Ingenium - Open Gen Quiz at Micanvas '19

THE SCENE
The Open Gen Quiz at Micanvas ‘19 set by Atishay Jain, Rakshit
Malhotra, Sayantan Guha, Tanay Khare and Snehashis Panda
Winners: Abhinav Dhar and Kushan Patel
Runners-up: Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar and Yuthish
Highest in the prelims: 15
Cutoff: 5.5

PRELIMS
20 Questions
1 Point for each question, half points applicable in case of questions
having multiple parts
No negatives, so feel free to guess
Micanvas/MICA/MiQuest/Ingenium aren’t answers to any questions
Chop-Chop!

QUESTION 1
The traditional and most-publicized origin story for the phrase is in the
article "What Is a ____ ______?" by Albert LaFarge in the 1998 winter
edition of Today's ____ ______ magazine: "There is a general agreement
that the term '____ ______' is a literal translation of the French marché aux
puces, named after those pesky little parasites of the order Siphonaptera
(or "wingless bloodsucker") that infested the upholstery of old furniture.
What are we talking about?

QUESTION 2
The game takes place five years later after the ending with a pointless war
having swept across the country, leading to martial law. The protagonists
mission is to break into the heavily guarded New York Library on 42nd
Street.
The books in the universe were burned, but the contents were transferred
to microcassettes, which need to be retrieved. Challenges for the player
involve finding ways to alter one's appearance, fingerprints, and
"chemindex" (body chemistry) in order to evade detection.
Who is the protagonist and what landmark literary work does the
game chronicle?

ANSWER 2
Guy Montag
Fahrenheit 451

QUESTION 3
What word, from the world of business, literally meaning, ‘a change
for the better’ in a particular native language was initially made
famous by a 1986 book of the same name?
The term is often used in the field of supply chain management and
manufacturing.

QUESTION 4
In March 2017, The Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes was
defaced by activists presumably attempting to send the president a
message about climate change. Five people entered the facility in dark
clothing and quickly got down to carving large letters into the grass,
spelling out:
“NO MORE X, NO MORE Y.”
The activists claimed responsibility for the incident and cited the
humanitarian crisis of global warming and animal welfare as the group's
motive.
What are X and Y, together forming a call back to a famous
personality?

QUESTION 5*
Rod Serling thought he had come up with the term on his own (he
liked the sound of it), but after the show aired, he found out that it is
an actual term used by U.S. Air Force pilots when crossing the day
and night sides above the world.
What is this cult show, acting as a stepping stone for several
members of its cast?

QUESTION 6
The theme, originally composed in 1933 by music director Alfred Newman, may
have very well faded into obscurity by the 1970s had a particular director not
taken a liking to it. The filmmaker insisted it be played before every film of his,
and a renaissance of sorts began for the fanfare.
When the music director of the films was brought on board, one of his first
courses of action was writing a main soundtrack in the same key as Newman’s
fanfare. The combination struck a chord (pun intended) with audiences and fans
of the series so deeply, it was a mark of recognition for the longest time.
The connection between the two tracks was severed in 2015 due to other
happenings. Which two tracks are we talking about?

ANSWER 6
20th Century Fox
The Star Wars Opening Theme

QUESTION 7
The Co-Princes of Andorra or the Co-Monarchs of Andorra are jointly
the head of state (cap d'estat) of the Principality of Andorra.
Founded in 1278 by means of a treaty between the Bishop of Urgell
and the French Count of Foix, this unique diarchical arrangement has
persisted through medieval times to the 21st century.
Who currently serves as the co-prince , along with current the
Bishop of Urgell, Joan Enric Vives Sicília?

ANSWER 7
Emmanuel Macron, President of France

QUESTION 8
Thainá Furtado is a 22 year old graphic designer from Belo Horizonte,
Brazil who has suddenly shot into the limelight and almost tripled her
Instagram follower count in less that a month.
This sudden popularity is mostly attributed to her creating ____*___,
a product that we are sure you’ve come across recently while
catching up on what your friends up to in their lives.
FITB.

ANSWER 8
Moody Tones on Instagram

QUESTION 9
Will Wright’s home was one of the first to burn in the Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm in
1991. His quick thinking in fleeing without delay probably saved his life, and that of his
first wife and immediate neighbours whom he took with him.
“I started to wonder about all the things we have and how we purchased them for a
reason. Why do we need x or y or z? Why do we think something will make me happier? It
almost came down to Maslow’s pyramid of needs,” he says.
The process of assessing his losses and material needs after his home burned down set
Wright to thinking about the value of possessions and the promise they hold of
fulfilment.
What did this inspire him to do the next year, setting up his company Maxis to
execute the same, ultimately being bought out by EA?

QUESTION 10*
Daryl Morey, General Manager of the Houston Rockets, is a strong
proponent of analytical methods, having created the "true shooting
percentage" statistic, and co-founded the annual MIT Sloan Sports
Analytics Conference.
Morey's basketball philosophy, heavily reliant on analytics, favors
three-point field goals over mid-range jumpers.
What is his style of play, popularly referred to?

