8. Programmer and attorney Damien Riehl, along with his programmer
friend Noah Rubin has created a program which runs and stores the
result of it’s computation on a hard drive, a whopping 68.7 billion
combinations from a set of 8 data points, which was sufficient enough
for most common mainstream media representations of this art form.
While this may seem nefarious, they put these in the public domain for
all to use. Through this, the duo hope to put an end to what many
consider frivolous lawsuits, costing at the very least $2 million whether
you win or not.
Put funda as to what they did.
Q1
10. Recorded every possible melody using one octave, put it in
public domain so that any melody taken from a single
octave can now be publicly accessible and downloadable
without getting sued.
A1)
12. The given map is that of __________, home to a particular industry, and it
represents a well-exploited phenomenon called __________ Doubling.
Put funda as to what is being depicted here/What is this phenomenon
we are talking about? (Image in the next slide)
Q2
17. The following non-exhaustive list of songs have a certain characteristic
associated with them. What characteristic?
● Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
● Dust in the Wind - Kansas
● Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
● Shot Down in Flames - AC/DC
● New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
Q3
21. Human rights activists in Russia claim that the case of the arrest of 16
year old Nikita Uvarov is part of a wider pattern where teens are targeted
by the government to create an atmosphere of fear among the youth who
are critical of the government.
This particular teenager was arrested along with a couple others on
charges of attempted terrorism due to the fact that they were planning to
“demolish” a government structure, albeit in a very crafty manner, by
dealing damage only to nearby mobs surrounding the building. This led
to a lot of backlash within the global community, whose Russian
members were already facing a lot of friction.
Why were these teenagers arrested?
Q4
25. _____ ___ is derogatory term for an excessively subservient person,
particularly when that person perceives their own lower-class status
based on race. It is similarly used to negatively describe a person who
betrays their own group by participating in its oppression, whether or
not they do so willingly. The term originates from an 1852 anti-slavery
American novel which has the term in its title. The said novel fuelled the
abolitionist cause in the 1850s but also helped popularise a number of
negative stereotypes about black people including that of the namesake
character _____ ___.
FITB.
Q5
29. X is a set of allegorical paintings created at Antwerp in 1617–18 by Jan Brueghel
the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens, with Brueghel being responsible for the settings
and Rubens for the figures. They are now in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, is the first known owner of the
series of paintings; he presented them in 1634 to the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand
of Austria, who had just become governor of the Spanish Netherlands following
the deaths of Albert and Isabella. Ferdinand in turn offered them through the
Duke of Medina de las Torres to his brother King Philip IV of Spain, who hung
them in the reading room at the Royal Alcazar of Madrid. They were
subsequently housed in other royal palaces in Madrid and became part of the
founding collection of the Prado in 1819.
ID X.
Q6
34. The hallways of some temples and palaces in Japan, most prominently the Nijō Castle,
in Kyoto, Japan, feature something called 鴬張り, or uguisubari, where uguisu refers to
the Japanese Bush Warbler, and bari is derived from haru, meaning “to stretch”. The
presence of uguisubari was not intentional in Nijō Castle, but rather arose from “the
movement of movement of nails against clumps in the _____ caused by wear and tear
over the years”. Legend has it that it was used as a security device to make sure no one
sneaks up on the inhabitants in the dead silence of the night.
The uguisubari is said to be the inspiration for a very popular occurrence in Westerns
in a crowded environment which is associated with such films, happening only to
“strangers” and not to the “regulars” who populate this environment (apparently
because the regulars know to avoid certain areas in the environment).
What occurrence?
Q7
38. X is a multiple Grammy nominated and winning trio, best known for
blending country as well as pop vocals. X recently changed their name
from X to Y, in response to the George Floyd protests, due to the word X
being associated with slavery from the South, leading to a dispute with
Anita White, who has been going by the name Y for the past 20 years.
ID X and Y.
