Mains - Qonnoisseur 2012 MELA Quiz

Rules
• 42 questions Infinite Rebounds
• 10 points for a correct answer, no negs
• Written round at halfway mark
• Round reversal at halfway mark
• Long visual connect at the end
• Scoring system for Written and LVC will be
explained before the rounds

1.
The Uffington White Horse
is a prehistoric hill figure,
formed from deep trenches
filled with crushed white
chalk. The figure is situated
on the upper slopes of
White Horse Hill in the
English civil parish of
Uffington. The flag and
banner of which fictional
realm is derived from this
prehistoric site?

Ans: Rohan
(from the Lord of the Rings)

2.
The film involves Chicago gangsters who have business to
be dealt with. Snakes enters Johnny's office and questions
him about the money owed for getting the "stuff." Johnny
smugly replies that Acey no longer has any authority, and
implies that he is not about to give Snakes any money.
Snakes shows discomfort when he finds out that Acey is
upstairs taking a bath, and almost immediately Johnny
takes out his Tommy Gun and kills Snakes.

Johnny, Snakes, Acey are the only characters in this film.

Identify.

Ans: Angels with Filthy Souls
(from the Home Alone series)

3.
The origins of this word date back to the late 19th/early 20th
century. It means "an extraordinary or unusual thing, person,
or event; an exceptional example or instance." In time the
term also came to refer to a large lollipop.

The vocalist of alternative band Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell,
conceived a festival as a farewell tour for his band, and in the
process of naming it, came across this word in a The Three
Stooges film. He instantly liked it, and to pay homage to it's
double meaning, he depicted a character in the festival's
original logo holding one of the lollipops.

Which festival?

4.
The image (next slide) is a 1486 Botticelli painting
which depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from
the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-
shore.

What fictional character was inspired by this painting
and conveyed both a sense of raw mechanical power
and femininity?

Ans: GLaDOS, short for Genetic Lifeform and
Disk Operating System, in the video games
Portal and Portal 2.

5.
The supporting characters are called His Evil Associate,
The Holy Man, The Princess, The Mongol Prince, The
Mongol Slave, The Caliph, The Soothsayer and The
Indian Prince.

Who is the titular character?

6.
This author's first novel was self-published in 2007
under his pseudonym, Shawn Haigins. The theological
thriller takes heavy inspiration from Dan Brown's The
Da Vinci Code. It was subsequently published by
Westland in 2008 in India under his own name and
went on to become a bestseller. His next novel was
released in 2010 to critical acclaim, and UTV acquired
the movie rights to the book.

Identify the author.

7.
These are part of the lyrics of Pink Floyd's 1968 song "Let there be
more light". The last line refers to a song by another band released 1
year before this one.

"Oh, my, something in my eye - eye
Something in the sky - sky
Waiting there for me
The outer hatch rolled slowly back
The service men were heard to sigh
For there revealed in glowing robes
Was ____ __ ___ ___"

FIB/Identify the referenced song.

8.
In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, Jenny Curan
sings the song "Blowin' in the Wind" for a show
in a strip club. By what name is she introduced
before the song?

9.
As goes with his personality, this character, in a fit of anger,
yelled out the word "pneumothorax" (a medical emergency
caused by the collapse of the lung within the chest). One
week after the scene appeared in the comic, the author
received a letter allegedly from a father whose boy was a
great fan of the comics and also a heavy tuberculosis sufferer
who had experienced a collapsed lung. According to the letter,
the boy was devastated that his favourite comic made fun of
his own condition. The author wrote an apology and removed
the word from the comic. Afterwards, the letter was
discovered to be fake, written and planted by the author's
friend and collaborator Jacques Van Melkebeke.

Which character?

10.
Connect to a prog rock band.

11.
Douglas Adams giving instructions for what?

1. Phone NASA. Their phone number is (731) 483-3111. Explain that it is very
important that you get away as soon as possible. If they do not cooperate,
phone any friend you may have in the White House - (202) 456-1414 - to have
a word on your behalf with the guys at NASA.

2. If you don't have any friends at the White House, phone the Kremlin (ask the
oversees operator for 0107-095-295-9051). They don't have any friends there
either (at least no one to speak of), but they do seem to have a little influence,
so you may as well try.

3. If that also fails, phone the Pope for guidance. His telephone number is 011-
39-6-6982, and I gather his switchboard is infallible.

4. If all these attempts fail, flag down a passing flying saucer and explain that
its vitally important that you get away before your phone bill arrives.

