Politics Quiz Finals-El Dorado 2022

1. Politics Quiz
Finals
Conquiztadors x Department
of Pol Sci, SVC

2. 4 rounds:
1. Written Round 1- 4 questions
2. Dry Round 1- 8 questions
3. Written Round 2- 4 Questions
4. Dry Round 2-8 Questions
Format

3. ● Theme: Shitpost Political Parties
● 4 Questions
● +10 for each answer
● Send all answers in the respective WhatsApp groups at once
Written Round 1

4. In the 1960s, a Canadian physician established a satirical political party in
Montreal. Over the years, it gained notoriety for its absurd campaigns and
promises. The choice of name for the party is a reference to what the
founder believed were a common characteristic among all politicians-
thick-skinned, short-sighted and mean-tempered, among others.
The party officially disbanded in 2001 and was soon revived. This time
around, they prefixed the name of the party to allude to the fact that this
was a new iteration. It also doubled up as a reference to a character from
the world of entertainment which had first become popular two years
prior.
What was the party named after? What was the name prefixed
with?
Q1

5. Praful Desai is a social worker turned activist from Vadodra who was
known for filing RTIs to seek answers from the government on issues
concerning public welfare. Disheartened by the state of politics and the
lack of awareness among people, in 2012, he decided to become a
watchman for the people and give everyone a wake-up call by forming a
political party, which he gave a fitting two-word name.
What did he name the party?
Q2

6. When asked the reasoning behind the name, the individual replied it was
because of their anti-abortion stance.
They replied-”the connection point to the ________ Party is dealing with
life and pro-life. Because these are kids that are now gonna get a chance
to have_________ (s)”.
Which party?
Q3

7. Protest votes have led to shitty political parties to garner some votes in
elections despite clearly having no intention to assume responsibility.
Named after a beloved character, the ______ ____ party has been around
in Sweden for over 20 years and has been a favorite of the people fed up
with other politicians and their empty promises.
Which character?
Q4

8. Answers Ahead

9. In the 1960s, a Canadian physician established a satirical political party in
Montreal. Over the years, it gained notoriety for its absurd campaigns and
promises. The choice of name for the party is a reference to what the
founder believed were a common characteristic among all politicians-
thick-skinned, short-sighted and mean-tempered, among others.
The party officially disbanded in 2001 and was soon revived. This time
around, they prefixed the name of the party to allude to the fact that this
was a new iteration. It also doubled up as a reference to a character from
the world of entertainment which had first become popular two years
prior.
What was the party named after? What was the name prefixed
with?
Q1

10. Rhinoceros Party and Neo
(neorhino.ca)

11. Praful Desai is a social worker turned activist from Vadodra who was
known for filing RTIs to seek answers from the government on issues
concerning public welfare. Disheartened by the state of politics and the
lack of awareness among people, in 2012, he decided to become a
watchman for the people and give everyone a wake-up call by forming a
political party, which he gave a fitting two-word name.
What did he name the party?
Q2

12. Jagte Raho Party

13. When asked the reasoning behind the name, the individual replied it was
because of their anti-abortion stance.
They replied-”the connection point to the ________ Party is dealing with
life and pro-life. Because these are kids that are now gonna get a chance
to have_________ (s)”.
Which party?
Q3

14. Birthday Party by Ye

15. Protest votes have led to shitty political parties to garner some votes in
elections despite clearly having no intention to assume responsibility.
Named after a beloved character, the __ __ party has been around in
Sweden for over 20 years and has been a favorite of the people fed up
with other politicians and their empty promises.
Which character?
Q4

16. Donald Duck Party

17. ● 8 Questions
● Clockwise
● +10 on Direct and Bounce
● +10/-5 on Pounce
● To pounce text on the respective WhatsApp groups
Dry Round 1

18. An unsuccessful attempt in the past to repeal this rule was in the 70s
when Bella Abzug tried to bring her signature style to the venue.
However, she was stopped from doing so by the House Doorkeeper (a
now abolished post).
A few years ago, the rule was amended following the election of Ilhan
Omar.
What rule is this?
Q1

19. Safety Slide

20. United States House of
Representatives ban on head
covering

21. This Eastern Bloc country saw a significant decrease in birth rates post-
liberal policies. This concerned the leaders, which led them to pass laws
that banned women from contraception as well as abortion. To enforce
the laws, society was strictly controlled. Contraceptives disappeared
from the shelves, and all women were forced to be monitored monthly by
a gynecologist. Any detected pregnancies were followed until birth.
Secret police kept a close eye on hospital procedures.
This is supposed to have been one of the inspirations for a work of
literature written in the last century.
What work?
Q2