Q8
42. The man credited for this particular trope is artist Adi Granov, who came
up with it for the cover of "The Invincible Iron Man #76" in 1998, taking
inspiration from Japanese mech, where anime and manga characters
perform this. This has since been recreated in multiple motion pictures,
especially in martial art scenes. It is named after a similar event in
piloting, where both the main gear (the two wheels further back on
airplanes) and the tail/nose wheel touch down on the runway at the
same time, which isn't a great thing because the nosewheel is not
designed to take that sort of stress.
ID the trope.
Q1
43. The use of X as a plot device outdated the coining of the word X. An early
example of this would be the Holy Grail, of Arthurian Legend. X was coined by
the English screenwriter Angus MacPhail, and was popularised by Alfred
Hitchcock in the 1930s. In academic circles, X is usually called "The Golden
Fleece", after the artifact from the early Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts.
Peter Quill, in "Guardians of the Galaxy" refers to other such Xs and observes,
"This orb has a real shiny blue suitcase, Ark of the Covenant, Maltese Falcon sort
of vibe".
But quite often, an object is mistaken for being a/an X, and thus gives rise to the
trope Y, a pun on X, essentially poking fun at the character for having believed an
object is a X.
ID Y.
Q2
44. When the hero (or in some cases the Villain) has just killed someone,
often in a gruesome manner, they do a X.
The classic X is typically a bad pun on the manner in which the victim
was dispatched. A X can be a snarky response to the now-dead enemy's
attempted one-liner, or an ironic echo of something they said to the hero
earlier.
The trope is named after an iconic movie character, who does this in
every single one of his films. (The early films were done under the onus
of The Hays Code; these quips were used to downplay the violence; later
films simply carried on the tradition.)
ID X.
Q3
46. "I was never crazy about ______. If you stand on a soapbox and trade
rhetoric with someone like him, you never win. That's what they do so
well: they seduce people. But if you ridicule them, bring them down with
laughter, they can't win. You show how crazy they are."
This quote by Mel Brooks describes the default portrayal of a certain
person in most media related to the person. Often, the focus is put on
this person’s actual personality and behaviour - that he was a short,
somewhat goofy-looking man prone to hysterics and narcissism.
FITB/ID the person.
Q4
47. The X syndrome is a popular name given to this occurrence, where an
important and major female lead (more often than not the romantic interest
of the male lead), was killed off for “character development” and similar
emotional developments of the traditionally strong and invincible male
hero.
This is named after the first occurrence of this, which marked the transition
of a certain medium of entertainment from the happier “Golden age” to a
darker, grittier “Bronze age”. It has been referenced multiple times in
another medium, where it was only replicated the second time, and
subverted in the first and third similar appearances of the same character.
Q5
49. The man credited for this particular trope is artist Adi Granov, who came
up with it for the cover of "The Invincible Iron Man #76" in 1998, taking
inspiration from Japanese mech, where anime and manga characters
perform this. This has since been recreated in multiple motion pictures,
especially in martial art scenes. It is named after a similar event in
piloting, where both the main gear (the two wheels further back on
airplanes) and the tail/nose wheel touch down on the runway at the
same time, which isn't a great thing because the nosewheel is not
designed to take that sort of stress.
ID the trope.
Q1
51. The use of X as a plot device outdated the coining of the word X. An early
example of this would be the Holy Grail, of Arthurian Legend. X was coined by
the English screenwriter Angus MacPhail, and was popularised by Alfred
Hitchcock in the 1930s. In academic circles, X is usually called "The Golden
Fleece", after the artifact from the early Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts.
Peter Quill, in "Guardians of the Galaxy" refers to other such Xs and observes,
"This orb has a real shiny blue suitcase, Ark of the Covenant, Maltese Falcon sort
of vibe".
But quite often, an object is mistaken for being a/an X, and thus gives rise to the
trope Y, a pun on X, essentially poking fun at the character for having believed an
object is a X.
ID Y.
Q2
53. When the hero (or in some cases the Villain) has just killed someone,
often in a gruesome manner, they do a X.
