A Quiz Club IIT Patna Quiz conducted by Mayank and Rishikesh on 02nd April 2021. The quiz attracted everyone, Afterall who doesn't like memes?! The questions were well-researched and covered many memes. The quiz was a perfect amalgamation of interesting and informative.

1. Memonomics
Quizmasters: Mayank Kumar and Rishikesh Devanathan
S04_E11
2nd
April, 2021

2. Rules
Quiz Club IIT Patna
1. There are 20 questions.
2. All questions carry 5 points, with no negative marking.
3. You have to write answers in the template provided to
you.
4. You can participate solo or in a team of 2.
5. At the end of the quiz, you have to send the template with
answers. (within time limit)
6. Do not try to Google the answers. It just spoils the fun for
everyone. Try to figure it out yourself.
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3. 1.
X is a popular internet meme dog commonly characterised by broken english
written in Comic Sans. Z is a financial asset named after X which has been
popularized on the internet, in particular by Elon Musk.
Y is another identical meme dog which became famous later. It is also known
for its speech impediment and often includes the letter “M” which is the
reason for the origin of its name.
Both X and Y are adopted dogs of the same breed. In a more recent trend,
they are juxtaposed giving raise to a common template.
Identify Y (2.5) and Z (2.5).
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4. Z: Dogecoin
Y: Cheems
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5. 2.
This famous character’s name X comes from the Japanese word Gojira which
is a portmanteau of two words gorira (gorilla) and kujira meaning Y.
X was first featured in a Japanese film before it was adapted in the US version.
X is also the subject of a recent movie produced by Warner Bros. Pictures in
US.
X is also the subject of a recent meme.
Identify X (3) and Y (2).
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6. X:Godzilla
Y:Whale
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7. 3.
The company X saw its share value increase by over 1500% within a month
earlier this year. X was on a decline until last year when it seemed to have
gained some positive momentum which continued into this year. This rise in
X’s share value also helped it to become a Fortune 500 company.
This sharp increase in X’s share value can be attributed to the internet
community Y which bought its shares excessively almost as a joke, and their
impact encouraged others to buy X’s shares which inflated its value even
further. Y’s name also includes perhaps the most financially significant street.
Identify X (3) and Y (2).
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8. X: Gamestop
Y: r/wallstreetbets
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This meme is from the movie X. X is
set in mid 1800s America with a focus
on slavery.
There is also some controversy
regarding X. An oscar winning director
even refused to watch X because of
this controversial bit as he felt it was
disrespectful to his ancestors.
Identify X (3) and the controversy (2).
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10. X: Django Unchained
Controversy: Use of the N word
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11. 5.
X is the lead musician of a popular a British rock band. Born to Parsi-Indian
parents, X got his early education in India and later moved to Middlesex,
England.
As a live performer, he was known for his flamboyant persona. Perhaps he is
well known in the rage pose which in the internet era has become a meme
material.
Among his famous songs were Y. His life was dramatised in the 2018
blockbuster with the same name Y which won Academy Awards for Best Actor.
Identify X (3) and Y (2).
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12. X:Freddie
Mercury
Y:Bohemian
Rhapsody
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This character X, based on a creature Y, is probably the most iconic character
on the internet. It was created in 2005 and since then, several variations of
this character have popped up all over the internet.
X has been at times, a topic of controversy due to its use by the alt right
claiming a place in the US Capitol invasion. It also featured in the Hong Kong
protests as a symbol of resistance.
X also shares its name with a clothing brand.
Identify X (3) and Y (2).
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14. X: Pepe
Y: Frog
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15. 7.
X was a French painter and a portrait artist in the
court of Louis XVI. His notable work involves the
portrait of Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and his own.
One such self-portrait, which now resides in Louvre is
depicted here. This became a meme template in the
recent years in which popular song lyrics are
paraphrased in archaic English.
Identify X (3). Identify the actual lyric of the song this
meme depict (2).
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16. X: Joseph Ducreux
Y: “Who let the dogs out?”
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This actor has played an iconic role X, and also featured in that role recently.
Interestingly, he almost missed the audition for the role X because he was too
busy playing the video game World of Warcraft.
The actor is also very well connected to another video game, and has shown
his love and preference for PC gaming in an interview (giving rise to a meme
template).
Identify the actor (3) and X (2).
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18. Actor: Henry Cavill
X: Superman
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19. 9.
In a scene from the movie “Downfall”, Hitler along with military general are
seen discussing the state of Germany towards the end of WW2 in the
underground bunker in Berlin.
When he comes to understand that SS commander Felix Steiner wasn’t able to
mobilize forces against X who now surrounded Berlin, he becomes irate and
starts yelling at all the commanders. This has given raise to a lot of parodies in
the internet.
Later, Hitler marries Y in the bunker and realising their inevitable downfall,
they both commit sucide together.
Identify X (3) and Y (2).
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20. X: Soviet Union
Y: Eva Braun
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21. 10.
The comedy duo, X and Y became really popular after their TV series took off
(which is also an emmy winner), which featured a small set of their skits in
each episode.
