This MELA was held in May 2021 and set by Aishani Dureja as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by the QM. Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding Intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.

2. Rules
• There are 16 Questions
• +10 Points on bounce, +10/ -5 on Pounce
• Part points applicable on direct, in case of questions with
more than one answer.
• The presence of is followed by an image as clue.
• Refrain from using search engines
• All the best!

3. Q1
This poster of Dragon
Ball: Tournament of
Power, shares a
striking similarity with
a 2018 superhero
movie
ID the Movie

5. Answer
• Marvel avengers infinity war

6. Q2
• ____ ___________is a concept of game theory where the
optimal outcome of a game is one where no player has an
incentive to deviate from his or her chosen strategy after
considering an opponent's choice and thus maintain a
constant strategy.
• . If you want to test for a ____ ___________, simply reveal
each person's strategy to all players. It exists if no players
change their strategy, despite knowing the actions of their
opponents.
• This is named after its inventor John ____. A biopic is also
made on this person, who was a great mathematician and
suffered from schizophrenia.
• The movie received several awards in 2002.
ID the movie and FITB

8. Answer
• Nash equilibrium ( Named after John Nash)
• A beautiful mind

9. Q3
• China recently created a Guinness World Record, by
longest animation performed by using ______, which
pays a tribute to X.
• ______ production company EFYI Group partnered
with Tianjin University in China to “paint” the sky with
some of X’s most beloved paintings.
• The mysterious swirls and whirls of yellow and white
against a rich blue night sky is quite easy to recognize.
ID the painting and What as so special about this
event/FITB

12. Answer
• THE STARRY NIGHT by Vincent van Gogh
• They used Drones to make this painting.

13. Q4
Connect
Japan
Colorado (US)
Kenya
Germany
Finland
Colombia
Russia
Norway
Portugal
(The list is exhaustive)

15. Answer
Money heist characters are named after the
capitals of these places

16. Q5
• In 2016, a lawsuit was filed against X for "aggravated
defamation", following publication of a series of cartoons
titled __________ _______ _____.
• The bandaged man is shown under the words penne
tomato sauce, a woman with burns is depicted as penne
gratin, and bodies lying beneath layers of rubble as lasagne
• It was sued for posting insensitive, satirical cartoons which
were based on a 2016 Earthquake that devastated the town
of Amatrice in Italy
• X has recently been in news for a similar case of defamation
of a certain section of the society.
ID X and FITB.

19. Answer
• X: Charlie Hebdo
'Earthquake Italian style‘

20. Q6
• On January 23rd, 1977, X shocked the world with their
politically charged new album Y.
• Y’s release spoke to the corruption and social injustice that
was prevalent in 1970’s Britain, with pigs, dogs, and sheep
symbolizing the aristocracy, military, and working classes,
respectively.
• The album has been aptly named Y.
• It is also known to be loosely based on the book Z, which
follows the same theme.
• ID X, Y, Z

23. Answer
• X: Pink Floyd
• Y: Animals
• Z: animal farm

24. Q7
• _____ is an art form combining the physical arts
of scenery, costume, wigs and makeup with the
visual arts of lightning and projection and the
oral art of music, instrumental and vocal.
• In the current scenario of the pandemic, some
companies have come up with a way to enjoy
_____ by putting 360-degree videos online for
the people to experience.
• Give Funda/Technology and FITB

26. Answer
• A virtual reality opera

27. Q8
• X made an unnamed and uncredited voice cameo on the
latest instalment of Bruce Miller’s Hulu series based on
Margaret Atwood dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tail.
• X’s soothing voice appears in the episode, titled “Holly,”
when the character turned on the radio to tune into
“Radio Free America,” a resistance radio station that was
broadcasting from a location “in the Great White North.”
And, of course, it was hosted by X.
• It is significant as X started her career in broadcasting at
age 17 at radio station WVOL.
ID X

29. Answer
• Opera winfrey

30. Q9 Connect
Sabuj Patra

32. Answer
• Rabindranath Tagore

33. Q 10
• Gulal is a 2009 movie, directed by Anurag
kashyap.
• Because of the shoe string budget, the director
did something which helped the producers save
money for lighting and extras. Most of the scenes
were shot during a particular time of the year
• You can see a lot of shots with dim scenes in the
movies.
What did they do?

35. Answer
The film was shot during festivals (Diwali)

36. Q11
In 2011, this Google doodle celebrated the 176th Birthday of
X, who was an was an American writer, humorist,
entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. This doodle is a
reference from one of X’s famous children’s novels.
ID X

38. Answer
• Mark Twain

39. Q12
In Season 11 of the Big Bang Theory, Howard and Bernadette's second
child was born, with the couple naming the boy 'X Michael
Wolowitz' - Michael being Bernadette's father's name, and X a
reference to three real world people –
• An iconic British author whose imagination has thrilled millions
• One of the biggest musicians of all time that Howard and Amy both
found to be the only common interest that they both have (in an
earlier season)
• A person who carries on the space-related theme that influenced
their first daughter's name (Halley), with all three inspirations
having the first name X.
ID the 3 people.

41. Answer
• X – Neil
• Neil Gaiman
• Neil Diamond
• Neil Armstrong

42. Q13
• X is said to have been inspired by the Hindu Mythology
• The concept of _____ was created as the creator of X wanted to
‘awaken a certain kind of spirituality’ in young audiences.
• It is described as “ The act of living generates a _____field, an
energy that surrounds us; when we die, that energy joins with all
the other energy. There is a giant mass of energy in the universe
that has a good side and a bad side. We are part of the
_____because we generate the power that makes the _____ live.
When we die, we become part of that _____. So we never really die;
we continue as part of the _____”
• ID X and the concept/FITB

44. Answer
• The Force from star wars

45. Q14
• Yayoi Kusama is an 88 year old japanees artist
famously known for her signature art.
• If you search on instagram #Yayoikysama, you
will see these images (Image on next slide)
Looking at the images, what is the informal title
given to her, based on her art?

48. Answer
• Queen of polka dots

49. Q15
• Director Umesh Shukla describes the differences between his movie
X based on the stage play “Krishan vs Kanhaiya ” (both of which
have the same lead actors) and the stage play as "Compared to a
film, a play has its limitations.
• While the plot of the dramas involved only eight scenes — four
scenes each pre- and post-interval — for the film, we have taken
creative liberty involving 80 to 100 scenes. There is more spice in
the film. The plays have mainly dealt with Hinduism but the film
shows different religions. Also, the story is conveyed through
songs. Therefore, a lot of attention has been given to the lyrics
which was never there in the play. "
ID X

51. Answer
• OMG (Oh My God!)

52. Q16
• X is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer
the novel presents a future American society
where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn
any that are found.
• X’s tagline explains the title as "'the temperature
at which book paper catches fire, and burns":
the auto ignition temperature of paper.
ID X

54. Answer
• Fahrenheit 451

55. Thank You