This document contains the rules and questions for an online quiz competition between teams. It includes 4 rounds of questions on topics like geography, history, pop culture, and connecting people to the roles they were played by Tom Hanks. The rounds involve directly answering, writing answers, pouncing to answer in a time limit, and connecting images. Points are awarded for correct answers and deducted for incorrect ones.

1. No Lame
Quiz
S05_E12
13th November 2021
QM: Anshul

2. POUNCE & BOUNCE
ROUND 1

3. RULES
● This round contains 6 questions.
● DIRECT : +10/-0
● BOUNCE : +10/-0
● POUNCE : +10/-5
● You will be given 15 seconds after the question has been read out to pounce
after which the pounce window will close.
● To pounce, tag @quizmaster in your team channel and write the answer there.
● DO NOT unmute and speak the answer unless you’re asked to.
● In case of a tie, the team’s position will be based on the scores of the following
rounds in decreasing priority order: Round 1, Round 3, Round 2, Round 4.
● If the scores of all the rounds are equal, they will be ranked on the basis of a
tie-breaker round.

4. 01
Connect the locations tagged on the map.

6. A01
BLUE FLAG BEACHES
IN INDIA

7. 02
The country X built and funded the building Y in Ethiopia which got completed in
2012. In 2017, the French newspaper Le Monde published a report revealing that X
had been spying and downloading confidential data for five years which was being
sent to X. Apparently, X had built a backdoor in the servers it had installed in the
building. This was said to have caused problems between Africa-X relations.
The incident came to light after the technicians observed high data usage between
midnight and 2 am even though the building was empty. Notably, X has been funding
a lot of infrastructure and transport projects in Africa since the last few years. Some
believe X has been doing this to get nations to support it in some political dispute.
Identify X and Y.

9. A02
X- CHINA
Y- AU HQ

10. 03
In 2012, Justin Bieber held a contest where he challenged his fans to make a
counterpart song to his hit song X. Among the submissions was a submission by a
girl named Laina Morris who posted her version of the song on YouTube.
Laina sang about being a clingy ____ along with giving a creepy,wide smile. The
video got popular instantly and was uploaded on reddit. Soon a screenshot of her
giving a wide eyed smile took off on the internet and got converted to a meme
where people used it to make jokes about having a stalker ____ of their own. This
meme got the name Y. In 2021, Y was sold as an NFT for $ 411,000.
Name X and Y.

12. A03
X- BOYFRIEND
Y- OVERLY ATTACHED GIRLFRIEND

13. 04
Following the success of the Suez Canal, a confident Ferdinand de Lesseps, who
engineered the Suez Canal, started an attempt in 1881 to build a canal in X. This canal
would help make travel between oceans easier and faster which wasn’t possible
before due to two massive continents blocking any waterway.
Ferdinand went on with the plan to construct the canal in the same way he had built
the Suez Canal. However, he failed at this project due to a geographical factor. The
canal was ultimately completed by a French engineer in 1914 by applying a fitting
solution to the geographical conundrum.
Id X/canal and what was the solution.

15. A04
X- PANAMA/PANAMA CANAL
LOCKS/SEA WATER RAISED TO UPPER
LEVEL

16. 05
In March 2019, the infamous New Zealand Christchurch mosque shooting took place
which killed at least 49 people. In the live video, which the shooter streamed live on
Facebook, he could be hear saying “Remember lads, _____(3 words)”.
This phrase comes from a worldwide meme that was started as a result of an online
rivalry going on during that time. The meme was called off and stopped after the
mosque shooting when the guy involved with the meme posted a video on YouTube
asking people to put a stop to it. The same phrase was also mentioned at a few other
places abominably.
FITB/Id phrase.

18. A05
SUBSCRIBE TO PEWDIEPIE

19. 06
The Football war or the “100 Hour war” broke out between two central American
countries in 1969 after Y beat X at a football playoff match. Although the war broke
out after the match, the causes of war were much deeper. At the beginning of the
20th century, due to lesser land available along with a larger population, farmers of Y
started illegally migrating to X in search of land. In 1962, X’s government passed a
land reform law that took away most of the illegal land from the emigrants and gave
it to the people of X. This started causing tensions between people of X and Y which
resulted in maltreating of Y’s citizens in X. Continued violent attacks against Y’s
people which was exacerbated by Y defeating X in a football match led to Y declaring
war on X which would cost thousands of lives. The war finally stopped after 4 days.
X is famous for its coffee,fruits while Y is also known as the land of volcanoes.
Id X and Y.

