This is a quiz that I did in my college, as well as in SJBHS. It was a direct finals. Hence, some of the questions may be really really simple.
Acknowledgements:
1. Mr. Arun Hiregange, whose notes were instrumental in the starting of this quiz.
2. Mr. Santosh Swaminathan, for some of the comics related questions.
2. Rules
100 questions. We reverse at the halfway stage.
Team size of N/3, where N is the number of
participants.
+10 for every correct answer. Part points
available on the discretion of the quizmaster for
incomplete answers.
Next question goes to the team, next to the
team who answered the last question.
3. 1. EITHER: Id the
manga.
OR: Id the TV show.
OR: Give the
movie(s) connect.
18. 6. X won his only Oscar for Best Screen-writer
in 1948 for the movie shown. For the next two
decades, he wrote for many TV shows, such as
the one whose theme song as well as a
screenshot is given, starring Barbara Eden. After
his death, Tilly Bradshaw wrote a sequel to one
of his works.
Id X.
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22. 7. Characters in the book act as individual
books, because of firemen, whose job is to set
fire to books. The title of the book, is hence a
reference to the ignition point of paper.
Id the book.
25. 8. Which novel used the following
poem?
Ten little Soldier boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little Soldier boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little Soldier boys traveling in Devon;
One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little Soldier boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little Soldier boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little Soldier boys going in for law;
One got in Chancery and then there were four.
Four little Soldier boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Soldier boys walking in the zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two Little Soldier boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little Soldier boy left all alone;
He went out and hanged himself,
___ ____ _____ ____ ____.
28. 9. The original script, had a runtime
of around 4 hours. The first film
version was released in 1900, and
starring Sarah Bernhardt (it
featured only one scene). The most
famous film version had about 2
hours shorn off it, and won an
Academy Award for Best Picture.
Id the film.
34. 11. Algorithm to derive a phone-number
from the 2003 book X:
Step 1: Create a new SMS.
Step 2: Change the mode to number mode.
Step 3: Enter the word that the
organization is responsible for.
Step 4: End.
The number so gotten is the phone-number
of the organization.
Id X.
40. 13. Carlo Lorenzini, wrote a book
called Storia di un Burattino (The Story Of
A Marionette), also called Le Avventure di
_________, which was published
weekly in Il Giornale De Bambini, one of
Italy‘s first newspapers for children.
Lorenzini died, unaware of the fame
and popularity of his work. Fill in the
blank.
46. 15. On November 17, 1968, NBC cut off a live broadcast of
an American Football League game between the New York
Jets and the Oakland Raiders with 65 seconds remaining in
favour of a pre-scheduled airing of a new film version of a
famous novel, omitting a stunning comeback by the Raiders
and drawing the ire of millions of fans who missed this
thrilling match. Which novel‘s film adaptation did this?
55. 18. Common name: X
Scientific name: Anagallis arvensis
Claim to fame: Alter-ego of an eponymous 1903 play that
was later novelized. The protagonist, X, was one of the
earliest examples of a costumed hero, and served as an
inspiration for heroes such as Zorro, Batman, the Shadow,
Green Hornet, Lone Ranger, etc.
Id X.
58. 19. Hans Brinker; Or The Silver Skates tells the story about how
a pair of siblings, Hans and Gretel try to win an ice-skating
contest and so, a pair of silver skates. While this story may
not be so well-known, a story within the book, called The
Hero Of Haarlem, is much more famous, and many people
confuse Hans Brinker as the protagonist of the other story.
What did The Hero Of Haarlem do?
61. 20. X, Detective is a 1886 novel, and a
sequel to two other books featuring X.
In this book, X attempts to solve a
mysterious murder. Like the two
preceding novels, the story is told using
the first-person narrative voice of this
character‘s best friend. X would next
come in a film in 2003 film, where he is a
year older. Id X.
64. 21. Lead cast of a recent film adaptation of a famous novel by Noel Streatfield. The novel
is about dancing career of three adopted sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil. Each of
the girls is discovered as a baby by Matthew Brown (Great-Uncle-Matthew, or Gum), an
elderly, absent-minded geologist and professor, during his world travels, and sent home to
his great-niece, Sylvia and her childhood nanny. The three children aspire to become
famous ballerinas.
Id the film / novel. It is NOT called The Fossil Cupboard!
70. 23. The lady shown here
is one of the best-selling
German novelists, after
J.K. Rowling and R.L.
