Not a Lit Quiz

Not a Lit Quiz
Aditya Patil + Ayush Yembarwar

About the Quiz
It’s a short set of 25 questions. One mark for every correct answer.
No lit questions. Sorry, Smx.
Whatever the QMs say goes.

1.
The traditional version of X has four fingers which each measure approximately 1
centimetre (0.4 in) by 9 centimetres (3.5 in). A two-finger version was launched in the
1930s, and has remained the most popular one. The 1999 version has one large finger
approximately 2.5 centimetres (1 in) wide. X contain varying numbers of fingers
depending on the market, ranging from the half-finger ones in Japan, to the three-
fingered variants in Arabia, to the twelve-finger family-size ones in Australia and
France. X are sold individually and in bags, boxes and multi-packs. In Australia and
Malaysia Y also produces X Drumsticks.
X,Y?

2.
The song X is notoriously difficult for non professionals to sing because of its wide
range – a 12th. Humorist Richard Armour referred to the song's difficulty in his
book It All Started With Columbus.
“In an attempt to take Baltimore, the British attacked Fort McHenry, which
protected the harbor. Bombs were soon bursting in air, rockets were glaring, and
all in all it was a moment of great historical interest. During the bombardment, a
young lawyer named Francis Off Key wrote "X", and when, by the dawn's early
light, the British heard it sung, they fled in terror.”
X?

3.
Early on, the game Y was also known as X after the garrison town of ____, where it was
particularly popular and where the first rules for the game were drawn up in 1873. By 1875,
officers returning home had started a Y club in Folkestone. Initially, the sport was played with
sides ranging from 1 to 4 players, but it was quickly established that games between two or
four competitors worked the best. The object in play was coated with India rubber and, in
outdoor play, sometimes weighted with lead. Although the depth of the net was of no
consequence, it was preferred that it should reach the ground.
X, Y?

4.
A shibboleth is any custom or tradition, particularly a speech pattern, that distinguishes one group of
people (an ingroup) from others (outgroups). Shibboleths have been used throughout history in many
societies as simple ways to maintain traditional segregations or to keep out perceived threats.
During World War II, some United States soldiers in the Pacific theater used the word X as a shibboleth
to challenge unidentified persons, on the premise that Japanese people often pronounce the letter L as R
or confuse Rs with Ls; the word is also an American colloquialism that even a foreign person fairly well-
versed in American English would probably mispronounce or be unfamiliar with.
Today we know X in a different light, from the realm of music.
X?

5. #PuneStylz
The band Oasis were sued by A and forced to pay $500,000 in damages after it was alleged that their song "B" had lifted
words and melody from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," a(n) A jingle. Asked about the incident, Noel Gallagher
joked "Now we all drink C."
Ironically, A used the Oasis song ‘D’ used in a commercial celebrating their 125th anniversary.
Further, gimme “E”, what the Indian version of this Pakistani version of the commercial was called.
The Jingle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q
The Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mw9D0jVsNw
ID A, C, D and E.

6.
What follows is an inexhaustive list of instructions, (in no particular order) written
somewhere. Where?
- Learn by repetition
- Hide your weakness
- Consider the source
- Never answer the phone
- Camera doesn’t lie
- Habit and routine
- Condition yourself
- I’m no different
- Don’t trust

7.
In 2004, a pine tree was planted to honour the memory of George Harrison, who
prided himself as a gardener. The George Harrison tree was planted near the
Griffith Park Observatory at the Mount Hollywood Hiking Trail. The tree was
planted in February 2003 and the following year, on February 22, 2004, a
dedication ceremony to unveil a special bronze plaque was held, as the city
declared “George Harrison Day” that year in Los Angeles.
This tree was in the news in 2014, when it had to be cut down due to a particular
reason, which resulted in tongue-in-cheek news reports all over the internet due to
the irony of the situation. The tree was replanted immediately and continues to
grow today.
Why was the tree cut down in the first place?