ANSWER 10*
Moreyball, a pun on
Moneyball

QUESTION 11
Featured next are the Mi 17, Mi 18 and Mi 24 helicopter units from the
IAF.
The names of the first two coupled and the third individually would
be on opposing sides in a 1576 context, despite them being
compatriots today.
What are all the helicopters named after?

ANSWER 11
Rana (17) Pratap (18)
Akbar (24)

QUESTION 12
“The name ____ ________ is just a reference to the African animal
really, from a perspective of coming into contact with a live one, one
that you’d come across in nature and having this real brief, unspoken
moment but with some level of communication between yourself and
this wild animal. Then the next minute its gone returning to where it
came from.”
Lead singer Kevin Parker, describing the origin of which
psychedelic rock band’s name?

QUESTION 13
“Ben, he blindly belts his briny bubbles,
Bungled buried bumblebees,
Beaky birds eat bread buns, ______ _. {6, 1}
Banned in their bower of bark nests,
Beasts are blandly biting butter beans,
Blinking bursar’s bid’s done, ______ _.
______ _, ______ _. ______ _, ______ _.
Blissful ‘burbs of Brisbane, ______ _.”
These are the lyrics of a song performed by a parody band on Sesame street.
Identify the punny name of the song as well as the parody band (Correct spellings only)

ANSWER 13
Letter B
The Beetles

QUESTION 14
"I was walking towards the bridge along the shore when I saw
something in the water," Shayla Wiggins told County 10 news.
"I had to take a second look and I realised it was a body." Shayla, who
was living in a trailer park for the summer with her mum, said she'd
jumped over a fence to get to the X shown on her map.
"It was pretty shocking," she said. "I didn't really know what to do at
first. But I called 911 right away and they came really quickly.
What was Shayla Wiggins doing/fetching, that lead her to discover
this dead body?

QUESTION 15*
Major Metallitron is an android created by the Red Ribbon Army, and
Goku's second challenge in the Muscle Tower.
Take a good look at the image and identify the inspiration for the
same.
In the visualisation for the manga, he is accorded a three worded name,
referencing a 1987 film.
What name?

ANSWER 15*
The Terminator
Full Metal Jacket

QUESTION 16
Previously known as the Sparrow, the Beresheet lunar probe was carrying
a digital "time capsule" containing over 30 million pages of data, including
a full copy of the English-language Wikipedia, the Wearable Rosetta disc,
the PanLex database, the Torah, children's drawings, a children's book
inspired by the space launch, memoirs of a Holocaust survivor and the
Hatikvah.
Which space agency supported this mission and what is special about
this probe?

ANSWER 16
Israeli Space Agency
First Private mission to land on
the moon

QUESTION 17
The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team got hold of 34-year-old
Adolfo “Flaco” Mitchell of Guyton who turned himself in after being
indicted for drug trafficking and conspiracy.
Police say Mitchell, who owns multiple Flacos House restaurants, was
having methamphetamine shipped to him to distribute throughout the
Savannah area. Mitchell was previously indicted for possession of
marijuana and guns, as well as furnishing a pistol to a minor and using a
minor in an illicit transaction, all stemming from a March traffic stop.
Social media couldn’t stop drawing parallels between Mitchell and a
fictional character, resulting in several comparisons.
Who was he being compared to?

ANSWER 17
Gus Fring, from Breaking Bad

QUESTION 18
In a controversial issue of Dr. Strange, while Dr. Strange and his girlfriend Clea
were travelling through time to study America's occult history, they made the
acquaintance of X.
Dr. Strange left Clea with X as he went to fight Stygyro. During this time, X
seduced Clea into having sexual intercourse with him. When Dr. Strange returned
to retrieve Clea, the two announced that they were engaged. Dr. Strange
promptly used his powers to destroy X, explaining that the real X was at the
Second Continental Congress and that the person she slept with was really the
wizard Stygyro in disguise. Eventually, the real X returned to bid them farewell.
Centuries later, X returned as a ghost to assist Deadpool on his mission to kill the
newly resurrected zombie presidents.
Who is X?

QUESTION 19
Identify the famous individual
depicted and the fitting location of
the statue.

QUESTION 20*
Tony Greenhand, who recently starred in the movie “Don’t Worry, He
Won’t Get Far On Foot” alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and
Jonah Hill, is an artist by profession. Each creation of his, is unique
and can take up to months to complete.
He has sold his creations to celebs like Rihanna and Tommy Chong,
some selling for as steep as $7,000.
What is so unique about Tony’s creations, with his artist name
being a subtle indication to the nature of his art?

ANSWER 20*
Smokable joints/blunts

CLOCKWISE
12 Questions
+10/0 on the bounce
+10/-5 on the pounce
Lessgo!

QUESTION 1
As per legend, Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, came to the gate of the Bhadra
Fort to leave the city at night. Watchman Khwaja Siddique Kotwal stopped her
and identified her. He asked her not to leave the fort until he obtained permission
from the king, Ahmad Shah. He went to the king and beheaded himself in order to
keep Laxmi in the city, resulting in its prosperity.
A particular dedication to this legend is performed at a specific site within the
Bhadra Fort every year. What exactly?
The site in question has also been visually represented prominently elsewhere.
Where exactly?

