MELAS Quiz, The Red Brick Summit - IIM Ahmedabad

Credits
The TRBS & LSD Teams
Abhinav Dhar and Soham Panda for their contributions
Post Quiz Notes
Certain speciﬁcs were clouded to veil questions in order to beat the googlers - have retained the quiz
as it was
Prelims Cutoff - 16 with 2 Stars
Top 3 Teams - 1st - Jyotesh and Pratyush, 2nd - Abhirami and Calvin, 3rd- Shashwat and Siddharth

Composition
What this quiz attempts:

Composition
What it’s really like:
(the lines are really blurred)

Rules
25 questions in the prelims with 21-25 being two pointers and starred (star achieved on
successfully getting both parts correct) amounting to a total of 30 points
Last name rule applies, unless speciﬁed in the question
No negatives, so feel free to guess
Ties to be broken on the basis of:
1) No. Of stars
2) Sudden death from question 1 - in case teams are tied, count back will take place with the
team to get the ﬁrst incorrect answer, relative to the other teams tied, losing out

QUESTION 1
“The device, when in its operational position, has a plate which rests upon the
player's leg leaving both hands free to explore the musical instrument as never
before. Because the musical instrument is arranged perpendicular to the player's
body, the player has maximum visibility of the instrument's entire playing surface.”
Thus reads the abstract for patent US46XXXXX granted in 1987, until it expired in
2005.
Who is the assignee?

QUESTION 2
Take a good look at the pictures
and work out the name of this
Instagram handle.

QUESTION 3
The following slides contain snapshots from a new graphic novel Biksu, published
by Ektara, is the artistic culmination of all the 22 episodes written by Rajkumari and
Varun Grover for Chakmak, a kids magazine.
Take a good look at the images and identify what is the inspiration for the look of
the novel? Rajkumari’s experience is a product designer who trained at NIFT,
Hyderabad, and her explorations as an artist contributed to that choice.

QUESTION 4
This is a screengrab from S04 of The Oﬃce where the Finer Things Club convenes
to, well, discuss ﬁne things.
The visible painting features a celebrated artist in his element, acting as the muse
for another celebrated artist, with only the slightest difference amongst the two.
To avoid the obvious chaos that will result as a consequence, simply give me both
names.

QUESTION 5
This is a basketball move which involves a dribble, a subsequent step in a particular
direction and then to the otherside before trying a layup.
Commonly used by players like Westbrook and Harden today, this move was
originally popularized by the entry of players like Sarunas Marciulionis (Lithuanian),
Toni Kukoc (Croatian) and a bunch of new entrants in the late 80s and early 90s,
where in lies the origin of its nomenclature.
What is this move called?

QUESTION 6
Identify the references (.5 +.5).

QUESTION 7
Some of you might remember this
character from your childhood and it’s
interesting to note that his look was
inspired by a role from a cult 90s movie,
both played by the same person.
Which role inspired the creation of this
character?
Who voiced/acted both of them?

QUESTION 8
The institution has a horrible track record when it comes to security and alarming
number of lapses - with a number of high profile patients escaping at will.
Furthermore, a high number of staff members seem to be afflicted with similar
conditions as well and turn rogue.
What institution, started by the founder as a project to remodel his family home in
order to properly treat the ill?
The name of the institution is inspired by the name of a fictional city created by a
celebrated author, with conditions seemingly similar to the ones described above.
Who?

QUESTION 9
Emma Hack is an Australian artist who specializes in body art and has received
great acclaim for her reﬁned body paint camouﬂage technique; through a
combination of painting on canvas, body painting and studio-based photography.
In 2011, her technique and unique art received global visibility as her muse(s)
blended into the wall behind them.
Where would you have seen her art most famously?

QUESTION 10
"I was always into art as a kid and at the time I was drawing a kind of comic book
series of dinosaurs because I was obsessed with Jurassic Park. It was just one of
those eureka moments where the name suddenly came to me” said Pete Lovell
about his concept note from when he was 11 years old.
This concept note was materialized physically and had a unique presence amongst
its cohort till Sep 2020, when it was done away with, to widespread disappointment.
What did Lovell come up with as a kid, which gets among him a lot of credit
amongst certain fans?