8.
RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton on 10th April, 1912 for New York City.
The sinking of RMS Titanic led to the death of more than 1500 of the 2224
passengers on board, making it one of the deadliest passenger maritime
disasters. Of the passengers who survived, 31 did not have to face the freezing
cold Atlantic waters and had a very comfortable experience as opposed to the
others. What saved these 31 passengers from the disaster?

9. ID artist. What did this painting inspire?

10.
Roman Zoltowski makes the annual trip from his home in Poland in his 52-year-old open-top
MG sports car to perform his cherished role at _________ in London.Married father Mr
Zoltowski started the job in 1979 while living in south-west London, and working for
Halfhide, the jewellers who supply certain inventory to his employer.He has continued the job
even after returning to his native Poland in 1995. Mr Zoltowski cannot fly because the small,
sharp chisels he uses are considered offensive weapons by airlines.
He says,“This is the attraction of X. What it perfect about it is that it’s not perfect. It shows
by its nature is that it was done by a living human being.”
What does Mr Zoltowski do?

11.
Jennifer Doudna, 56, is an American professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Together with Emmanuelle Charpentier, she led the discovery of X.
In her book, ‘A Crack in Creation’, she describes a nightmare that she had involving Hitler
wearing a pig mask, asking to learn more about her “amazing technology” and the things that
he could achieve with it.
X?

12.
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
Sithi uhm ingonyama
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama
Siyo Nqoba
Ingonyama
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
From the day we arrive on the planet
….
ID.

13.
Originating in France, X popped up in Y in India in around the late 1950s. Each weighing
about 2 tons, there are about 6500 of them costing more than Rs. 5000 per X.
Although, sometimes criticized for affecting the scenic beauty, they are quite popular in
Japan. It is also said that they interrupt the natural cycle of soil erosion and nutrition.
Other than Y, you would also find X lining the shore of Suruga Bay near Mount Fuji, on
the shores of Lithuania and the shores of the Arawaka river in Tokyo.
X?
Where would you find them in India?

14.
“See, there were two guys locked in a lunatic asylum...and one night, one night they decide they
don't like living in an asylum anymore. They decide they're going to escape! So, like, they get up
onto the roof and there, just across this narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching
away in the moonlight...stretching away to freedom. Now, the first guy, he jumps right across with
no problem. But his friend, his friend daredn't make the leap. Y'see...y'see, he's afraid of falling. So
then, the first guy has an idea...He says 'Hey! I have my flashlight with me! I'll shine it across the
gap between the buildings. You can walk along the beam and join me!' B-but the second guy just
shakes his head. He suh-says... he says 'What do you think I am? Crazy? You'd turn it off when I
am half way across”, says X to Y. Y chuckles at the punch line, and the two old foes laugh as the
police arrive.
ID X and Y. What was this exchange popularly known as?

15.
Dutch graphic designer, Christian Boer created this font with a set of very specific
modifications in the hopes of solving some problem.
The research that followed however was inconclusive and couldn’t find enough evidence to
support Boer’s claims.
What problem did this font aim to solve?
Image follows.

16.
Spinal Tap is a parody band spoofing the style of of rock heavy metal groups.
A running gag of the band is that their drummers would die in increasingly bizarre ways. One
died in a gardening accident that authorities said was “best left unsolved”, another
spontaneously combusted on stage, a third sold his dialysis machine for drugs and is
presumed dead, and so on. One is believed to either be dead or playing jazz in Japan, while
another’s fate is firmly sealed: he died trying to jump over a tank of sharks on a tricycle.
The bizarre deaths of these drummers served as an inspiration for a ‘curse’ associated with a
certain position held by characters in which the character holding the post would die or
become otherwise incapacitated to do their job at the end of one year. What?