Stine. Two of her other
books are The Thief Lord
(set in Venice), and Dragon
Rider (set in South Asia).
However, she is most
famous for a certain
trilogy. Id lady. / Id
trilogy.
73. 24. Jenny Lind was an opera soprano.
In 1843, X met her, and fell in love
with her. Lind, however, treated X as
a friend. She served as the inspiration
for some of X‘s stories, especially The
Nightingale.
In The Nightingale, a nightingale is
replaced by a mechanical bird. When
the bird gets spoiled, due to overuse,
the owner of the bird, begins to die
(due to the lack of music). The night
before he would have died, the
nightingale returns and sings a song
to keep Death at bay, and the owner
recovers.
Id X.
76. 25. X‘s only publication was in 1877. This was written,
despite the fact that she was dying at the time. Id the book,
the opening leaf of which is as shown.
82. 27. T.S. Elliot called this play the "worst play ever
written". A critic, S. Clark House calculated the
atrocities in the play and came up with this summary:
"It (the play) has 14 killings, 9 of them on stage, 6
severed members, 1 rape (or 2 or 3 depending on
how you count), 1 live burial, 1 case of insanity, and 1
of cannibalism—-an average of 5.2 atrocities per act,
or one for every 97 lines."
The play was made into a 1999 movie, directed by
Julie Taymor, starring Anthony Hopkins in the lead
role as well as Jessica Lange.
Id the play. / Id the movie.
88. 29. In 1841, New Yorkers waited for news from
Europe concerning the fate of ‗Little Nell‘. Her
‗death‘ was greeted by shock on both sides of the
Atlantic, especially in the United States. This was
one of the first times that the ‗death‘ of a fictional
character affected people on a large scale.
However, unlike the ‗death‘ of Sherlock Holmes
over Reichenbach Falls, ‗Little Nell‘ did not come
back.
Name the author who created ‗Little Nell‘ AND
the book she appeared in?
94. 31. What are these stories collectively
called? Also id the writer.
How the Whale got his Throat
How the Camel got his Hump
How the Rhinoceros got his Skin
How the Leopard got his Spots
The Elephant's Child
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo
The Beginning of the Armadilloes
How the First Letter was Written
How the Alphabet was Made
The Crab that Played with the Sea
The Cat that Walked by Himself
The Butterfly that Stamped
The Tabu Tale
97. 32. Author talking about the origin of
the title of her 1977 work. Author may
be a little bit arbit. Just id the book.
"I thought I had made it up. Then, rereading The
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis, I
realized that I had probably gotten it from the
island of X in that book. However, Lewis
probably got that name from the _________
tree in the Bible, so both of us pinched from
somewhere else, probably unconsciously."
100. 33. Full Title: ___ ____ __
_________: Being the Story of a
Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup,
and a Spool of Thread.
Author: Kate DiCamillio
Fill in the blanks.
103. 34. Start of a poem by William Cowper.
Id the poem. What did it inspire?
I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute;
From the centre all round to the sea,
I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
109. 36. Shown here is the
cover of a novel called
Peter & Max, from the
series, Fables. The
novel is about two
brothers, Peter and
Max. If Max was the
Pied Piper of
Hamelin, who is
Peter?
112. 37. The novel gets its title from a line in the
third part in the series, rather than the first
(unlike the rest). The extract is:
The storm had now definitely abated, and what
thunder there was now grumbled over more
distant hills, like a man saying "___ _______
_____…" twenty minutes after admitting he's
lost the argument.
121. 40. Motives for a crime in a recent
book. Id the book and author.
Motive 1: Caused by a ghost out for revenge, rather
than Mahatma Gandhi.
Motive 2: Protection of younger sister, who killed a
man who attempted to rape her, with rapist‘s gun.
Motive 3: Larry Page wanted to travel to India to get
married, only to discover that he has regularly been
scammed.
Motive 4: Desire to marry sister of the deceased.
Motive 5: Recovery of an idol.
Motive 6: Problems caused by victim being alive.
124. 41. The only known colour
photograph of X, taken in
1908 by Sergei Prokudin-
Gorsky. The image was
widely reproduced on
postcards and various
publications at the time.
Id X.
127. 42. Id the graphic novel / X.
0. A witch travels back in time to prevent X earning his first money (1877)
1. X earns his first money and travels to the United States in a cattle boat (1877 –
1880).
