This is the finals of the Nerd Wars - the Comics Quiz conducted by me as part of Agon 17 on September 13, 2017 at Calcutta National Medical College.

1. FINALS

2. RULES
• THE FINALS WILL HAVE 4 ROUNDS.
• THE RULES FOR EACH ROUND WILL BE
MENTIONED PRIOR TO THAT PARTICULAR
ROUND.
• THE QM HOLDS ALL THE INFINITY GEMS,
AND HIS DECISION IS FINAL AND BINDING.

3. ROUND 1

4. RULES
• This round has 6 questions.
• Each question will contain specifications of a certain
entity in the Comics Universe, and you will be required
to identify the corresponding entity.
• The round will progress in an Infinite Bounce manner.
• No pounce.
• Correct answers will fetch you +10 (direct or pass).
Wrong attempts will not incur any penalty.

5. Dimensions:
• Length: 333 m (estimated)
• Width: 77 m (estimated)
• Weight: Unknown
Features:
• Has two decks (the main one for taking off, the slanted other
deck for landing)
• Two large arrays of jet engines at the rear
• For colossal fans/ propulsion lift (repulsors)
• Floating mode (jet engines and fans are concealed
underwater)
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6. ANSWER

7. S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

8. • Two separate triggers and barrels for the index and middle
fingers respectively.
• Top barrel is meant for lethal force (Plasma Shot).
• Bottom barrel fires electricity (Electric Shot).
• Both barrels can be fired simultaneously for combined effect
(Dual Shot).
• Design is somewhat similar to handguns from 1980's Space
Western animated series, BraveStarr.
• A weapon of identical appearance is used by the same person
in the comics.
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9. ANSWER

10. Star-Lord’s Quad Blasters

11. Original model:
• Manufactured from lightweight titanium ribbing and Mylar
• Detachable jet-powered objects
• Wafer-thin solar power receptors that convert sunlight into
electricity to power miniature high-speed electric turbine fans
Improvements:
• Infrared lenses on visor
• Additional visor features: magnification capabilities, remote
imaging sensors
• Wide band receiver and transmitter with an unspecified range
• GPS Jamming Devices on emitter
• Vibranium microweave to resist small arms fire
3

12. ANSWER

13. Falcon’s Wings

14. Specifications:
• Length: Full-length
• Color scheme: Variable (dark red being the basic color)
Abilities:
• Can be used as a durable shield to resist damage from attacks
• Can alter physical shape to mimic certain other items
• Can act as an extra limb for grabbing, striking, or wrapping
• Helps the user to float and fly
• Can reach speeds of 25 miles per hour
• Can respond to commands and directions from its user
4

15. ANSWER

16. Cloak of Levitation

17. • Length: 15 feet 2 inches (4.62 m)
• Width: 9 feet 2 inches (2.79 m)
• Weight: 2.5 short tons (2.3 t)
• Acceleration: 0-60 in 5.6 seconds
• Engine: 5.7 litre GM V8 engine capable of 500 horsepower (370 kW)
• Rear flaps to assist brakes
• Dual front autocannons
• Rocket launcher
• Landing hook to sprung landing stabilization
• Integrated fire-extinguishing system
• Integrated safety connection to gasoline control
• Jet engine
• Stealth mode
• Attack mode
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18. ANSWER

19. Batmobile

20. • Length: Variable, can be extended to greater lengths
• Can be used as a flail or to ensnare a target
• Obeys the mental commands of the user
• Can be worn as an accoutrement to the user’s
clothing
• Multipurpose weapon – Can be effectively used as a
staff or as shuriken-like blades
• Can be spun at high speeds to create a saw that is
capable of cutting through virtually any material
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21. ANSWER

22. Ghost Rider’s Chain/
Hellfire Chain

23. ROUND 2

24. RULES
• This round has 6 questions.
• Each question will contain a set of images, and you will
be required to identify the corresponding
group/organization.
• The round will progress in an Infinite Bounce manner.
• No pounce.
• Correct answers will fetch you +10 (direct or pass).
Wrong attempts will not incur any penalty.