17.
A Chewbacca defense is a legal strategy in which the aim of the argument is to deliberately
confuse the jury rather than to factually refute the case of the other side. This term was used
in an episode of the animated series South Park, "Chef Aid", which premiered on October 7,
1998.
Within the context of the episode, the defense attorney begins his defense case by basing his
argument on the Star Wars film series, specifically on the (incorrect) claim that the character
Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor.
What is this an allusion to?

18.
Each year, TIME editors select the person who has most influenced the news and the world
in the past year for the TIME Person of the Year.
Last year's Time cover read, "Donald Trump: President of the Divided States of America"
and the cover image featured a photograph of the President-elect sitting in his private
residence at Drumpf Tower.
But social media users were quick to note something peculiar in this cover.
US comedian Jeremy McLellan posted on Twitter: "Donald Drumpf may have won Person of
the Year, but Time wins Magazine of the Year for _____________________”
Of course, TIME denied any such intention by posting a gallery on their website of past
covers that also shared the attribute as the Trump cover.

19.
“Galvanism” can be defined as the effect of the application of electric current
pulses through body tissues that causes muscle contraction. Late in the 18th
century, Scientist Luigi Galvani, who was experimenting on dissected frogs,
mistakenly touched a brass rod to a steel scalpel making a clear contraction of
muscle in an otherwise dead frog. He believed that this form of electricity, which
he called “animal electricity”, was a form of energy that was still being held in the
animal’s tissue. Today, it is referred to as electrophysiology and scientists are
aware that it is not in fact an electrical fluid streaming from the brain that makes
the animal twitch but instead just the effect of the joining of two metals and their
electrical charges.
What is being created in the image, using galvanism?

20.
The creators wanted to trademark & name it X after coming across the word in the
book Gulliver’s Travels. However, EBSCO Industries and Old Town Canoe Co.
beat them to it and had already trademarked X.
in an attempt to drive their point of naming it X even further (X is defined as "rude,
unsophisticated, uncouth.") and trademarking it, they decided to add something
simple, Y, to make it XY.
ID X and the simple addition Y.

21.
What event from X are South Park and The Simpsons parodying?
X faced serious repercussions, with people lodging complaints, to the point where
X faced cancellation. However, the event got international news coverage and
served as an introduction to X for the international audience.
ID X and the event.
Videos follow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Pz03BR5zg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkJPAJYxTVg

22.
Among the most famous people in China is a celebrity whose face sells everything
from flooring to golf courses. The Chinese so adore this icon that they nicknamed
him Lao Wa — or old friend. Fans from as far away as Tokyo flock to his
restaurant in Beijing.
They come to meet the man with light brown hair and blue eyes. They come to eat
Swedish meatballs. They come to shake hands with the Michael Jordan of X.
Jan-Ove Waldner means many things to the Chinese. But he is not Chinese. He
is Swedish, and yet somehow, he is still their own.
“People in China might not know President George W. Bush,” says Li Gu,
Waldner’s manager in China. “But they know Lao Wa.”
Why is JO Waldner so popular in China?
Alternatively, gimme X.

23.
This is a scene from the 2001 film Zoolander. It pays homage to an iconic scene
from an older film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGX3J6DAGw
What scene does it reference?

24
In 1962, before signing off on an important document, JF Kennedy made an unusual request,
he requested his Head of Press, Pierre Salinger, to get him “1,000 Petit Upmanns.”
What are ‘Petit Upmanns’ and why would it be difficult for JFK to acquire them after signing
off on this document?

25.
Sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready
Jack the ripper owens wilson phillips and my supper's ready
Lucy in the sky with diamonds dave's not here I come to save the
Day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again
Flying off the handle with careful with
That axe Eugene gene the dance machine
Messiah light my fire gabba gabba
Hey hey my my generation's home again
These are a couple of paras from Octavarium, by Dream Theater.
List the references.
For instance, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a direct reference to the Beatles song.

