MELA QUIZ

QM-Nikhil Arora

Rules

■ Same as before.

■ Infinite Pounce/Bounce- +15/-10

■ 2 written rounds

■ 1 musical connect

X and Y

■ A General History of the X is a 1724 British book containing biographies of the then contemporary X. It is written by a “Charles Johnson”, who is now considered to be a pseudonym for an unknown British author whose identity remains a mystery.

■ Many scholars have suggested that the author could have been either Daniel Defoe or publisher Nathaniel Mist. Two famous Scottish authors identify the book as their sources of inspiration.

■ The book was also the first time the name Y was used to describe the ensign of X.

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X-Pirates, Y-Jolly Roger

■ _____ ___ ____ X ___ is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book had sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2009, with 10 million of those being in the United States.

■ This story of only 338 words focuses on a young boy named Max who, after dressing in his wolf costume, wreaks such havoc through his household that he is sent to bed without his supper. Max's bedroom undergoes a mysterious transformation into a jungle environment, and he winds up sailing to an island inhabited by malicious beasts.

■ The original title had the word “horses” instead of X. Sendak changed the title after he realized he couldn’t draw horses.

■ The book?

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Shaded partQ3

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■ X added the inscription Y to a painting around 8 days before succumbing to bronchopneumonia.

■ The phrase Y inspired a 21st century album and song. When asked, Z, the front man of a band said “X went through a lot of shit, of course, and then started a big painting in her house that said ‘Y.' I just loved the boldness of it. X,Y,Z(or band)?

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X-Frida Kahlo Y-Viva La Vida Z-Chris Martin

On either side the river lie

■ John William Waterhouse painted three episodes from an iconic 1832 eponymous work of literature.

■ The three works are now on display at the Tate gallery, City Art gallery at Leeds and the Art gallery of Ontario.

■ ID the work of literature/The woman in question (images on next slide)

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■ Miracle on X is a Dance Company founded by Syed Sallauddin Pasha who has a background in Bharatnatyam and Kathak.

■ Having performed regularly over the last decade all over India and Europe (including the UK House of Commons), they have incredibly famous and have garnered fame and various awards.

■ They hold a Guinness World Record for the most manual spins on a Y.

■ ID X or Y (images on next slide)

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Connect AND fundaQ7

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■ First appearance of Sherlock Holmes on Television.

■ The currently running show Elementary, based on SH.

■ An X is, in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable.

■ Several entertainment mediums have adopted this name to depict characters who are formidable and unstoppable. Here are clues from the Wikipedia Disambiguation page of the X.

■ X-(truck) or semi-trailer truck

■ X-(comics), a Marvel comics character

■ A5 X - a turbo-tank vehicle in various Star Wars media

■ X, an armored soldier in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

■ X- A playable hero the multiplayer online battle arena game DOTA 2

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Angst-ridden letters from a young X to his girlfriend reveal a 20-something plagued by insecurities about race, class and money.

■ The handwritten letters are between a young X and Alexandra McNear, who he met in California as a student. Acquired by Emory University's Rose Library in 2014, they have only now been published. "They are quite beautifully composed and reveal the search of a young man for meaning and identity," library director Rosemary Magee said. The letters were written between 1982 and 1984, five years before X’s first date with his eventual wife Y.

■ In one of the earliest letters, he wrote: "I trust you know that I miss you, that my concern for you is as wide as the air, my confidence in you as deep as the sea, my love rich and plentiful." It was signed: "Love, X."

■ But born in A, to a father from B, and spending much of his early years in C, he felt different. "Caught without a class, a structure, or a tradition to support me, in a sense the choice to take a different path is made for me. The only way to assuage my feelings of isolation are to absorb all the traditions, classes, make them mine, me theirs."

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Obama

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Not choti

■ X is a 1997 single by British alternative rock band Y. The recording originally reached number 60 on the UK Singles Chart in 1997. After a remixed version by Norman Cook became a radio and critical success, the song was re-released and reached number one on the UK chart in February 1998.

■ The song pays tribute to singer Z mentioning how she often went unnoticed. There are also mentions of Hydroelectric projects and the environmental harm they cause; local radio stations and singers Jacques Dutronc, Marc Bolan, Argo Records and Trojan Records.

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Aap bhi laga ke dekhiye, maja aajayega

■ Amanita muscaria is a basidiomycete X. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere.

■ The consumption of Amanita muscaria may cause perceptual phenomena such as synesthesia, macropsia, and micropsia. Some users report lucid dreaming under the hypnotic effects of this X.

■ It is depicted in the dancing X sequence in the 1940 Disney film Fantasia, in Alice in Wonderland and many other movies, illustration books and games.

■ Where have we all seen this X (Its most famous depiction) and what is X, for pounce.