Their greatest contribution to the internet culture is probably when one of
their acts was popularized into a meme which helped in dividing things
between likes and dislikes.
Y also got an oscar nomination on his directorial debut for a horror movie.
Identify X (2.5) and Y (2.5).
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22. X: Keegan-Michael
Key
Y: Jordan Peele
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23. 11.
The two posters shown are wartime
propaganda urging men to enlist in the
army to fight in the war X.
Britain’s poster has the picture of A, a
senior British army officer. Whereas the
US counterpart, appearing 3 years later,
depicts B, the imaginary national
personification of America.
Identify X (1), A (2), B (2).
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24. X = World War 1
A = Uncle Sam
B = Lord Kitchener
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25. 12.
X has been a politician for a long time (over 38 years).
Since he has come into his current position of power, it has been a constant
running gag that he will eventually be replaced by Y because of X’s old age and
suspected depreciating mental state.
Recently, a video clip of X has been turned into a meme where his old age
looks to be ever more concerning and the joke that Y would replace X again
made the rounds on social media.
Y is the first woman to be in her position.
Identify X (3) and Y (2).
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26. X: Joe Biden
Y: Kamala Harris
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27. 13.
X is a typical American name. X was first used as a meme to describe a jock or
a popular guy in general.
X began gaining popularity in mainstream memes when it was used in a
meme as a contrast comparison to a loser. X is now more popular and is often
used alongside wojaks.
X is also the name of an African country.
Identify X (5).
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28. Chad
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29. 14.
In a popular music video by the singer, director, comedian
and actor X under his pseudonym, released a music video
named Y. Widely acclaimed to be a satirical masterpiece, it
contained strong imagery about racial politics in America.
To further illustrate his point, X imitates the posture of Z, a
racist caricature which depicted African-Americans in the
1800s.
X won four Grammy Awards that year for that song Y.
Identify X (2), Y (1), Z (2)
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30. X = Donald Glover
Y = “This is America”
Z = Jim Crow
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31. 15.
X is a creature in Scandinavian mythology. It lives alone in places far from
human habitation, like isolated rocks, mountains or caves. X are supposed to
be rarely helpful to humans. Some sources say X looks ugly and is slow-witted
and it turns to stone upon contact with sunlight.
The word X is also prevalent in the meme culture where it can also be used as
a verb (the meanings of the word in the two scenarios can be considered quite
different).
Identify X (5).
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32. Troll
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33. 16.
Pixar’s debut film and the first fully computer-animated film, released in 1995
revolves around two characters.
Resembling a real life counterpart, one of the character is named after an
iconic personality X who rose to fame during the cold war era.
The other character is voiced by a famous actor Y who, in the previous year
became the second person to receive two back-to-back Oscar Awards for Best
Actor.
The two characters grew more popular in the subsequent years and are also a
meme template now. Identify X (2.5) and Y (2.5).
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34. X: Buzz Aldrin
Y: Tom Hanks
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35. 17.
X is a video game franchise and Y is its latest release.
One of Y’s cutscenes was recently popularized into a meme. In the cutscene,
on of the protagonists Z is advised to get a better haircut to have a better
chance in his romantic conquests. The meme involves editing in different
characters who have their own versions of the advice speech.
X is also the name of a certain type of crime and in the game Y, doing X is the
first quest of Z.
Identify X (1), Y (2) and Z (2).
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36. X: Grand Theft Auto
Y: Grand Theft Auto V
Z: Franklin
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37. 18.
In the beginning World War 2, British government formed the Ministry of
Information who were responsible for publicity and propaganda. They were
appointed to design morale boosting posters to be across Britain.
Three similar posters were made out of which one was never shown to the
public. That poster however, resurfaced decades later and has now given raise
to the popular phrase X which are heavily parodied in the internet.
The poster features the symbolic crown of Y who was also the last emperor of
India before the British Raj was dissolved.
Identify X (2) and Y (3).
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38. X: Keep Calm and Carry On
Y: King George VI
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39. 19.
X is an olympic gold winner and is quite renowned in his sport.
In spite of his world class abilities, X has often been criticized for his antics as
he would fall down too easily and would pretend he’s in immense pain. Three
years ago, he pulled out a similar antic in the competition Y and the video got
viral and was memed to no end.
X has also had cameos in Money Heist and XXX: Return of Xander Cage.
Identify X (3) and Y (2).
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40. X: Neymar
Y: FIFA WC 2018
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41. 20.
B canal is a major maritime trade route which provides the shortest route
from Europe to Asia. It was brought to the limelight this week when a giant
ship wedged across the canal holding up nearly $9 billion in global trade.
Meanwhile it was taken by storm in the Internet sparking many memes.
B is named after the city located in the country X, which also controls the
route now. When it was completed in 1869, sculptor Y envisioned a sculpture
with the name “X Bringing Light to Asia” at the entrance guiding the ships.
However it never materialized then but Y later unveiled it elsewhere with a
slightly modified name. It is now commonly called as Z.
Identify X (2), Y (2), Z (1).
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42. X: Egypt
Y: Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi
Z: Statue of Liberty
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43. THANK YOU
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