QUESTION 11
Two elderly women in New Jersey, one white and one black, had both suffered a
stroke and become partially disabled. Ruth and Margaret were introduced to each
other the following year and began playing the piano together, one hand each.
A reporter covering their story ended up providing them a name, inspired by a 1982
hit song by a duo.
What was the duo dubbed?

QUESTION 12
Moving to this house on Circle Street in Pennsylvania would necessitate a peek at
the house’s cellar.
Realtors are often asked about whether there’s a hole in the basement but
prospectors are shown the swimming pool and garage instead, the whole deal
priced at a sweet $300k.
Where would you have have seen this house, quite famously?

QUESTION 13
Before becoming the PM twice in the 19th century, this
Englishman had a thriving literary career with one of
his books written with the sole purpose of funding his
Grand Tour, a trip that young men used to undertake as
a coming of age ritual of sorts.
The aforementioned book is also the source for a
commonly used idiom, due to a surprise entrant
outshining all those favoured at the races.
Quite simply, who is the author and what common
phrase?

QUESTION 14
The subject for his deﬁnitive creation was inspired by a particular issue DC Comics'
All-American Men of War. The artist was amused at the prospect of repeating war
scenes as a major theme and using cartoon tropes such as speech bubbles,
exclamation heavy lettering, huge explosions and over the top colour.
Which artist and what particular work am I talking about?

QUESTION 15
The 1939 Chess Olympiad to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, coincided with
Britain's declaration of war on Germany in September. The British contingent
comprised of Philip M.B along his with teammates which included Hugh A (the
British chess champion then) and Harry G decided to abandon the tournament and
head back home.
Upon arrival, they were immediately drafted into serving the nation in a particular
manner. Where were their talents best served?

QUESTION 16
Whenever young Abdi, a young immigrant, was
bullied by schoolmates in Canada, his grandfather
would recite a couplet to help him feel better. At
school, he converted the couplets to a song to gel
with his classmates.
Years later, Abdi used the couplet in his most
famous song, something that was heard by
millions across the globe.
How do we know Abdi more famously and which
song?

QUESTION 17
In Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Savitri Rathore, played by Ratna Pathak Shah, bickers with
the talkative portrait of her husband – Amar Singh Rathore, played by Naseerudin
Shah.
A popular ﬁlm critic draws parallels between this depiction and a similar
visualization in a different medium in the 90s.
What did he compare it to?

QUESTION 18
While he is also known for having the ﬁrst nine ﬂush toilets in the nation of England, his more lasting
legacy is an eponymous artwork, which was one of the items auctioned post his bankruptcy.
The painting has been much retouched, and was so blackened with time that a great deal of detail was
(and is still) lost. It shows a balding but not unhandsome man of about 40, who sports a trim beard. In
his left ear he wears a hold earring. This is the only known portrait done from life of whom?
While there is doubt over its authenticity, experts state that the collar is consistent with the fashion of
the time the man was enjoying the greatest success, and the earring is an indication to him being more
trendy than an average person, which aligns with the verbal accounts of his character. The fact that he
wore black in the portrait seems to suggest his prosperity, as it takes a lot of dye to make a fabric black.

QUESTION 19
In December 2014, Ranjit Dahiya began work on a something as a tribute to an
individual that embodied the ﬁlm industry. He was assisted by acclaimed street
artists Yantr, Munir Bukhari and Nilesh Kharade.
Using over 800 litres of paint with the iconic MTNL building used as a canvas, this
resulted in a 120 x 150 ft creation.
What was the outcome, a delightful sight right off the Western Express Highway?
What achievement does it hold?

QUESTION 20
In their 2019 encounter against Italy, Sam Kerr scored ﬁrst for the Socceroos but
decided not perform her usual celebratory backﬂip and decided to pay tribute to a
compatriot instead, who later remarked that he loved the celebration.
Whose trademark celebration did Kerr adopt for that instance, slightly dampened by
the fact that they ended up losing to the Italians?

QUESTION 21
In 2009, vlogger Dave Days ﬁlmed a parody in an Ikea outlet where one can see he’s
excited to get into the store but eventually looks demoralized, to the point where the
lyrics compare the experience to the Twilight Zone.
What noughties hit is being parodied?
What long standing myth does the concept and the comparison draw allusions to?