2. X works on a riverboat on the Mississippi (1880 – 1882).
3. X becomes a cowboy (1882 – 1883).
4. X begins prospecting in Montana (1883 – 1885).
5. X briefly returns home to prevent it from being taken over by the Whiskervilles
(1885).
6. X goes to South Africa, where he encounters one of his foes (1886 – 1889).
7. X goes to Australia (1893 – 1896 ).
8. X prospects in the Klondike, falling in love with Goldie O‘Gilt (1896 – 1898).
9. X briefly returns home to Scotland, but realises that he does not belong there
anymore (1898 – 1902).
10. X and his sisters move to Fort ________ (1902).
11. X loses contact with his family, after which, his nephew kicks him in anger (1909 –
1930).
12. X takes in his grand nephews (1947).
130. 43. The Palais Garnier is a famous building in
Paris, designed by Charles Garnier. The
building was formally inaugurated on January
15, 1875.
In 1896, an accident took place at the
building, killing one. This incident, as well as
the discovery of an underground lake inspired
a 1910 novel.
What was the accident that took place AND
what novel did it help inspire?
132. The Phantom of the Opera
The accident was a
chandelier falling and
killing someone.
The novel that it
inspired was Gaston
Leroux‘ The Phantom of
the Opera
133. 44. Who is missing? Also id the
person who created the characters.
136. 45. From a two-part series called ―Epicurus The
Sage‖, in which Epicurus travels around ancient
Athens, running into various philosophers and
sages of the time. Here, Epicurus meets X and
causes him severe distress. ID X.
139. 46. X, or The Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 novel by
Dodie Smith. A sequel, Y was named after one
of the techniques used to find the dogs in X.
Id X and Y.
142. 47. Gankutsuou (meaning Ruler Of The Cave) is an
anime adaptation of a famous novel, told from
the perspectives of secondary characters of the
novel, such as Albert de Morcerf. The story
begins when he is kidnapped and rescued by a
mysterious stranger, after which he introduces
the stranger to his family and friends.
Which novel?
145. 48. A ________ asks his __________ to clean up,
while he goes and takes a nap. The lazy __________
tries a shortcut by using magic, and makes a mop
scoop up buckets and do the work for him. However,
(as he is lazy) he also takes a nap, and the mop
continues taking bucket after bucket, until he is
awoken by the flood. Panicking, the __________ cuts
the mop, only to have each piece becoming another
mop and cleaning. The ________ wakes up in the
commotion, and corrects everything before soundly
punishing the __________.
This story led to a famous animated short, as well as a
famous networking problem. Id the story.
148. 49. Origin of a famous thought-
experiment. Id.
A semi-barbarous king had an original way of dispensing
poetic justice. Anyone accused of a crime would be sent into
the arena on either side of which were two doors. Behind one
door was a bride (irrespective of marital status of the accused
at the time), and behind the other was a ferocious beast.
The king had a daughter who had a lover. The affair was
discovered, and the lover was sent to the arena. The princess
used her influence to find out the secret of the doors, as well
as the identity of the bride (a girl whom she was jealous of).
At the day of the trial, the lover looked at the princess, who
pointed to the door on the right. The man chose that door,
and the story ends with the question: What came out of the
door?
166. 55. Dr. Joseph Bell was a doctor in Victorian
England. He had a habit of asking his patients a
lot of questions about themselves, as well as
making observations regarding them.
He served as an inspiration for one of his
students to create a famous character. Who was
the student? Also, which character was inspired
by Dr. Bell?
169. 56. A X is a literary device, that is at times, a bad literary
practice, as more often than not, it is caused due to writer‘s
block. The writer often tries to introduce a new plot element
towards the end of the story to allow the heroes to defeat the
villains.
Some famous examples include Sir Walter Scott‘s novel
Ivanhoe, in which the protagonist, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, although
weakened strikes a weak, half-hearted blow to Sir Brian de
Bois Gilbert in a duel to the death. The blow proves fatal for
Sir Brian, although no explanation is given.
Another famous example is the concept of the Deathly
Hallows introduced by J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows.
Id X.
175. Title of article: Acquired growth hormone
deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in
a subject with repeated head trauma, or X goes to
the neurologist.