21. A06
X- HONDURAS
Y- EL SALVADOR

22. WRITTEN ROUND
ROUND 2

23. RULES
● This round contains 6 questions.
● Right answer: +10
● Wrong answer: -0
● Extra 20 points for getting all answers correct.
● Write all answers in a single message and send them in your respective team
channels along with tagging @quizmaster.
● DO NOT unmute and speak the answer unless you’re asked to.

24. 07
This English word X originated from the Latinisation of the Greek word ____, which
means “eating at another’s table”. The X is a stock figure in Greek and Roman
comedy, a hanger on who hoped that the wit and servility he could offer would win
him an invitation to dinner.
X is also the name of an award winning film with a dark, comedic plot. The story
accurately brings out the meaning of the title along with highlighting the huge gap
between the rich and the poor. The movie also contains a scene where the
characters are shown “eating at another’s table”.
Id X.

26. A07
X- PARASITE

27. 08
Who posted this tweet and give context.

29. A08
DAVID BEASLEY/WFP CHIEF
REPLY TO ELON MUSK ON HIM ASKING
FOR $6B PLAN TO SOLVE WORLD HUNGER

30. 09
This is a headline from 2016 in the US. McDonald’s had to limit its mascot, Ronald
McDonald’s public appearance all throughout the country due to an ongoing
problem around the world. “McDonald’s and franchisees in the local markets are
mindful of the current climate around ___ in communities and as such are being
thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events for
time being”, a McDonald’s spokesperson said. However, some believed that the
company tried to capitalise on the problem that had gained attention on the internet.
What was the problem?

32. A09
CLOWN EPIDEMIC/CLOWN SIGHTINGS

33. 10
The Simpsons featured X in one of its episodes. Writers of the show were concerned
X would be offended by the line, “second comes after first”, and offered an
alternative to that- “first to take a soil sample”. X, however preferred the original line
which remained in the script.
The topic being talked about here has been subject to a lot of conspiracies
throughout the years. There is a very famous quote that was said by one of X’s
partners that he said during that “topic” that’s being spoken about here. What is that
quote?
Who is X?

35. A10
“THAT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, BUT
A GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND”
X- BUZZ ALDRIN

36. 11
The recent DC animated movie X included a scene where a voice-over could be
heard saying “In ___ , Superman and Wonder Woman destroyed every piece of
military equipment, declaring it an ‘arms-free’ zone”. X is an adoption of a videogame
of the same name.
This scene led to DC Comics face backlash against the movie and Superman from
the Indian community. People took out their anger by calling Superman anti-India
and called out for boycotting the movie.
Name X and reason for the controversy.

38. A11
X- INJUSTICE
“DISPUTED KASHMIR”

39. 12
Connect these.

41. A12
ELON MUSK CAMEOS

42. POUNCE & BOUNCE
ROUND 3

43. RULES
● This round contains 6 questions.
● DIRECT : +10/-0
● BOUNCE : +10/-0
● POUNCE : +10/-5
● You will be given 15 seconds after the question has been read out to pounce
after which the pounce window will close.
● To pounce, tag @quizmaster in your team channel and write the answer there.
● DO NOT unmute and speak the answer unless you’re asked to.

44. 13
This game X originated from a 12th century French game called “jeu de Paume”
where the the players used to hit the ball with their palms. It wasn’t until 16th century
that the game was named X. The ball was initially hit with hand, then with a leather
glove. The balls went under frequent modifications. Initially they were made of wood
which gradually changed to other materials that made them bouncy.
The French word for egg is l’oeuf. Interestingly, this game includes something with
the shape of an egg which has a similar pronunciation to l’oeuf.
Now, the oldest and most prestigious tournament of X held in England uses a
fascinating way to scare off birds to prevent the stadium from getting dirtied.
Id X and the method to scare off birds.