QUESTION 22
In 2001, famed production designer Stuart Craig and his crew took an unusual trip
downstairs to examine particular Victorian architecture in order to conduct some research.
Where did the crew head to and what was this research the basis for creating something
that measured over 80 metres long and 36 metres wide?

QUESTION 23
Quoting from his poem, Background, Casually:
“My ancestors, among the castes, were aliens crushing seed for bread,”
This writer referenced the alienation felt by his ancestors on settling down in the
Indian continent and struggling to ﬁnd a place in the traditional caste-hierarchy who
were originally oil-pressers from Galilee shipwrecked on the coast.
How do we know this community as of today, sparse in numbers?
Whose work and origins are being spoken about, with a fond remembrance of
English in schools and Irani cafes in Bombay?

QUESTION 24
The following are snapshots from Rihanna’s Rude boy.
Identify both artistic references featured.

QUESTION 25
In the '70s, this particular shot - the over-the-shoulder wrist flick, highly effective
against lobs, was dubbed “The Bucharest Backfire." by tennis journalist Bud Collins
with the inspiration being a Romanian star of those times, talented yet extremely
controversial.
Who, also the first sports pro to have been signed on by Nike?
The player has also been commemorated in a different manner by the ATP which
comes to prominence annually. How so?

QUESTION 5
This is a basketball move which involves a dribble a subsequent step in a particular
direction and then to the otherside before trying a layup.
Commonly used by players like Westbrook and Harden today, this move was
originally popularized by the entry of players like Sarunas Marciulionis (Lithuanian),
Toni Kukoc (Croatian) and a bunch of new entrants in the late 80s and early 90s,
where in lies the origin of its nomenclature.
What is this move called?

ANSWER
Eurostep, popularized by the Europeans joining the NBA

ANSWER
Wish You were Here by Pink Floyd
Death Note

ANSWER
Marcellus Wallace from Pulp Fiction
Ving Rhames

ANSWER
Arkham Asylum
HP Lovecraft

ANSWER
Gotye and Kimbra’s Somebody that I used to Know

QUESTION 10
"I was always into art as a kid and at the time I was drawing a kind of comic book
series of dinosaurs because I was obsessed with Jurassic Park. It was just one of
those eureka moments where the name suddenly came to me” said Pete Lovell
about his concept note from when he was 11 years old.
This concept note was materialized physically and had a unique presence amongst
its cohort till Sep 2020, when it was done away with to widespread disappointment.
What did Lovell come up with as a kid, which gets among him a lot of credit
amongst certain fans?

ANSWER
Gunnersaurus, the Arsenal Mascot

ANSWER
Buffalo Bill’s house in Silence of the Lambs

ANSWER
Benjamin Disraeli
Dark Horse

ANSWER
Whaam! By Roy Lichtenstein

QUESTION 15
The 1939 Chess Olympiad to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, coincided with
Britain's declaration of war on Germany in September. The British contingent
comprised of Philip M.B along his with teammates who included Hugh A (the British
chess champion then) and Harry G decided to abandon the tournament and head
back home.
Upon arrival, they were immediately drafted into serving the nation in a particular
manner. Where were their talents best served?

ANSWER
Enigma Code Breakers at Bletchley Park

QUESTION 16
Whenever young Abdi, a young immigrant, was
bullied by schoolmates in Canada,, his grandfather
would recite a couplet to help him feel better. At
school, he converted the couplets to a song to gel
with his classmates.
Years later, Abdi used the couplet in his most
famous song, something that was heard by
millions across the globe.
How do we know Abdi more famously and which
song?

ANSWER
K’naan’s Wavin Flag

ANSWER
An updated version of the endearing relationship between Anand Mathur (Ashok
Saraf) and his dead ﬁrst wife (Priya Tendulkar) in Hum Paanch.

ANSWER
The most popular rendition of Shakespeare

ANSWER
The iconic Dadasaheb Phalke Mural
The largest mural in India

QUESTION 20
In their 2019 encounter against Italy, Sam Kerr score up ﬁrst for the socceroos but
decided not perform her usual celebratory backﬂip and decided to pay tribute to a
compatriot instead, who later remarked that he loved the celebration.
Whose trademark celebration did Kerr adopt for that instance, slightly dampened by
the fact that they ended up losing to the Italians?

