function of communication, by way of simplistic concepts of simple construction—pleasure
and pain, happiness and sadness, goodthink and crimethink—which linguistically reinforce the
State's totalitarian dominance of the people of Oceania. In X, root words function as nouns
and verbs, which reduced the vocabulary available for the speaker to communicate meaning;
for example, think is both a noun and a verb, thus, the word thought is not functionally
required to communicate the concepts of thought in X; hence, the English word thought is not
in the vocabulary.
– The prefixes plus- and doubleplus- are used for emphasis, plusgood meaning "very good" and
doubleplusgood meaning "superlatively good". Adjectives are formed by adding the suffix –ful
to a root-word, e.g. goodthinkful means "Orthodox in thought."; while adverbs are formed by
adding the suffix –wise, e.g. goodthinkwise means "In an orthodox manner".

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