12.
The painting to the left is a portrait of Pope Innocent X by Spanish
painter Diego Velázquez from 1650.

The painting to the right called Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope
Innocent X, shows a distorted version of the first painting in which the
Pope is shown screaming yet his voice is "silenced" by the enclosing
drapes and dark rich colors. The dark colors of the background lend a
grotesque and nightmarish tone to the painting. The pleated curtains
of the backdrop are rendered transparent and appear to fall through
the representation of the Pope's face.

Identify the artist of the 2nd painting who incidentally shares his name
with an Elizabethan philosopher and statesman.

13.
Runaway Jury is a John Grisham novel, in which a
juror on the inside and a woman on the outside
manipulate a court trial involving a major tobacco
company.

The 2003 film based on the novel shows similar
events in a court trial involving a major gun
manufacturer, instead of the tobacco company.

Why was this plot change necessary?

Ans: The Insider, a Russell Crowe & Al Pacino
starrer which also targeted tobacco companies
was released 4 years earlier.

14.
This street art, done in Naples by Banksy features a parody of a very well
known sculpture in Rome. Banksy has replaced the angel in the original
sculpture with McDonald's fast food in her lap. Parody of what?

Ans: The Ecstasy of St. Theresa

15.
Sci-fi author K. W. Jeter, was trying to find a general term for works by Tim Powers (The
Anubis Gates, 1983); James Blaylock (Homunculus, 1986); and himself (Morlock Night,
1979, and Infernal Devices, 1987)—all of which took place in a 19th-century (usually
Victorian) setting. In a letter to sci-fi magazine Locus, in the April 1987 issue, Jeter wrote:

Dear Locus,
Enclosed is a copy of my 1979 novel Morlock Night; I'd appreciate your being so good as
to route it Faren Miller, as it's a prime piece of evidence in the great debate as to who in
"the Powers/Blaylock/Jeter fantasy triumvirate" was writing in the "gonzo-historical
manner" first. Though of course, I did find her review in the March Locus to be quite
flattering. Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long
as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself.
Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like '__________', perhaps.
—K.W. Jeter

FIB/Funda.

16.
Kevin Smith jokingly accused X of stealing the ending of one
of X's famous science fiction films from Smith's comic book.

X retorted, "Anyone who knows me knows I would never read
a comic book. And I would especially never read anything
created by Kevin Smith."

In response to "I would never read a comic book", Kevin Smith
said "Which to me, explains Y.“

X and Y?

17.
The building of this structure was begun by Giorgio Vasari
in 1560 as the offices for the Florentine magistrates, and
hence the name literally translates to "offices". Vasari, a
painter as well as architect, emphasized the perspective
length by the matching facades' continuous roof cornices,
and unbroken cornices between storeys and the three
continuous steps on which the palace-fronts stand. The
niches in the piers that alternate with columns were filled
with sculptures of famous artists in the 19th century.

What place?

18.
Lyrics of an Eminem song titled "Must Be the _____“

"It must be the _____, it's the marijuana
That's creepin' up on me while I'm so high
Maybe it's the Hindi that has gotten in me
Whatever's gotten into me I don't mind"

Fill in the blank.

19.
Apart from his primary profession in which X had a notorious career,
he was also a jazz musician and composer. He released a jazz album
titled A Very Still Life in 1997 which features him on the flute and
organ playing his own works with "The Morpheus Quintet".

He was also an oil painter. His work tended toward the grotesque; he
sometimes painted with his own blood, and had created pictures such
as one "of a child eating the flesh off a decomposing corpse."

The band Acid Bath used his painting "For He is Raised" as the cover
art for their album Paegan Terrorism Tactics. In 2011, his paintings
became the centre of a legal entanglement between his sole heir and a
Massachusetts museum.

Identify X, who once famously said, "Dying is not a crime".

Ans: Jack Krevorkian aka Dr Death

Ans: Darth Vader, who was played by David
Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones.

Ans: Chip Art, microscopic artwork built into
integrated circuits

Scores

Because, “Winning isn't everything; it's the
only thing”

WRITTEN ROUND
• 6 caricatures
• +5, no negs
• Bonus 5 for getting all right
• All answers to be written down

Answers – Written Round
1. Jeremy Clarkson
2. Bob Dylan
3. Bill Murray
4. Ozzy Osbourne
5. Jamie Oliver
6. Ricky Gervais

22.
Quentin Tarantino has always used the signature “car trunk shot”
in his films as seen below. However, in Inglourious Basterds,
what variation is brought about in this car trunk shot?