ANSWER
Tim Cahill’s trademark celebration of punching the corner ﬂag

ANSWER
Owl City’s Fireﬂies
The concept is a reference to another long-standing myth that customers tend to
spend long hours in an Ikea store.

QUESTION 22
In 2001, famed production designer Stuart Craig and his crew took an unusual trip
downstairs to examine particular Victorian architecture in order to conduct some research.
Where did the crew head to and what was this research the basis for creating something
that measured over 80 metres long and 36 metres wide, the biggest set of its kind at the
point?

ANSWER
London Sewers
The Chamber of Secrets

ANSWER
Bene Israelis
Nissim Ezekiel

ANSWER
Basquiat’s Crown
Keith Haring’s Figures

ANSWER
Illie Nastase
The player groups at the Tour Finals are named after Stan Smith and him

Regulations
3 x 10 Qs: +10/0 on the bounce, +10/-10 on the pounce [Curtailed to 25 due to a
time crunch]
3 Written rounds have their own scoring patterns

Short written round 1
Famous quotes being used a sub-header for an article analyzing the impact of pop
culture on language (5 Points for each dialogue)
Section 1 delves into the evolution of mankind and culture as we know over 2.4
million years (Movie Dialogue)
Section 2 talks how prevalent American content is and how that factors into the
origin of pop culture as we know it today (Song title)
Section 3 talks about how the expression of said pop culture factors into linguistics
and how actual and accurate usage of the terminology is necessary for its
diffusion (Literary/Movie dialogue)

ANSWERS
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
Born in the USA
It’s LeviOHsa, not LevioSAH
Article: https://unbabel.com/blog/pop-culture-language-impact/

QUESTION 1
Billy Wilder’s 1961 political comedy One, Two, Three was mired in trouble from start
to finish with several controversies.
Midway through filming, Wilder received a call from Joan Crawford, freshly widowed
post Alfred Steele’s death, complaining regarding the rampant product placement
Coca Cola was receiving due to the film. Wilder heeded to her request and made a
subtle change during the final scene where the protagonist uses a Coke vending
machine. What did he do?
Also during the course of filming, Wilder who was shooting on location had to shift
cities overnight because of a major barrier. What caused the shift?

ANSWER
Pepsi bottles instead of Coke (Crawford was on the Pepsi board after Steele’s
death)
The Berlin Wall went up overnight

QUESTION 2
To Say Nothing of the Dog: or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a
1997 a Hugo and Locus award winning comic science ﬁction novel by Connie Willis.
The books revolves around time travelling historians with the same settings shared
with her previous books. What is the title a reference to?
Princess Arjumand, a pet cat, who plays a major role throughout the narrative is
named after a famous historical ﬁgure. Who?

ANSWER
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Mumtaz Muhal

QUESTION 3
Ayana Angadi came to Britain in 1924 and his original intention was to prepare for
the ICS examination but instead he became involved in political activism, writing,
and lecturing about imperialism and India.
Arguably, Angadi's most significant achievement while in Britain was the
establishment of the Asian Music Circle in 1946, with his wife Patricia Fell-Clarke.
In 1965, Angadi received a specific request, being asked if he possessed spare parts
at home which was instrumental in the creation of something, that Angadi had the
fortune of viewing as it was being recorded.
What was Angadi’s defining contribution to the world of music?

ANSWER
He helped George Harrison with strings for the sitar to be used in Norwegian Wood

QUESTION 4
In 1972 NFC playoffs, with one minute and 20 seconds to go in the fourth, Cowboys
kicker Toni Fritsch stood over a pivotal kick. Fritsch, an Austrian who had played
multiple sports as a kid did something that lead to the ball being recovered and
went on to give them a comeback victory, eventually culminating in the Cowboys
ended up winning Super Bowl VI.
What did Fristch do, completely surprising the 49ers?
Who were Fritsch’s previous employers?