46. A13
X- TENNIS
RUFUS, THE HAWK

47. 14
In 2016, a “game” came to light after a Russian newspaper linked many child suicides
to membership of a group “F57” on Russian social media. The game had supposedly
originated in Russia and it soon spread to multiple countries in the world. The game,
which targeted mainly adolescents susceptible to persuasion, asked participants to
participate in 50 unpleasant tasks in 50 days with the tasks becoming increasingly
difficult each day. The final task participants were asked to perform was to commit
suicide.
The game was known under several names with the most popular one being X. The
origin of the name X was unknown. Some people thought of it as a reference to the
lyrics of a song of the Russian rock band Lumen. Others thought it was derived from
the term beaching, where ___ become stranded on beaches and die.
Name X.

49. A14
BLUE WHALE CHALLENGE

50. 15
This company got its name X from the city in which it was founded, and the river that
flowed in the same city. X is in the country Y. X started as a pulp making company
which then went on to make toilet papers, rubber products, military radios, etc.
In a controversial statement, Former U.S. Deputy Minister of Defence, Richard Perle
once said that X had a secret cooperation with the Pentagon that allowed them to
keep track of the technological developments of USSR through trading as the Soviet
Union was a major marketplace of X in the 1970s and 80s. This was possible because
Y was a neutral country in the cold war which traded with both the US and the USSR.
ID X and Y.

52. A15
X- NOKIA
Y- FINLAND

53. 16
X is an opposition leader and an anti corruption activist from the intercontinental
country Y. Currently in jail, X has had a single objective since the beginning which is
to throw a light on the corruptive state of Y and how Y really functions. X started
doing this by posting videos on YouTube exposing the corruption of the govt and Y’s
billionaires. X started holding rallies to convince people to not vote for the ruling
party in the elections which led to him being imprisoned multiple times. X has held
multiple protests against fraudulent state of elections in the country all throughout
his career.
In 2020, X was poisoned with Novichock, a poison developed by Soviet scientists
during the cold war, by Y’s govt agents. He was shifted to a hospital in Germany
where he recovered. Upon coming back to Y, he was immediately arrested after
which his team posted a video on YouTube which targeted Y’s president directly to
show how he was involved in a network of bribes, corruption and cronyism.
Who is X?

55. A16
ALEXEI NAVALNY

56. 17
This gesture can be found many 18th and 19th century portraits. The origin of this
pose dates back to ancient greece where the famed orator Aeschines claimed that
restricting the movement of one’s <REDACTED> was the proper way to speak in
public. This gesture as a sign of respectability stuck and became a stock pose in
portraits painted in the 18th century.
One of the most powerful leaders, Napoleon made it his signature pose. Many
people upon seeing his portraits thought he was relieving stomach pain from cancer.
However, that wasn’t the case.
This gesture could also be seen in early portrait photography where it helped to
create a sharp focus on one’s <REDACTED> during long exposure of early
photography which otherwise would come out to be blurred.
What was this gesture?

58. A17
HAND-IN-WAISTCOAT

59. 18
In 1992, a cargo ship traveling in the Pacific Ocean dumped some 28000 X’s into the
water that were headed from China to the US. These X’s stayed afloat, which is also
their function, which were taken away by ocean currents. These were said to have
reached places like Russia, Hawaii, Alaska.
Thirteen years later, journalist Donovan Hohn undertook the mission to track water
currents with the help of X’s movements. He travelled to various places along the
pacific coast and documented his research in a book called Y. Y’s title is a reference
to the 19th century seafaring novel <REDACTED>.
Id X and Y.

61. A18
X- RUBBER DUCKS
Y- MOBY DUCK

62. LONG CONNECT
ROUND 4

63. RULES
● This round contains 5 images.
● 1st image: no points
● 2nd image: +50/-15
● 3rd image: +40/-15
● 4th image: +30/-15
● 5th image: +20/-15
● Write your answer in the team channel along with tagging @quizmaster

64. 1.
Jim Lovell

65. 2.
Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger

66. 3.
James B Donovan

67. 4.
Walt Disney

68. 5.
Richard Phillips

70. ANSWER
REAL LIFE PEOPLE
PLAYED BY TOM HANKS

71. THANK YOU