Results: The research team successfully identified
50 significant losses of consciousness. Of these, 43
incidents involved head trauma with loss of
consciousness representing grade 3 concussions. X
sustained 26 concussions resulting from a blow
with a blunt object. The most frequently used
object was a club (8 times). Other causes for the
subject's loss of consciousness included bullet injury
(3), chloroform poisoning (3), explosions (4), car
accidents (3) and falls (2).
Id X. Also explain what the research team wanted
to answer. Table on next slide.
180. Conclusions
We hypothesize that Tintin has growth hormone deficiency and
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism from repeated trauma. This could explain his
delayed statural growth, delayed onset of puberty and lack of libido.
We also believe that involving children in research (the first 2 authors) is
possible and beneficial. As a result, A.C. learned to count to 10 with good
interobserver reliability and now knows the meaning of the expression ―tomber
dans les pommes.‖
The main limitation of our article is the lack of paraclinical confirmation of the
diagnosis. But, according to the second author (L.O.C.), ―That's alright.‖
To conclude, it is difficult to determine accurately Tintin's age and level of
physical and sexual development. He has the physique of a child, but his
conduct suggests that of an adult. Throughout his adventures, he has no
girlfriend or marriage plans to curtail his activities. His ―neutrality‖ allows both
children and adults around the world to identify with this hero, which probably
explains his universal appeal after 75 years of public life.
181. 59. Shown here is a pic of Jackson Square, New Orleans. Every year, in March, during the
Literary Festival in New Orleans, a couple dozen people take turns in screaming ―Stella!‖ Who
is Stella?
184. 60. Different parts of which book, made into a
film in 2008:
The Field Guide
The Seeing Stone
Lucinda‘s Secret
The Ironwood Tree
The Wrath Of Mulgarath
187. 61. Fill in the blanks:
Letter from Rev. W.V. Audry to his son:
Dear Christopher,
Here is your friend ______, ___ ____ ______.
He wanted to come out of his station-yard and see the world.
These stories tell you how he did it.
I hope you will like them because you helped me to make them.
Your Loving Daddy
189. Thomas, The Tank Engine
Dear Christopher,
Here is your friend Thomas, the Tank Engine.
He wanted to come out of his station-yard and see the world.
These stories tell you how he did it.
I hope you will like them because you helped me to make them.
Your Loving Daddy
190. 62. Anime adaptation of a book X, called Princess Sara, as well as a
movie adaptation directed by Alphonse Cuaron. The book was written
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and tells the adventures of a young girl
named Sara Crewe, who loses her father, and is forced to work as a
maid in her school to make ends meet. Id X.
199. 65. The inspiration of this car was from a series of racing cars
built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s at Higham
Park. The cars were so called because of the sound(s) they
used to make. _____1 was bought by the sons of Sir Author
Conan Doyle. Id the car and the author which made it
famous.
207. Doctor Zhivago
Written by Boris Pasternak
Directed by David Lean
208. 68. Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
is a series of biographies written by X.
Some of the more famous people
whose biographies were written by X
include Theseus, Romulus, Remus,
Coriolanus, Pericles, Alexander,
Pyrrhus, Crassus, Pompey, Julius
Caesar, Mark Anthony and Scipio
Africanus. Id X.
214. 70. The Velveteen Rabbit, is a children‘s novel by
Margery Williams. It deals with a famous
concept quite common in other works including
many films, operas, etc., such as The Steadfast Tin
Soldier. This is apparent in the subtitle. Give the
subtitle. / Briefly explain the concept.
220. 72. Original translators: Ranger magazine
(between 1965 and 1966).
Current translators: X and Derek Hockridge.
X has been the most honored recipient of the
Mildred Batchelder Award, given for the
translation of different foreign works into
English, although none of them were for her
most famous translation work.
Id X. / Funda.
226. 74. A scene from one of Robert Louis Stevenson‘s works, set during the war of the
roses. The book is titled: The _____ _____: A Tale of the Two Roses, with the
subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest". The story is about how a man named Ellis
Duckworth (a.k.a. John Amend-All) attempts to assassinate four men who had ‗done
harm to him both now and then‘. The four people he intends to murder are
Nicholas Appleyard, Benett Hatch, Oliver Oates and Daniel Brackley, the guardian
of the protagonist, Sir Richard Sheldon. Id the book.
229. 75. Fill in the blanks. / Id the playwright.
VLADIMIR: We're _______ ___ _____.
ESTRAGON: (despairingly). Ah! (Pause.) You're sure it was here?
VLADIMIR: What?
ESTRAGON: That we were to ____.