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Written round – Cars and Films

■ The next few slides will contain iconic movie cars. Simply ID the corresponding movie.

■ +5 for each correct answer

■ +15 for all correct

Example

Answer

■ Back to the Future

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Answers

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■ Into the Wild

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■ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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Fargo

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Wolf of Wall Street

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■ Ghostbusters

Written round 2

Muppets’ Art Parodies

■ The next few slides are parodies of famous works of art.

■ +2.5 for identifying the title, +2.5 for the artist

Answers

Salvador Dali- The Persistence of Memory

Whistler’s Mother- James Whistler

American Gothic- Grant Wood

3 Musicians- Pablo Picasso

The Scream- Edvard Munch

■ "Living In Oblivion" is a low budget independent drama-comedy about a cast and crew filming a low budget independent film in the middle of New York City. It stars Steve Buscemi in the title role.

■ The plot revolves around the problems movie crew face during shooting and how they resolve them.

■ The final act of the movie shows a dream sequence being shot, and is the first time we see actor X on film (his film debut). Till-tempered Y actor Tito complains that the dream sequence is a cliché ("I don't even have dreams with Ys in them!") and walks off the set in disgust.

■ X and Y?

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Peter Dinklage

Socho, aajaeyga

■ The next slide shows a list with a Name blanked out. ID the name/funda.

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The Thinker statues, Rodin

Your mother sucks c***s in hell

■ In ancient Mesopotamian religion, Pazuzu was the king of the demons of the wind, brother of Humbaba and son of the god Hanbi. He also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and drought.

■ Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of animal and human parts with his right hand pointing upwards and his left hand downwards. He has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, eagle-like taloned feet, two pairs of wings, a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis.

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■ In the summer of 1973 Lankester Merrin a veteran Catholic priest who is on an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hatra in Iraq, finds an amulet that resembles the statue of Pazuzu.

■ In the same year, in Georgetown DC, after a series of events, Merrin meets his end, largely due to his curiosity and obsession over Pazuzu.

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■ X is a charity subgroup featuring mainly British and Irish Musicians and recording artists.

■ It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year.

■ The X is also a product that was invented in 1920 by Thomas Anderson and Y (company) employee Earle Dickson in Escondido, California for his wife Josephine. Since then, Y currently has estimated a sale of over 100 billion Xs worldwide.

■ Y continues to defend the X trademark against it being genericized.

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Expecto Patronum

*Whistling to the..

■ X park is a central park in Moscow named after Maxim X. In 2011 X Park underwent a major reconstruction. New director of Central Park of Culture and Leisure Sergei Kapkov demolished approximately 100 attractions and illegal objects.

■ X park is mentioned in a 1990 album and single Y, by Z and it celebrates glasnost in the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and speaks of hope at a time when tense conditions had arisen due to the fall of Communist-run governments among Eastern Bloc nations beginning in 1989.

■ XYZ

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Gorky Park, Winds of Change by The Scorpions

Larry King interviewing Andrew Dice Clay. Who are they talking about?

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Bill Cosby

■ X was an German-American actress who maintained popularity throughout her long career of almost 70 years (1910s-1980s) by reinventing herself.

■ X was noted for her humanitarian efforts during the war, housing German and French exiles, providing financial support and even advocating their US citizenship. For her work on improving morale on the front lines during the war, she received several honors from the United States, France, Belgium, and Israel.

■ X is referenced in a number of popular 20th century songs, from the Rodgers and Hart's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (1935) to Peter Sarstedt's "Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?" (1969).

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Marelene Dietrich

■ The first name X has Latin origins and means “Morning star” or “Light Bringing”.

■ However, distortions and modern beliefs have changed that etymologoy and because the name is associated with evil, the Association for the German Language (GfdS) considers it problematic and not appropriate.

■ "At the center of decisions like this is the well-being of the child," Frauke Rüdebuschfrom the GfdS told newspaper Die Welt.

■ What is the name?

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Lucifer

Connect 4

■ The following slides will each be accompanied by an instrumental piece.

■ +10/-5 for each slide correct (You have to show me the answer after each). Simply give me the name of the piece/where you would find it.

■ Connect marks are indicated in the title

+50/-30 a.mp3

+30/-20 b.mp3

+15/-5 c.mp3

+5/-0 d.mp3

Safety slide

Answer

■ All are movie themes which were made into songs, sung by Andy Williams.

■ 1st - A Time for Us- Romeo and Juliet (Main theme)

■ 2nd – Somewhere my Love – Dr. Zhivago (Lara’s Theme)

■ 3rd – Where do I begin – Love Story (Main theme)

■ 4th – Speak softly love – The Godfather trilogy (Main theme)

Fin