Answer
X-The Star Spangled Banner

3.
Early on, the game Y was also known as X after the garrison town of ____, where
it was particularly popular and where the first rules for the game were drawn up in
1873. By 1875, officers returning home had started a Y club in Folkestone.
Initially, the sport was played with sides ranging from 1 to 4 players, but it was
quickly established that games between two or four competitors worked the best.
The object in play was coated with India rubber and, in outdoor play, sometimes
weighted with lead. Although the depth of the net was of no consequence, it was
preferred that it should reach the ground.
X, Y?

4.
A shibboleth is any custom or tradition, particularly a speech pattern, that distinguishes one group of
people (an ingroup) from others (outgroups). Shibboleths have been used throughout history in many
societies as simple ways to maintain traditional segregations or to keep out perceived threats.
During World War II, some United States soldiers in the Pacific theater used the word X as a shibboleth to
challenge unidentified persons, on the premise that Japanese people often pronounce the letter L as R or
confuse Rs with Ls; the word is also an American colloquialism that even a foreign person fairly well-
versed in American English would probably mispronounce or be unfamiliar with.
Today we know X in a different light, from the realm of music.
X?

5. #PuneStylz
The band Oasis were sued by A and forced to pay $500,000 in damages after it was alleged that their song "B" had lifted
words and melody from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," a(n) A jingle. Asked about the incident, Noel Gallagher joked
"Now we all drink C."
Surprisingly, A used the Oasis song ‘D’ used in a commercial celebrating their 125th anniversary.
Further, gimme “E”, what the Indian version of this Pakistani version of the commercial was called.
The Jingle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q
The Commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mw9D0jVsNw
ID A, C, D and E.

Answer
A-Coca Cola
B-Shakermaker
C-Pepsi
D-Whatever
E-Ummedon Wali Dhoop, Sunshine Wali Aasha

Answer
The tattoos on Leonard’s body in Memento

Answer
The tree was infested with literal beetles

8.
RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton on 10th April, 1912 for New York City.
The sinking of RMS Titanic led to the death of more than 1500 of the 2224
passengers on board, making it one of the deadliest passenger maritime
disasters. Of the passengers who survived, 24 did not have to face the freezing
cold Atlantic waters and had a very comfortable experience as opposed to the
other. What saved these 24 passengers from the disaster?

Answer
Titanic had stops at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown; the 31 passengers
only had a cross-channel ticket.

Answer
Julian Lennon.
It was the inspiration for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

10.
Roman Zoltowski makes the annual trip from his home in Poland in his 52-year-
old open-top MG sports car to perform his cherished role at _________ in
London.Married father Mr Zoltowski started the job in 1979 while living in south-
west London, and working for Halfhide, the jewellers who supply certain inventory
to his employer.He has continued the job even after returning to his native Poland
in 1995. Mr Zoltowski cannot fly because the small, sharp chisels he uses are
considered offensive weapons by airlines.
He says,“This is the attraction of X. What it perfect about it is that it’s not perfect. It
shows by its nature is that it was done by a living human being.”
What does Mr Zoltowski do?

Answer
Official engraver at
Wimbledon

11.
Jennifer Doudna, 56, is an American professor at the University of California,
Berkeley. Together with Emmanuelle Charpentier, she led the discovery of X.
In her book, ‘A Crack in Creation’, she describes a nightmare that she had
involving Hitler wearing a pig mask, asking to learn more about her “amazing
technology” and the things that he could achieve with it.
X?

Answer
The lyrics to the Circle of Life.

Answer
X-Tetrapods
They line the Marine Drive in Mumbai

14.
“See, there were two guys locked in a lunatic asylum...and one night, one night
they decide they don't like living in an asylum anymore. They decide they're going
to escape! So, like, they get up onto the roof and there, just across this narrow
gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in the
moonlight...stretching away to freedom. Now, the first guy, he jumps right across
with no problem. But his friend, his friend daredn't make the leap. Y'see...y'see,
he's afraid of falling. So then, the first guy has an idea...He says 'Hey! I have my
flashlight with me! I'll shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk
along the beam and join me!' B-but the second guy just shakes his head. He suh-
says... he says 'What do you think I am? Crazy? You'd turn it off when I am half
way across”, says X to Y. Y chuckles at the punch line, and the two old foes laugh
as the police arrive.
What is this exchange popularly called?