25. 1

26. ANSWER

27. The Illuminati

28. 2

29. ANSWER

30. Sword of Rao

31. 3

32. ANSWER

33. The Chaste

34. 4

35. ANSWER

36. The Phoenix Five

37. 5

38. ANSWER

39. Ten Rings

40. 6

41. ANSWER

42. The (original ‘non-team’)
Defenders

43. ROUND 3

44. RULES
• This round has 4 questions.
• This is a written round.
• You will be required to write the 4 answers on the front
side of the page provided. At the end of the 4 questions,
teams will be asked to arrange your answers separately
in a
specified way.
• Each question carries +10/-5
• Arranging your answers carries +20/-10

45. 1. Which film is this blueprint in relation to?

46. 2. Which movie?

47. 3. This film’s development began 4 years before it was actually
released in cinemas. Following the initial delay due to the departure
of the hired director (since he was “not comfortable with staying away
from his family for almost a year”), the film was postponed because of
a 9.0 undersea earthquake and the consequent tsunami.
The film was postponed once again so as to allow the lead actor to
work on another film. Moreover, a new scriptwriter was hired to
rewrite the original script.
Although the film was released in July in the USA, it was not until
September that a particular East Asian country got to watch it, since it
was believed that the latter might find an iconic scene in the movie
insensitive, thanks to its history with the USA.
ID the film.

48. 4. Having kickstarted the superhero craze more than a decade
ago, Bryan Singer ended up ditching the X-Men franchise in favor
of Superman Returns for Warner Bros., terminating his original
deal with 20th Century Fox in the process.
The film, unlike Singer’s previous films, failed to capture the
audience who found it not only dull and boring, but also
unnecessarily lengthy.
Later on, he would regret his departure but would go on to
explain that the “circumstances didn’t allow for it to happen.”
ID the film.

49. ARRANGE YOUR ANSWERS
IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL
ORDER THAT FOLLOWS THE
STORY OF WOLVERINE

50. SUBMIT YOUR
SHEETS

51. ANSWERS

52. ANSWERS

53. 1. Which film is this blueprint in relation to?

55. 2. Which movie?

57. 3. This film’s development began 4 years before it was actually
released in cinemas. Following the initial delay due to the departure
of the hired director (since he was “not comfortable with staying away
from his family for almost a year”), the film was postponed because of
a 9.0 undersea earthquake and the consequent tsunami.
The film was postponed once again so as to allow the lead actor to
work on another film. Moreover, a new scriptwriter was hired to
rewrite the original script.
Although the film was released in July in the USA, it was not until
September that a particular East Asian country got to watch it, since it
was believed that the latter might find an iconic scene in the movie
insensitive, thanks to its history with the USA.
ID the film.

59. 4. Having kickstarted the superhero craze more than a decade
ago, Bryan Singer ended up ditching the X-Men franchise in favor
of Superman Returns for Warner Bros., terminating his original
deal with 20th Century Fox in the process.
The film, unlike Singer’s previous films, failed to capture the
audience who found it not only dull and boring, but also
unnecessarily lengthy.
Later on, he would regret his departure but would go on to
explain that the “circumstances didn’t allow for it to happen.”
ID the film.

61. ARRANGE YOUR ANSWERS
IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL
ORDER THAT FOLLOWS THE
STORY OF WOLVERINE

62. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Wolverine
X-Men: Days of Future Past

63. ROUND 4

64. RULES
• This round has 12 questions.
• You can either answer a direct question or pass it.
Passing a question will fetch you 0 point.
• After each question, teams that wish to pounce need to
raise their hands.
The QM will approach you, and you will write the
answer on your sheet and show it to him.
• After that, the team at whom the question is originally
directed will be allowed to answer.
• Direct Questions: +10/-5
• Passed Questions: +10/-5
• Pounce: +20/-10

65. QUESTION 1

66. 1. X is an AI created by Ultron to be his wife. X was based on the
brainwaves of Janet van Dyne, the first Wasp and Hope van
Dyne's mother from Ant-Man.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tony Stark is seen selecting a
replacement for J.A.R.V.I.S. from a plethora of new AI butlers. He
ultimately settles on FRIDAY, but not before coming across an AI
named X.
In Greek mythology, X was the Queen consort of Thebes, mother
and wife of Oedipus. This is where the X complex, the opposite
of Oedipus complex, derives its name from.
ID X.