Ans: Marking the Swastik on the forehead of
Hans Landa

23.
The song was originally written by the lead guitarist of the band and
was supposed to be a part of a concept album which turned out to be
unsuccessful.

It is sung from the point of view of the main villain of the concept
album, named Jumbo. The lyrics are a first-person lament from the
villain, who is always angry and full of angst because of all the pressure
and temptation that surrounds him.

A rap metal band (notoriously) covered the song in 2003, and
employed a voice synthesizer toy in the bridge of the song. As a result,
critics universally panned it, one critic specifically calling it
"boneheaded".

Identify the song and the original band. (Half points)

Ans: Behind Blue Eyes by The Who

Ans: The 2 characters in Goodfellas are played
by Martin Scorsese’s parents

25.
X is an American film studio and distributor which focuses on
producing low-budget, usually direct-to-video productions.
The studio has produced titles that capitalize on productions
by major studios; these titles have been dubbed
"mockbusters" by the press.

Some of their films include Transmorphers(from
Transformers), American Warships(from Battleship), The Day
The Earth Stopped(from The Day The Earth Stood Still),
Abraham Lilcoln vs Zombies (from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire
Hunter), etc.

X?

26.
The influence of Eagles on this fictional band is unmistakable:

The lead vocalist's birthday is repeatedly shown to be on July 22nd, which is
also the birthday of Don Henley, the lead vocalist of Eagles.

The guitarist's name is Joseph, shortened to Joe and shared with the Eagles'
guitarist Joe Walsh.

In an incident, one of the band members responds to a break-up rumour
saying "Guess you were wrong. We were on a break, now we are back", which
was influenced by the famous dialogue from the Eagles' member Glenn Frey
during their Hell Freezes Over album, "For the record we never broke up, we
just had a 14 year vacation".

Identify the band.

27.
SixDegrees.org is a charitable organization launched on 18th Jan 2007.
It is about using the idea that any two people are connected to each
other through six or fewer relationships, as it is a small world, to
accomplish something good. It's termed as "social networking with a
social conscience".

Through this web site, people can support their favorite charities by
donating or creating a social fundraiser — as well as check out the
favorite causes of other people, including celebrities. There's also an
option of paying with Good Cards(gift cards for charity that can be
redeemed as a donation). In its social cause, it is partnered by Network
for Good, Pepsi Refresh Project and StayClassy among others.

Who launched this website?

Ans: Kevin Bacon, being inspired by the Six
Degrees of Kevin Bacon

28.
Painting titled "Absolut
____", where ____ is
the artist's last name.

Identify artist.

(Both blanks same)

29.
The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System
(JPATS), is an agency of the federal government of the
United States charged with the transportation of persons
in legal custody between prisons, detaining centers,
courthouses, and other locations. It is the largest prison
transport network in the world. Though primarily used by
the Federal Bureau of Prisons or U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, JPATS also assists military and
state law enforcement.

Which movie is named after the more common name for
JPATS?

30.
Lachrymology is the science or "the study" of crying. The only definite
source of this "science" are the members of the progressive
metal/rock band, X. They claim that that Lachrymology was actually
coined by Ronald P. Vincent in his book "A Joyful Guide to
Lachrymology". However, there is no evidence that Ronald or his book
actually exist, and thus can be a hoax by X.

The essential ideas behind Lachrymology are quite simple, the science
teaches that a human cannot very well develop emotionally, mentally,
or spiritually without the experience of pain.

Identify X.

31.
The story goes that A was impressed with one of B's
films and thus enthused B to make a film based on
a certain ideology advocated by A. This resulted in a
film which marked the official debut of B as a
director, in which he played a soldier as well as
farmer. The film became a huge hit, and made B an
authority on screen patriotism, a trait which he
would carry on into making his further films too.

Identify A, B, film.

Ans: A: Lal Bahadur Shastri
B: Manoj Kumar
Film is Upkaar.

32.
X says, "People come up to me in airports and
they're asking for my autograph not because I'm
the drummer for ______. They really think I'm Y,
and I'm nice to these people. [I say] 'No, I'm
not.' But they're like, 'I loved you in 'Old School.'
You're so funny.'"

Identify X and Y.

Ans: X: Chad Smith and Y: Will Ferrell

33.
The New Order of this dictatorial regime was
arranged on the model of the human body. The
Chancellor was the Head; the television station
BTN was the mouth; visual and audio
surveillance were the Eye and the Ear; Inspector
Finch was part of The Nose, the police force, and
the secret police were the Hand.

What were the secret police called?