ANSWER
Performed a Rabona
Rapid Vienna

QUESTION 5
Commissioned by American senator William Bingham paid acclaimed artist Gilbert
Stuart to paint the portrait as a gift for English statesman William Petty, ﬁrst
Marquis of Lansdowne which granted this artwork it’s modern title.
Whose portrait did Stuart famously create in 1796, with it’s most famous usage in
the reversed format?
Stuart particularly asked the subject if he could keep the unﬁnished version of the
same painting that he created a year ago, when originally commissioned by the
subject himself. Why so?

ANSWER
The portrait of George Washington as we know, used on the $1 dollar bill
He would use the unﬁnished version to create multiple copies

QUESTION 6
This is the metaphorical depiction of a
real-life event by Salvador Dali,
acknowledging the Catalan heritage involved
with said event.
What is the event in question, also the title of
the painting?
The artwork also contains references to
another artist’s works from the 17th century.
Who?

ANSWER
The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Diego Velázquez (speciﬁcally The Surrender of Breda)

QUESTION 7
The Todd River race is held annually in Alice Springs, Australia and began as a
parody event mocking British colonizers and sporting events.
Boats are made from metal frames and hung with banners and advertisements, and
rowers often complain about a lack of stability, for a particular reason.
What is special about this race, the only one of its kind in the world and would not
typically be possible in typical British weather?
What famous sporting event does it mock? (the oﬃcial name of the Todd River race
references the same)

ANSWER
Dry river race, where they run through the sand
Henley Boat Regatta

QUESTION 8
Hemendra Mohan Bose was a prolific Indian entrepreneur and manufacturer of
Kuntalin hair oil and Delkhosh brand of perfume, immensely popular brands
pre-independence.
His mention in this quiz is a consequence of two efforts:
● Pioneering a particular field X in India, using Y (picture)
● Manufacturing A in India for the first time, having experienced B’s equipment
What are X, A (processes/equipment) and what surnamess feature as a part of Y
and B?

ANSWER
Colour Photography, based on Autochrome Lumiere Slides
Gramophones, having experienced an Edison Phonograph

QUESTION 9
I've known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I've been Offworld and back… frontiers!
I've stood on the back deck of a blinker bound for the Plutition Camps with sweat in my eyes watching
stars fight on the shoulder of Orion... I’ve felt wind in my hair, riding test boats off the black galaxies
and seen an attack fleet burn like a match and disappear. I've seen it, felt it...!
This was the original script for what most film critics call the most moving death monologue in the
film history. A gap caused due to an inadvertent strike during the filming allowed the speaker to
change the script, with this becoming his defining moment. Which immensely moving speech?
This monologue in turn is supposed to have been inspired by a famous literary soliloquy , “a
despairing reflection on human condition”. What speech by whom?

ANSWER
Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer’s Time to Die/Tears in Rain speech in Bladerunner
Hamlet’s ‘What a Piece of Work is Man’

QUESTION 10
The Barabar caves in Sultanpur, Bihar are one of the earliest examples of rock-cut
architecture in India.
This structure inspired an important plot point in a landmark novel with the literary
version possessing glass-smooth walls and a peculiar resonant echo magnifying
any sound that passes through them.
What is the literary equivalent of the same and where would you ﬁnd them?

ANSWER
These inspired the Marabar Caves in E.M Forster’s Passage to India

Short Written Round 2
Characters from a particular anime supposedly based on real life individuals -
connected to each sphere of M, E, L , A , S with a certain degree of creative liberty
3 points for identifying each individual

Musician
Movie Actor/Character
Being an author is not
his most signiﬁcant
claim to fame
The art is on his forehead,
but he’s not an artist
Sportsperson

Inspiration for characters in One Piece
Freddie Mercury Gorbachev
Valentino RossiMia Wallace/Uma Thurman
MK Gandhi

QUESTION 11
Prior to the 1979 Oscars, Jane Fonda had a speciﬁc request for the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with regards to the logistics of the ceremony, who
rejected her plea. This refusal had Fonda perform a certain act during her
acceptance speech for Best Actress, having won it for ‘Coming Home’.
What was the speciﬁc request and what did Fonda do?