67. ANSWER

68. Jocasta

69. QUESTION 2

70. 2. This is a scene from The Flash Season 2. What is
being shown here in the map?

71. ANSWER

72. Atlantis City

73. QUESTION 3

74. Where will you find a list containing these names?
• Bill Cosby
• Lindsay Lohan
• Mike Tyson
• Miley Cyrus
• Charlie Sheen
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Vladamir Putin
• Lil Wayne

75. ANSWER

77. QUESTION 4

78. Jason Momoa’s ties to the comics universe is longer than what
many know. Contrary to popular belief, his role as Aquaman for
DC Comics isn’t the first role that he was offered in comics films.
He had auditioned and had been offered the role of X in
_________ which ultimately went to another actor because
Momoa turned it down saying he was tired of playing brutes,
and that he wanted his children to see their father happy.
Interestingly, some of Momoa’s Ronon in Stargate: Atlantis, Khal
Drogo in Game of Thrones, and Conan the Barbarian in the 2011
film of the same name.
Give me X.

79. ANSWER

80. Drax the Destroyer

81. QUESTION 5

82. Spiderman = Spidey
Captain America = Wing Head
Iron Man = Shell Head
Daredevil = Horn Head
Thor = ?

83. ANSWER

84. Goldilocks

85. QUESTION 6

86. X is a device in Kirby’s Fourth World setting in the DC Universe,
considered to possess wondrous powers and abilities not
understood even by their users.
X appears briefly in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in the
footage that Batman obtains from Lex Luthor. It ends up being
the final component that transforms Victor Stone into Cyborg,
thereby saving his life.
In the game Injustice 2, X is portrayed as a reward that comes in
5 different tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.
ID X.

87. ANSWER

88. Mother Box

89. QUESTION 7

90. Give me the erased part.

91. ANSWER

92. Fridge magnets

93. QUESTION 8

94. X is an English translation of a famous Latin adage which has
been used to describe Napoleon Bonaparte’s foreign policy.
In Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie’s Harley Queen smashes a store
window in the middle of a suicide mission. In the smash and
grab scene, a mannequin in the store is found to have the Latin
version of the phrase written on it over and over again.
X has also been used by a Marvel character, Frank Castle in the
2004 film, The Punisher.
If you are into WWE, you’re probably familiar with this phrase.
Give me X.

95. ANSWER

96. If you want peace, prepare for war

97. QUESTION 9

98. “It’s a nod to Trayvon, no question,” he said. “Trayvon Martin
and people like him. People like Jordan Davis, a kid who was
shot because of the perception that he was a danger. When
you’re a black man in a hoodie, all of a sudden you’re a
criminal. That’s something we shouldn’t have to deal with, but
we do. It’s a double standard. We can’t cover our head when it’s
cold and raining because God forbid someone sees us and puts
our life in danger. We wanted to pay homage to that—it’s not
something we were shying away from… We were watching the
news, and it was always someone being shot who was
unarmed, and there is no justification for it. It’s mind-boggling.”
How did ‘he’ pay homage to that?

99. ANSWER

100. Luke Cage’s grey hoodie
covered with bullet holes

101. QUESTION 10

102. ID the Easter egg.

103. ANSWER

104. Human Torch, Marvel’s
first superhero

105. QUESTION 11

106. Dennis Coles is an American rapper and a member of a hip hop
group that released its debut album (a smashing hit,
nonetheless) in 1993. He is known to assume several aliases,
among which X and Y are relevant to this event.
X is also the name of the movie where Coles almost cameoed,
but his scenes were eventually cut off. However, one of his songs
found a place in the movie – the same song that featured in
GTA IV soundtrack.
Coles is so obsessed with X that he released an album of the
name in 1996.
ID X or Y.

107. ANSWER

108. X = Ironman
Y = Tony Starks

109. QUESTION 12

110. Connect to comics universe

111. ANSWER

112. Rorschach