The classic X is typically a bad pun on the manner in which the victim
was dispatched. A X can be a snarky response to the now-dead enemy's
attempted one-liner, or an ironic echo of something they said to the hero
earlier.
The trope is named after an iconic movie character, who does this in
every single one of his films. (The early films were done under the onus
of The Hays Code; these quips were used to downplay the violence; later
films simply carried on the tradition.)
ID X.
Q3
56. "I was never crazy about ______. If you stand on a soapbox and trade
rhetoric with someone like him, you never win. That's what they do so
well: they seduce people. But if you ridicule them, bring them down with
laughter, they can't win. You show how crazy they are."
This quote by Mel Brooks describes the default portrayal of a certain
person in most media related to the person. Often, the focus is put on
this person’s actual personality and behaviour - that he was a short,
somewhat goofy-looking man prone to hysterics and narcissism.
FITB/ID the person.
(Brownie points for the portmanteau name of the trope, with the
person’s name and an adjective meaning “extremely funny”)
Q4
58. The X syndrome is a popular name given to this occurrence, where an
important and major female lead (more often than not the romantic interest
of the male lead), was killed off for “character development” and similar
emotional developments of the traditionally strong and invincible male
hero.
This is named after the first occurrence of this, which marked the transition
of a certain medium from the happier “Golden age” to a darker, grittier
“Bronze age”. It has been referenced multiple times in the adaptations in
another form of media, where it was only replicated the second time, and
subverted in the first and third similar appearances of the same character.
Q5
60. Rules
ID all the ENTities
Total = 12 x 5 = 60
QM’s decision is final
WTDH?
61. A is widely acclaimed to be the first Indian rapper. In 1992, A released his
biggest album which sold 5 million cassettes, making it the first
successful Indian rap album. Its title track was heavily influenced by B’s
song C which was released two years prior and A was soon accused by B
of plagiarism. As a response, A released his song ‘Mai bhi D’ in 1993, a
diss on the fact that B was dating D at the time.
62. If we add one more syllable to D, we get E. E is one of the most iconic
names ever in the world of sports. Perhaps the biggest rivalry associated
with E is between them and their counterpart F from a neighbouring
country. F acted in the 1981 movie G which was based on the occurrence
of the same sport in a very unlikely scenario.
63. H, who also acted in G is famously associated with playing the role of a
certain Englishman in one of the most iconic superhero trilogies of all
time. The first name of the said Englishman is also the first name of I
who is one of the most influential names in film history.
64. The first half of I’s surname is the name of a 2005 hollywood romcom
which was officially remade as J by bollywood in 2007. The lead of the
2005 movie was K who stole the show for all the wrong reasons earlier
this year for his altercation with L. __ K L ___ is a song by an iconic 80s
rock band. Another song by the band was plagiarized by B to make C.
67. ANS A - Baba Sehgal
B - Vanilla Ice
C - Ice Ice Baby
D - Madonna
E - Maradona
F - Pele
G -Escape To Victory
H - Michael Caine
I - Alfred Hitchcock
J - Partner
K - Will Smith
L - Chris Rock
68. Rules
6 Questions. ID an
ID a fake/real entity
+10 for each question
No parts applicable
+10 bonus if all correct
FAKE ID
85. ID the connect to the following top 5 ranked list.
1. Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns n’ Roses
2. X - Y
3. Enter Sandman - Metallica
4. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
The most famous example of this connection is X, which has spawned a
related myth (inspired by an episode of Wayne’s World) and is often
thought to clinch the first spot in this list.
ID X, the connect and the myth.
Q1
87. Q1 Connect - Top 5 overplayed songs in guitar stores
X - Stairway to Heaven (Y - Led Zeppelin)
Myth - It is a forbidden riff (mainly to play in guitar
stores)
89. Decades of art history was written about the muted colors Michelangelo
used in painting the Sistine Chapel and the meaning behind them. However,
after Vatican restorers worked on the paintings, a huge uproar broke out in
the art world. "All of us,"said New York University Prof. Kathleen Weil-
Garris B, “were attached to the delicate pastels, grays and shadowing, the
sober depiction of Genesis that epitomized the Sistine before its latest
incarnation. Then suddenly, from under centuries of accumulated grime,
sprang X".