ANSWER
She had requested them to close caption the ceremony for deaf viewers
She signed her acceptance speech

QUESTION 12
During the skirmish at Bitterbridge, Brienne of Tarth had scoped out her suitors and
demolished them one by one, Farrow and Ambrose and Bushy, Mark Mullendore
and Raymond Nayland and Will the Stork. She had run over ______ Sawyer and
dismantled Robin ______ helm, giving him a nasty _____.
What words, intricately linked to reach other, ﬁll in the blanks?
What real-life incident was this a nod to?

ANSWER
Harry, Potter, Scar
JKR didn’t turn up to pick the Hugo
Award, despite besting GRRM in 2001

QUESTION 13
This classical album is an expansion of an earlier album called Foros Timis Ston,
with the music sounding very Byzantine style yet contemporary due to to the usage
of synthesizers - which is kind of ﬁtting considering who it is a tribute to - someone
who learnt the in the Byzantine style but yet put a twist of his own. Composer
Evángelos Papathanassíou paid homage to a ‘compatriot’ of his named Dominikos
Theotokópoulos and also built the soundtrack for the movie based on said
individual.
What is the name of the album/How do we know the ‘compatriot’ more famously?
How do we know the composer more famously?

QUESTION 14
In the 80s, Gaddaﬁ was heavily invested in the prospect of forming a Saharan
regiment to fuel his hunger for power in the African continent and invited members
of a particular tribe to join in for military training.
The tribe members responded to a similar call led by rebels and as it so happened, a
bunch of them played the guitar in different variations. They decided to form a
collective and talk about the troubles faced by their people and were willing to
record a song for anyone who would give them a blank cassette.
Which tribe was Gaddaﬁ particularly looking at?
How do we know this collective today?

QUESTION 15
While playing basketball as a college grad, Curt Mueller arrived at the realization
that training rooms were not up to the task for pro athletes. But it wasn’t until 1959,
while working at the family’s drugstore, that his insight would change everything.
Led by his entrepreneurial spirit, Curt saw a huge opportunity for helping athletes
enhance their performance and improve recovery from injury. Blending his sports
experience and his pharmacology degree, he acted as a pioneer for a particular ﬁeld
while also coining the terminology for the same. What ﬁeld?
From 1994 to 2015, the Mueller family brand was prominently displayed at a
particular location, staving off the harsh sunny glare on it as it. Where?

ANSWER
Mueller coined the term Sports Medicine
Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s anti-glare patches

QUESTION 16
The son of the American consul general in Barcelona, Carlos Casegamas was a
painter and poet who travelled to the World’s Fair in 1901 where he fell in love with
Laure Gargallo, known as Germaine, who ultimately spurned his affections.
In despair, Casagemas committed suicide on February 17, 1901, after ﬁrst
attempting to shoot Germaine. The fall-out from this death resulted in a period of
intense upheaval for his best friend and produced a series of works featuring
Casagemas and Germaine, who he had moved in with.
What did Casagemas’ death lead to from an art history standpoint, quite
appropriately for how his best friend was feeling in a literal manner?

ANSWER
This sparked Pablo Picasso’s blue period (he was truly feeling the blues)

QUESTION 17
The Kahoot interlude music has multiple mash-ups on the internet because of its
distinct similarities to a 1983 track, the signature song of a British music duo. The
song had a major revival because of its usage in a 2016 context, where several
people were rescued in an accelerated time frame as the song played in the
backdrop.
Which song and what context?

ANSWER
Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics
The Quicksilver save scene in X-Men Apocalypse

QUESTION 18
“There are only ﬁve species of animals with which I am deeply familiar. Of them,
dogs and cats are meant for poetry. It is forbidden to write about cows or pigs. That
leaves only _____ and ______,”
These are the words of an author who declared himself dead over hate and abuse
that he received for his book ‘One Part Woman’ in 2015. Marking his return to
writing, he calls his 2018 release animal literature created for human readers, while
also making it to longlist of U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature in
2020.
Identify the author and book in question, originally written in Tamil.