VLADIMIR: He said by the tree. (They look at the tree.) Do you see any others?
ESTRAGON: What is it?
VLADIMIR: I don't know. A willow.
ESTRAGON: Where are the leaves?
VLADIMIR: It must be dead.
231. Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot
VLADIMIR: We're waiting for Godot.
ESTRAGON: (despairingly). Ah! (Pause.) You're sure it was here?
VLADIMIR: What?
ESTRAGON: That we were to wait.
VLADIMIR: He said by the tree. (They look at the tree.) Do you see any others?
ESTRAGON: What is it?
VLADIMIR: I don't know. A willow.
ESTRAGON: Where are the leaves?
VLADIMIR: It must be dead.
232. 76. Macavity and the man both
get a nickname derived from the
person in the next slide. What?
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the
Hidden Paw -
For he's the master criminal who can defy
the Law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the
Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime -
Macavity's not there!
242. 79. Shown here is a book, that was made
into a film in 1942. Id book / film.
The film featured one of only 3
unnamed / generic villains, the
other two being The Shark from
Jaws, and The Martians from The
War Of The Worlds (1953), from the
AFI‘s 100 Years… 100 Heroes and
Villains.
The book was appropriately
subtitled Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem
Walde (A Life In The Woods).
245. 80. The characters in this book communicate in
the Lapine language. The book started as a story
from an author to his daughters, while on a trip.
Its dedication reads: ―To Juliet and Rosamund,
remembering the road to Stratford-upon-Avon.‖
Id the book and author.
248. 81. Id the first novel. / Id the common protagonist.
1. ___ ___ _____ (1939)
2. Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
3. The High Window (1942)
4. The Lady In The Lake (1943)
5. The Little Sister (1949)
6. The Long Goodbye (1953)
7. Playback (1958)
251. 82. Her name comes from the two
leading ladies in Sir Walter Scott‘s
Ivanhoe. She goes to live with her
two stern aunts at a village called
Riverboro in Maine. Her zest for
life in the story helps her adjust to
her new home, by calling it
Sunnybrook Farm. Id the book.
257. 84. X is the protagonist of a series of children‘s
books by H.A. Rey and his wife Margaret Rey. X is a
monkey brought home from Africa by ―The Man
With The Yellow Hat‖. Id X.
263. 86. The man shown here, is the author of the Alex Rider
series (eight books about a teenaged MI6 agent), the first of
which was made into a movie in 2006. In 2005, he released
another book, called Raven’s Gate, which started a new series.
Id the man. / Id the series of which Raven’s Gate is the first
book.
266. 87. X is a series of books by Ann
Brashares, about a group of four girls,
named Tibby Rollins, Lena Kaligaris,
Carmen Lowell, and Bridget Vreeland. One
day, before they part for the summer, they
buy a pair of magical jeans, that happens to
fit all of them (despite the fact that they
have different measurements). They vow
to share the jeans among themselves, and
have a set of adventures because of it.
Id X.
292. Sir Rider Haggard
Was completely staggered
When his bride-to-be
Announced "I AM SHE!"
293. 96. Under Platform 13 at King's Cross Station is a secret door that leads
to a magical island. It appears once every nine years. And when it
opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A
wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of
their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years before. However, the prince
has become a horrible rich boy called Raymond Throttle who doesn‘t
understand magic and is determined not to be rescued. Id the author.
296. 97. In 1902, the National Teacher‘s Association in Sweden
wanted to create a geography reader for public schools. In
1906 and 1907, Selma Lagerlof wrote X, and subsequently
won the Nobel Prize. The book was adapted into an anime
in 1980. Id X.
302. 99. How This Book Came about:
… In 2004, the Great Ormond Street Hospital
decided to sanction, for the very first time, a sequel to
the book _____ ___ _____. They held a competition
to find, from among authors all over the world,
someone to continue _____‘s adventures in
_________. With a plot outline and a sample chapter,
Geraldine McCaughrean won that competition. X is
the book she wrote. Now you can read it.
Id the book X. DON‘T FILL IN ANY OF THE
BLANKS.
305. 100. This series of books appropriately
ends with the book The End, (the
thirteenth book). The series features a
dozen books with alliterative titles, the only
exception being The End, (although it could
have been called something like The Fitting
Finale). It features the adventures of the
Baudelaire orphans, and how they survive
from their guardian and his associates, and
later on, being framed for their crimes. Id
the series.