Put funda as to what was revealed after the restoration work that
caused such a reaction, leading an art professor to call the work as “an
Q2
94. Popular science versions of the ______ effect claim that interaction with
“items” created by ______ provide an increase in the level of intelligence of a
person, especially if said “items” are introduced early in one’s life.
However the original study made no such claim, and reported only a
temporary increase in spatial reasoning as a result of this interaction, upon
exposure of the subjects in the study to a particular “item” called K 448.
Apart from K 448, another item created by ______ by the name K 488, and
Acroyali, by a contemporary Greek in the same field are said to possess the
______ effect,due to similarities in the various parameters associated with
these kind of “items”.
FITB.
Q3
98. X Daily is an alliterative substack project that tries to modernise a classic
book of literature by signing up patrons to a newsletter email.
The format works beautifully as the classic itself is told in epistolary
format (meaning, as a collection of letters and newspaper clippings that
the reader is reading to understand the story). Here the letters are simply
replaced with emails.
ID X.
Q4
102. The 2013 animated Disney movie “Frozen” was very well-received by the
audience, most appreciating the rounded character of Elsa and the turncoat
nature of Prince Hans. However, the original script was diametrically different,
with Elsa being the actual villainess of the story, and Prince Hans being just a
romantic interest, who just wasn’t “The One” for Anna. This story was quickly
re-worked into the present-day story, due to a very liberating feature in the
movie. But since some scenes were already recorded, they were used as is,
leading to some plot holes, like a few lines of Hans not being in the spirit of an
antagonist and his actions being somewhat contrary to his goals, most notably
after he reaches Elsa’s ice palace.
Why was the script re-worked?
Q5
106. Belgitude is a term used loosely to express the typical Belgian soul and identity, often
with a so-called keen sense of self-mockery that characterises its population. This has
been symbolized in the famous European landmark X. A clue for X has also been given
in the following picture, where the greened out word literally translates to “small
boy” in English.
ID X.
Q6
116. Through a social networking platform in 2004, the Islington Green North
London class of 1979 gathered together to pursue a claim for thousands of
pounds of unpaid royalties from British and international airplay, due to a
change in copyright law which now entitles them to payment as session
musicians. Gathering evidence of their involvement in the event leading to their
entitlement to royalties was, however, a tough task, as these students were
snuck out of their class to take part in this “event”, were never officially
employed and couldn’t appear on the official visual display of the results of this
“event”.
What was this “event”, the final results of which caused wide controversy
and dissension among students during the given time period, leading to it
being banned in countries due to its controversial content?
Q8
121. Shortly before the album's release, speculation arose that the first letter of
the three nouns in the title intentionally spelled "X", the initialism of a
popular drug at that time. S1, has repeatedly denied that he had intended it
as a drug song- it "was purely unconscious that it came out to be X. I mean,
who would ever bother to look at initials of a title? ... It's not an X song.”
The other singer-songwriter confirmed S1’s claim on several occasions,
including in a shocking interview, where he also admitted to having taken X
in his past. In a 2004 interview with Uncut magazine, S2 confirmed it was
"pretty obvious" drugs did influence some of the group's compositions at
that time, including ‘A B C D E F’, though he tempered this statement by
saying “it’s easy to overestimate the influence of drugs on our music."
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124. The ‘Madeleine Anecdote’ is one of French literature’s most popular. It
originated in a passage from “In Search of Lost Time”, by Marcel Proust
where a mouthful of miniature sponge-cake (or madeleine) dipped in tea
triggers memories of a happy past for the protagonist.
Thus, the expression “Proust’s madeleine” is used to refer to a sensory
experience (smell, taste etc.) that unexpectedly unlocks a past memory.
Which flavourful late 2000s entity have we seen this in?
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