Ans: The Fingermen (in V for Vendetta)

34.
"Who the #$&% Is X?" is a
documentary about a woman
named Teri Horton, a 73-year-
old former long-haul truck
driver from California, who
purchased a painting from a
thrift shop for $5, only later to
find out that it may be a X
painting; she had no clue at
the time who X was, hence
the name of the film.

Identify X.

35.
This word as applied in the music world initially referred
to a strong odor. It has its semantic roots in the Kikongo
word "lu-fuki", which means "bad body odor". Jazzmen
use this word and lu-fuki to praise persons for the
integrity of their art, for having 'worked out' to achieve
their aims. Hence the word can mean earthiness, a return
to fundamentals. African-American jazz musicians
originally applied the term to music with a slow, mellow
groove.

What word, which is now considered a genre in Western
music?

36.
X worked for six months on One-Eyed Jacks (1961),
for which he rewrote the script earlier written by
the then unknown Sam Peckinpah. But X quit as
director, explaining, "When I left Y's picture, it still
didn't have a finished script. It had just become
obvious to me that Y wanted to direct the movie."
To this day, One-Eyed Jacks remains Y's only film as
director.

Identify X and Y.

Ans: X: Stanley Kubrick and Y: Marlon Brando

37.
In the book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas
Hofstadter there is a great deal said about canon, counterpoint and
specifically the fugues of Bach. A fugue is a technique of composition
in which the piece is based on a short, often very simple theme called
the ‘subject’. The essence of the idea is that the subject is repeated
all over the fugue, introduced at different stages and in different
voices.

X read GEB because it combined the idea of playfulness in
mathematics and playfulness in music & also for research and
inspiration for writing the score for Y.

Identify X & Y.

Ans: X: Hans Zimmer Y: Inception

38.
The band was named from a 1960s poem written
by manager Sandy Pearlman. In Pearlman's poetry,
the name was given a group of aliens who had
assembled to secretly guide Earth's history. In a
1976 interview published in a U.K. magazine,
Pearlman told the story explaining the origin of the
band's name was an anagram of 'Cully Stout Beer'.

Which band?

39.
Arthut Schopenhauer read the Latin translation of this
collection of philosophical texts and was so impressed by the
philosophy that he called them "the production of the highest
human wisdom," and considered them to contain
superhuman conceptions. He said, "It is the most satisfying
and elevating reading (with the exception of the original text)
which is possible in the world; it has been the solace of my life
and will be the solace of my death." He also called it "the
greatest gift of our century", and predicted that the
philosophy and knowledge of these texts would become the
cherished faith of the West.

What philosophical work?

40.
Keshav _________ was born on 17 September 1885 in
Panvel. One of his ancestors was a kiladar of the Dhodap
fort during the Maratha rule. Keshav's father adopted the
lastname "Panvelkar" as per the tradition, but decided to
give his son the surname "_____", which was apparently
their traditonal family name before their ancestors
moved to Dhodap.

An admirer of the India-born British writer X, Keshav
later anglicized the spelling of his surname to
"_________". Identify X.

Ans: William Makepeace Thackeray

41.
In folklore, a X is a mischievous creature often
possessing gold and other riches. Stories about Xs
often revolve around the X being tricked out of its
treasure or else the X fooling the treasure seeker by
unexpectedly making the treasure disappear. X can
aid farmers with whom they are living, although
this is usually at the expense of the farmer's
neighbours from whom they steal.

Id X and give funda in reference to movies.

Ans: Scrat, the squirrel in Ice Age

42.
The movie was a groundbreaking supernatural
suspense thriller and one of the earliest known
films dealing with reincarnation. It became one of
the biggest box office hits of 1949 in India, it is also
the movie which launched both playback singer
Lata Mangeshkar and leading lady Madhubala into
super-stardom and paved the way for Indian gothic
fiction.

Name the movie.

Rules
• Long visual connect of 7 slides
• Each slide contains 2 images which connect
independently to the overall theme
• Teams must write down their answer
• Each team gets one guess per slide
• Marking scheme indicated before each slide

Final attempts
.
.
.

Films:
1. The Fifth Element (Boron), The Dark Knight (Mark Knight’s
nickname)
2. Jesus, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead(Rosencrantz
& Guildenstern from Hamlet)
3. Romeo is Bleeding(song from Tom Waits’ album Blue
Valentine), Air Force One
4. Red Riding Hood, A Christmas Carol
5. Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Vlad III
Dracula)
6. Sid and Nancy (Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen), Henry &
June (Henry Miller & his wife June)
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Tinker Tailor
Soldier Spy

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