22. Safety Slide

23. The Handmaid’s Tale

24. Shown here is a sculpture
from the Liberation War
Museum, Dhaka.
Someone is being
commemorated in this
sculpture for their active role
in the 70s which helped the
world know more about the
humanitarian crisis in
Bangladesh.
Who?
Q3

25. Safety Slide

26. George Harrison, Concert for
Bangladesh

27. In different cultures across the world, important occasions are
traditionally celebrated with special food.
A couple of chefs from Cordon Bleu, London came up with a recipe of
chicken to commemorate something significant in the early 1950s and
named it __________ Chicken (10).
A little less than 70 years after the said incident, competitions were
conducted to come up with the recipe for a celebratory pudding, named
________ Pudding, the result of which is to be revealed later this year.
Fill in both the blanks.
Q4

28. Safety Slide

29. Coronation Chicken and Platinum
Pudding

30. The location served as the site for multiple historic and consequential
events. Many people have noted certain similarities in them. Most
important of this was the lack of strategic thinking and unpreparedness to
an impending problem.
This led to the coining of a certain term- ‘_______ Syndrome’ that is used
in modern day politics when leaders exhibit actions similar to those
involved in the aforementioned engagements.
What syndrome is this?
Q5

31. Safety Slide

32. Panipat Syndrome

33. In the 1950s, Pakistan saw numerous interventions by the army in civilian
affairs.
The army went a step ahead and proceeded to clean up the city, paint
public buildings, repair roads, pull down unauthorized structures and
plant trees. Then, having performed all these long neglected civic tasks,
the army quietly withdrew, leaving Lahore looking as clean and well-
ordered as an army cantonment.
So when the martial law was imposed in the country, people welcomed
the decision by saying ‘Pakistan mein ab toh _________ ho gaya’.
FITB.
Q6

34. Safety Slide

35. Pakistan mein ab toh mashallah
ho gaya

36. The director of this commercially acclaimed movie explained that the one
of the inspiration for the project is a deeply emotive subject for him. He
was referring to an important political decision taken about 8 years ago
that resulted out of years of pressure. The director said he wanted to tell a
story about two people from different regions but with similar culture,
uniting rather than fighting.
Which movie and what political decision from last decade was one
of the inspiration?
Q7

37. Safety Slide

38. RRR and Bifurcation of Andhra
Pradesh

39. One of the names for the
Eastern Chipmunk shown
here is “Suisse” in
French. One explanation
for this is the striped
pattern, which reminded
people of the uniform of
special armed forces of a
small European nation.
Which armed forces?
Q8

40. Safety Slide

41. Pontifical Swiss Guard

42. ● Theme: Protests
● 4 Questions
● +10 for each answer
● Send all answers in the respective WhatsApp groups at once
Written Round 2

43. Shown on the next slide are a group of people protesting against an
important development that took place in the country last year.
They are seen building barricades across the road using women’s
clothing and items because of the belief that the police would be seen
weaker if they walk beneath them.
Which development?
Q1

45. This mixed media installation vocalizes the artist's activism at the Delhi-
based gallery Anant Art's booth in the year 2020. He pays ode to a group
of people. This installation is the sculptural assemblage of a comb, juicer,
microphone, typewriter, photo frames.
The idea is these objects are required to keep the protest running-
microphone to unite the voices, ink to transcribe these voices, and then
put them in writing on placards and on walls.
Identify whom the artist was paying the tribute to.
Q2

47. An unlikely person made an appearance in the Pro-democracy protests
that took place in this region a few years ago.
When the authorities were outlawing slogans and cracking down on
dissent, activists turned to this person as they believed that authorities
will not charge them with subverting state power if they borrow slogans
and images from them.
Which protest and whose slogans were used?
Q3

48. A couple of decades ago, a peculiar movement began in this European
nation against the increasing pressures of capitalism and consumerism.
The name of the movement prefixed the word ‘Yo’ which means ‘I’, to the
name of a famous fashion brand. The result was a word which summed
up the philosophy of the movement.
Cool designs such as a “jacket of a thousand pockets,” in which all the
many pockets were interconnected, were introduced by this movement,
which would help people in carrying out a certain task.
What was this movement all about/ What were they asking people
to do?
Q4

49. Answers Ahead

50. Shown on the next slide are a group of people protesting against an
important development that took place in the country last year.
They are seen building barricades across the road using women’s
clothing and items because of the belief that the police would be seen
weaker if they walk beneath them.
Which development?
Q1

52. Movement against the military
coup in Myanmar.

53. This mixed media installation vocalizes the artist's activism at the Delhi-
based gallery Anant Art's booth in the year 2020. He pays ode to a group
of people. This installation is the sculptural assemblage of a comb, juicer,
microphone, typewriter, photo frames.
The idea is these objects are required to keep the protest running-
microphone to unite the voices, ink to transcribe these voices, and then
put them in writing on placards and on walls.
Identify whom the artist was paying the tribute to.
Q2

