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Rules
● There are total of 15 questions.
● +10 on bounce, +10/-5 on pounce.
● Part points applicable in case of Questions with more than
one answer.
● Q-3 is worth 25 points.
● QM will give the hints if needed.
● All the best!

Q1. The _______ movement is an online social movement to grant a
famous personality autonomy from her ongoing conservatorship, which
began in 2008. The movement became popular in 2019, after the
emergence of allegations involving the artist's time in a psychiatric facility
early in the year.
A documentary that chronicled her conservatorship as part of her career,
titled X, directed by Samantha Stark and produced by Jason Stallman
premiered in February 2021. The documentary garnered critical acclaim,
and widespread international media coverage, bringing a new renowned
interest into the artist's legal battle and her sexist treatment by the
media.
Give X and FITB.

#FreeBritney
X - Framing Britney Spears

Q2. This is a picture of Bill Gates from January 2015. In the picture,
he is seen drinking water from an ‘Omni Processor’, a machine that
recycles water from a very unusual source material.
This is part of his foundation’s work to reinvent an essential part
of most households.
What material?

Q3. Identify the title of the books with the help of these badly
explained plots.
1) Weird science leads to misnaming. Scientist breathes life
into dead flesh, flesh is ungrateful.
2) A book that really should have been titled 2017
3) A sexy sociopath finds a notebook that can kill people and
gets a God complex and a weird sugar fiend trying to stop
him
4) Old man forces child into a volcano
5) Girl develops Stockholm Syndrome while being kidnapped in
a castle

1. Frankenstein
2. 1984
3. Death note
4. LOTR
5. Beauty and the beast

Q4. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the 234-year old custodians of
cricket's laws, took a big step towards gender equality in cricket by making
an announcement recently. It has taken almost 87 years for something like
this to brought in for one of the game's most important term. The change
was considered but ultimately rejected when the laws were last redrafted
in 2017.
"It's a welcome change. We, many of the commentators have been using
this term for a while now during commentary. But to have the term verified
for its usability is a good confirmation," Anjum Chopra said.
What step taken by MCC/What term is being talked about here?

Introduction of Gender-neutral terms
Batter/batters instead of batsman/batsmen

Q5. The most over-analysed film since film critics were invented abounds with
theological references and is based on the concept of ____. The movie has
references from Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and even Greek mythology.
But the very premise on which the movie is based is this concept which Hindus
believe their gods have and which they use to fight demons by creating
illusions between real world and imaginary world.
In this regard sociologist Ashish Nandy says “This concept shields the truth or
Brahman from the self or Atman because it veils the truth.” This explanation is
analogous to The philosophy of this movie, which states that we live in an
illusory world and only an unplugged world is real.
FITB and identify the movie.

Q6. Soo Min Kim, a self-described “paper cup artist” in Seoul who
has exhibited roomfuls of hanging cup mobiles, saw it a few years
ago when he started morphing the official logo of a famous
beverage company by the hundreds into Thomas the Tank
Engines, PSYs, Colonel Sanders clones, Beatles album covers,
Lego minifigures, anime characters, cat burglars, superheroes,
Freddie Mercury and too many other things to count.
Whom did this artist convert into the above mentioned things?

Starbucks’ Siren (As it is officially called)

Q7. This song released in 2014 was one of the biggest pop bops of
the year receiving three grammy nominations. The singer/ songwriter
through satirical lyrics of the song talks about the press' obsession with
singer's personal life. Also, the title of the song is something we use very
commonly while writing a sentence or paragraph (it can be seen used in
this question itself).
The singer released an album last year leaving pop behind and making
the mark on the indie-folk scene. This genre shift was into the gray area
between pop and folk.
Name the song and the artist.

Hollywood actors who made/will make cameo in Bollywood
movies
Sylvester Stallone in Kambakkht Ishq.
Denise Richards in Kambakkht Ishq.
Ben Kingsley in Teen Patti
Mike Tyson will make an appearance in Liger

Q9. At the 37th Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission
for Clean Ganga, X was declared as the mascot of the Namami Gange
Programme. A cartoon character whose brain functions faster than a
computer, will now be the mascot of of the Namami Gange project. This
is a sincere attempt to help children join the initiative of cleansing the
rivers according to the Govt. ‘Ganga ki Baat, X Ke Sath’ is a public
engagement activity under overall public outreach activities of various
missions by Government of India. X is a middle class Indian, frail but an
extremely intelligent elder.
Identify X.

Q10. The X Began operating in 1908 at the behest of viceroy Lord hardinge.
It was inaugurated at town hall in the presence of director- general of ASI,
Lord Marshal. At its zenith in 1921, there were 24 open cars on 15 km of
track. The tracks connected areas like Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, Chawri
bazaar, Ajmeri Gate etc. The X priced at half an anna, two annas and four
annas, it had 3 sections with the lowest being the most popular.
Popularly, the X were used by the wedding guest of Nehru, Ahmed Ali, even
by the popular physician Ajmal Khan. After 1963, it was stopped being
operated due to growing congestion.
Identify X.

Q11. Anophthalmus ______ is blind beetle found in only 15 caves in Slovenia.
Named after______ , one of the most polarizing figures in modern day history, this
species was discovered by Oscar Scheibel in 1933. ______ even sent a letter to
show his gratitude but it’s not sure if Scheibel’s real intention was to honor him
because the first part of the latin name can be translated as “blind”. This species is
now on the verge of extinction, thanks to the memorabilia collectors of the
personality which peaked after WW2. Today there is a black market dealing in
the species with some of them going for over $2000. Some say that the beetle
becoming extinct would not be such a bad thing, considering the controversial
name it has unfortunately rendered.
Fill in the blanks.

All of them are banned in china

Q13. The End of the affair is a novel by British writer Graham Greene,
published in 1951. The novelist whose work explore the ambivalent
moral and political issues of the modern world, loosely based the book on
his affair with lady Catherine Waldron, and is set during and just after
world war 2
The book gained attention in India in 2012, because of some hit flick
which many speculate is loosely based on the novel.
Identify the movie based on this ?

Q14. In 2008, luciano Garabati tweaked the iconic perseus with the
head of Medusa statue(Image on next slide) to create his own,
imagining it from Medusa’s perspective and revealing the women
behind the monster. In last few years, his work has gained attention due
to #metoo movement when people started to describe medusa as a
symbol of feminine power and how she was just another women victim
shamed after rape. Lately this has been installed outside a manhattan
court where sexual harassment cases are going on.
So what did Garbati tweak in the original work to make his own,
woke creation?

He reversed the roles, so it became Medusa holding the
head of Perseus.

Q15. This could be one of the weirdest ways to die because it if often
considered as a therapy to a healthy lifestyle but deaths due to this
cause have been recorded in history. Despite the common name we
refer it to by, medical experts say these types of death occur due to
temporary loss of consciousness or fainting due to insufficient blood
flow to the brain. It’s caused by low blood pressure, a reduction in heart
rate which is often a result of excessive ________.
Notable death’s include zeuxis, king of Martin of Aragon, Thomas
Urquhart and chrysippus, etc
Fill in the blank .

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