Answer
The Killing Joke.
X- The Joker
Y- Batman

15.
Dutch graphic designer, Christian Boer created this font with a set of very specific
modifications in the hopes of solving some problem. The research that followed
was inconclusive and couldn’t find enough evidence to support Boer’s claims.
What problem did this font aim to solve?
Image follows.

Answer
Dyslexie, a font for dyslexic people.

16.
Spinal Tap is a parody band spoofing the style of of rock heavy metal groups.
A running gag of the band is that their drummers would die in increasingly bizarre
ways. One died in a gardening accident that authorities said was “best left
unsolved”, another spontaneously combusted on stage, a third sold his dialysis
machine for drugs and is presumed dead, and so on. One is believed to either be
dead or playing jazz in Japan, while another’s fate is firmly sealed: he died trying
to jump over a tank of sharks on a tricycle.
The bizarre deaths of these drummers served as an inspiration for a ‘curse’
associated with a certain position held by characters in which the character
holding the post would die or become otherwise incapacitated to do their job at the
end of one year. What?

Answer
The Defense against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts

17.
A Chewbacca defense is a legal strategy in which the aim of the argument is to
deliberately confuse the jury rather than to factually refute the case of the other
side. This term was used in an episode of the animated series South Park, "Chef
Aid", which premiered on October 7, 1998.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdba9C2G14
Within the context of the episode, the defense attorney begins his defense case
by basing his argument on the Star Wars film series, specifically on the (incorrect)
claim that the character Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor.
What is this an allusion to?

18.
Each year, TIME editors select the person who has most influenced the news and the world in the past
year for the TIME Person of the Year.
Last year's Time cover read, "Donald Trump: President of the Divided States of America" and the cover
image featured a photograph of the President-elect sitting in his private residence at Drumpf Tower.
But social media users were quick to note something peculiar in this cover.
US comedian Jeremy McLellan posted on Twitter: "Donald Drumpf may have won Person of the Year, but
Time wins Magazine of the Year for _____________________”
Of course, TIME denied any such intention by posting a gallery on their website of past covers that also
shared the attribute as the Trump cover.

Answer
The infamous Devil’s horns covers.

21.
What event from X are South Park and The Simpsons parodying?
X faced serious repercussions, with people lodging complaints, to the point where
X faced cancellation. However, the event got international news coverage and
served as an introduction to X for the international audience.
Videos follow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Pz03BR5zg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkJPAJYxTVg

Answer
X-Pokemon
The event is the Pokemon Shock (infamous Porygon episode)

Answer
He’s the table tennis GOAT.
X-Table Tennis

24
In 1962, before signing off on an important document, JF Kennedy made an
unusual request, he requested his Head of Press, Pierre Salinger, to get him
“1,000 Petit Upmanns.”
What are ‘Petit Upmanns’ and why would it be difficult for JFK to acquire them
after signing off on this document.

Answer
Cuban Cigars.
US Embargo against Cuba.

25.
Sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready
Jack the ripper owens wilson phillips and my supper's ready
Lucy in the sky with diamonds dave's not here I come to save the
Day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again
Flying off the handle with careful with
That axe Eugene gene the dance machine
Messiah light my fire gabba gabba
Hey hey my my generation's home again
These are a couple of paras from Octavarium, by Dream Theater.
List the references.
For instance, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a direct reference to the Beatles
song.

Answer
sailing on the seven seas: OMD song
...seize the day: famous DT line from A Change of Seasons
...day tripper: Beatles song
supper's ready: Genesis song
daves not here: Yes song
nightmare cinema: antonym of Dream Theater
home: Dream Theater song
light my fire: Doors song
machine messiah: Yes song
my generation: The Who song
hey hey my my: Neill Young song

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