55. Women of Shaheen Bagh

56. An unlikely person made an appearance in the Pro-democracy protests
that took place in this region a few years ago.
When the authorities were outlawing slogans and cracking down on
dissent, activists turned to this person as they believed that authorities
will not charge them with subverting state power if they borrow slogans
and images from them.
Which protest and whose slogans were used?
Q3

57. 2019-20 Hong Kong Protests and
Mao Zedong

58. A couple of decades ago, a peculiar movement began in this European
nation against the increasing pressures of capitalism and consumerism.
The name of the movement prefixed the word ‘Yo’ which means ‘I’, to the
name of a famous fashion brand. The result was a word which summed
up the philosophy of the movement.
Cool designs such as a “jacket of a thousand pockets,” in which all the
many pockets were interconnected, were introduced by this movement,
which would help people in carrying out a certain task.
What was this movement all about/ What were they asking people
to do?
Q4

59. Yomango (I Steal) - Shoplifting
movement

60. Dry Round 2
● 8 Questions
● Anti-clockwise
● +10 on Direct and Bounce
● +10/-5 on Pounce
● To pounce text on the respective WhatsApp groups

61. This American tune ranks as one of the most popular in Colonial times,
during the Revolutionary War and well after it. It was the original carrier of
American patriotism. This song, now popular as a children’s song, was
actually written by British soldiers mocking their American counterparts
during the Revolutionary War, but Americans took up the tune, ironically
to toss it back in the Brits’ Faces.
A word in the song often creates a misinterpretation of the song because
the word refers to a food item. In actuality, it rather refers to a fashion
trend that began in the 1760s among aristocratic British men.
What is this song? And what is the specific word in the song?
Q1

62. Safety Slide

63. To be “macaroni” was to be sophisticated, upper class, and worldly. In
“Yankee Doodle,” then, the British were mocking what they perceived as
the Americans' lack of class
Yankee Doodle, Macaroni

64. A protracted rift between two senior Indian politicians concluded with a
bitter split.
The newly formed party adopted a fitting logo, given the state's golden
history associated with something. When the new logo was revealed, the
party declared that the only thing left for them to do is to make _____.
What logo did the new party choose? FITB.
Q2

65. Safety Slide

66. Hockey stick and ball, Goals

67. A few years back, amid an important event, an international fast food
chain came up with the ____ meal- a meal which comprised a strange
combination of dishes. The entire idea behind this was to make people
realize that one runs the risk of getting unpleasant outcomes when one
doesn't choose for themselves.
The campaign is very close to the company's values, since the company
hails from a country with a dark history with the issue in question.
FITB and identify the company.
Q3

68. Safety Slide

69. Undemocratic Meal, Nandos

70. One of the most important persons in Indian intelligence was also a well-
regarded mentor to several successful students. This group of students
were therefore called _______ (7), a pun on the name of the person and a
group of animal herders from the other side of the Pacific.
ID the person. What were the group of students called?
Q4

71. Safety Slide

72. RN Kao and Kaoboys

73. In politics, this term refers to coded messages that may sound harmless
to some people but also communicates something more insidious to a
section of the audience. It is the use of language which appears normal to
the majority but communicates specific things to intended audiences.
This term is named after an object invented by Victorian Era Polymath- Sir
Francis Galton which has a similar function.
What term/object is this?
Q5

74. Safety Slide

75. Dog Whistle

76. Krishna Pal Yadav contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from this
constituency, defeating a stalwart by over 1 lakh votes. Once considered
very close, they parted ways with him in 2018. Commenting on the
electoral battle, the stalwart’s wife had said, “People who once took
selfies with him are now contesting against him”.
Identify the politician who suffered a shocking defeat in 2019?
Q6

77. Safety Slide

78. Jyotiraditya Scindia

79. Shown on the next slide is an ad by Louis Vuitton. Shot by photographer
Annie Leibovitz, the ads focus on travel which is a core value for the
company that started in 1854 as a trunk-maker
The model’s (blanked out) openness to such high-end luxury products
makes their presence an interesting choice, given the legacy they had
inherited.
Who is the person shown in the ad? Also identify the location in the
background.
Q7

81. Safety Slide

82. Gorbachev and Berlin Wall

83. Scorecheck

84. People from Palakkad district in Kerala have a special theory regarding
the origin story of a particular decision.
The story goes that an individual visited the temple in the late 70s shown
in the visual and took inspiration from it.
Story behind what change is being talked about here?
Q8

86. Safety Slide

87. Indian National Congress changing
from the cow and calf logo to
using Hand as their electoral
symbol.