ANSWER
Perumal Murugan
Poonachi: The Story of a Black Goat

QUESTION 19
The Presidential Seal etched into the carpeting inside the rotunda is one of only
three such seals that exist in the United States, and it took an act of Congress to
receive permission to install it. The other two seals are located in the Oval Office of
the White House and at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
What famous building located inside Disney World is this?
Also, the flags used inside the theme park are not real, but altered replicas which do
not adhere to the usual standards
How does this help the firm in its operations?

ANSWER
Hall of Presidents
Don’t have to lower ﬂags at night as they are replicas

QUESTION 20
In the 1890s, the electric trolley terriﬁed many New Yorkers. The electric streetcar
was much faster than a horse streetcar and caused many accidents, frequently
killing or maiming young children. As a result, the electric trolley became a symbol
of the chaotic nature of modern, urban life in the city.
The deaths were particularly localized to a certain portion of NY sd people often
failed to look up before crossing a street when streetcars were pulled by horses,
since the animals would move out of the way. But when the mode went electric,
people found themselves evading trolleys at every turn, the act being embedded in
their culture code.
What nomenclature did this whole practice eventually lead to?

ANSWER
The local baseball team was called the Trolley Dodgers, eventually becoming the
Brooklyn Dodgers

Short Written Round 3
New age dating terminology inspired by works of entertainment. Identify the
operating verb for 5 Points each:
A term used to describe a relationship where one of the participants develops cold
feet and is frozen when it comes to commitment
Consistently dating people you are completely incompatible with, particularly
priests
A partner in a relationship constantly ignoring bad behaviour, because if you see it
you will die

Answer
Being Elsa-ed
Fleabagging
Bird-boxing

QUESTION 21
In Skyrim:Elder scrolls, as you navigate through Bleakcoast Cave you’ll find a frost
troll that must be killed for you to proceed. Near the troll you will find a single room
with the scene itself which is a skeleton hanging upside down from the roof with a
leveled-sword sticking out of the ground beneath it.
This visualization is a direct reference to a scene where the protagonist finds
himself in a similar fix, about 4 decades ago.
Which scene?

ANSWER
Luke Skywalker being stuck upside down in the Ice cave in Hoth while ﬁghting the
Wampa

QUESTION 22
Manufactured speciﬁcally by luthier Dave Rusan, who was based in Minneapolis at
the time working at Knut-Koupée Music, when he was asked to step in.
The speciﬁcations requested were that it be made out of maple wood, white and
possess gold hardware. The quality of the outcome was so good that a couple of
more were ordered and the equipment was named on the basis of the cover art that
follows.
What did Rusan create and where would you have famously seen it?

ANSWER
The cloud guitar used by Prince in Purple Rain

QUESTION 23
On Nov. 7, 1988, as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Pat Riley quietly ﬁled a
trademark application for a phrase that had yet to enter the American sports
lexicon. The effort did not pay off for him immediately but certain occurrences with
other teams lead to him raking in the moolah.
What term did Riley trademark?
In late 2010, Rohit Walia, a 37-year-old real-estate agent and actor in Los Angeles,
trademarked a modiﬁed variant of the phrase, keeping in mind a particular team’s
rise due to their star signings. What was the variant, that he tried to sell to Riley but
with no luck?

ANSWER
Three-peat
Three-heat, in lieu of the Miami Heat

QUESTION 24
The writer recounts how at a friend’s wedding in Lucknow, where, during the family
gathering, everybody began reading their favourite poetry, a friend’s father read out
a particular ghazal “Main jise oadhta-bichhata hoon”
After reading the works of Bashir Badr, Faiz, and Fazli saab as part of research, this
ghazal and a particular couplet from the same came to his mind and seemed like a
perfect ﬁt for the situation it was to be used in - considering one of the character’s
was a big fan of poetry.
Who wrote the original ghazal, considered the prince of Hindi ghazals by the writer
himself?
Which couplet and what was the context it was used in?

ANSWER
Dushyant Kumar
Tu kisi rail si Guzarti hai from Masaan (the account is by Varun Grover)

QUESTION 25
In the movie Newton, there is a pivotal scene where the protagonist dismayed by
the apathy shown by officials during the voting process is seen reading the Official
Handbook for Presiding Election Officers, as he looks to make sense of all that is
wrong.
The film’s makers drop in an inside joke of sorts at this point, which makes for a
great touch.
What happens at that very moment?

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