ANSWER 1
The eternal lamp at Teen Darwaza
The Ahmedabad Municipal
Corporation logo

QUESTION 2
Operation Nez Rouge was started in 1984 in Quebec City by Jean-Marie De
Koninck, who had two goals. He wanted to finance Universite Laval's
swimming team and he wanted to do something to fight driving under the
influence. Every year during a particular period, the initiative comes into
play, being used 1,205,894 times between 1984 and 2004.
What does Nez Rouge translate to, when it is employed and what does
the service entail?

ANSWER 2
Red Nose, Taxi escort service for
people who’re too drunk to drive
home during Christmas

QUESTION 3
“What should have been a moment of fierce passion turns into one of frustrated desires.
And if you've ever been in love, this version seems a more realistic portrayal than the
ones shown in our ever romantic movies. There is passion, there is desire, and yet at
times there is that frustrating lump in your throat which you can't quite seem to explain,
and yet which Prateek Kuhad manages to make us feel in his beautiful way.”
Parsing Unography Mag’s article about Cold/ Mess, it talks about how the album art for
the same derives from a particular artists style, with the cover for “did you/fall apart”
being a direct representation.
Who is the artist and which artwork acts as the direct representation for the specific
song?

ANSWER 3
Rene Magritte, The Lovers

QUESTION 4
Blu Radio created the 90 minute recording by using over 800 audio
fragments from the most memorable matches in the past 10 years.
These audio fragments were edited together along with interactions
from Nacional and it was aired on Blu Radio on a nationwide scale to
over 2,900,000 at the exact same time and date that the match was
scheduled.
Titled the Game that never was, what was all of this about?

ANSWER 4
A recreation of what would
have happened in the final
featuring Chapocoenese,
the team that suffered an
air crash

QUESTION 5
In Episode 8 of Season 8 of HIMYM, Lily recounts her childhood,
talking about her badassery.
The clip takes major inspiration from a popular 2000s entity.
Which character and what work acts as the reference for the
same?

ANSWER
Omar Little’s walk from The Wire

QUESTION 6
The ______ ______ Gang are a group of playing card-themed supervillains who
are usually thwarted by the superheroes they encounter. Their code names are
based on an ace-high straight in poker: King, Queen, Jack, Ten and Ace.
During a time when the ______ ______ Gang was inactive, Ten of Spades
organized a team of young street urchins to be her foot soldiers. These included 2
through 9 of spades, armed with bows and trick arrows.
FITB. What was the cohort led by Ten called, the name being inspired by a
literary work?

ANSWER 6
Royal Flush Gang
Ten’s Little Indians

QUESTION 7
These were specially constituted battalions of the British Army in World
War 1, comprising men who had enlisted together in local recruiting
drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their
friends, neighbours and colleagues, rather than being arbitrarily allocated
to battalions.
The name used to describe them was the quintessential British word used
to describe kith and kin. What were they called?
Post the battle of Somme however, these constitutions were done away
with and conscription was followed.
What was the reasoning for the same?

ANSWER 7
Pals Battalions
Entire communities faced the risk
of being wiped out as observed in
Somme

QUESTION 8
Tom Brady, who recently won his sixth Super Bowl ring, is regarded
as the GOAT of American football and has been the centre of a
number of sporting documentaries, one such being “The Brady 6”.
The Brady 6 looks at the lives & careers of 6 NFL quarterbacks - Tee
Martin, Marc Bulger, Chris Redman, Spergon Wynn, Chad Pennington,
and Giovanni Carmazzi who all hold the same distinction over Tom
Brady.
Why were these QBs focussed on in the documentary?

ANSWER 8
QBs drafted before Tom Brady in
the 2000 NFL Draft

QUESTION 9
The original Passerelle de Valmy has changed dramatically but, with
there still being a footbridge in the same place, the steps start in
between Avenue Winston Churchill and Rue Marius Delcher, and
descend towards the multitude of train tracks.
However, one set of steps has since been removed with the new
bridge clearly being higher to accommodate the increase in trains,
wires and tall railway equipment.
Where would you have seen an iconic view of the same?

ANSWER
The iconic run in Jules Et
Jim by Francois Truffaut

QUESTION 10
Rockstar Games tried to strive for life-like realism while developing its
games. When their latest game, Red Dead Redemption 2 was coming out,
they wanted to highlight the level of detail that they had included in their
AAA title. In order to do this, they showcased the effect that the game’s
environment has on the characters.
One such showcase was related to the horses in the game and they reacted
biologically to the varying climatic conditions within the game. The
astonishing detail was picked up by gamers and meme-ified.
What was this “detail” that the internet went bananas over?

ANSWER 10
The horse’s testicles expanded in
warm weather and shrunk in cold
weather scenarios.

QUESTION 11
In spontaneous remarks made to Institute colleagues after reaching
the zenith in her field, Karen Uhlenbeck noted that for lack of
prominent female role models during her apprenticeship in the field
of mathematics, she had instead emulated ____ _______: "She knew
how to pick the turkey up off the floor and serve it"
What is Uhlenbeck’s claim to fame and who fills in the blanks, a
celebrated name in an alternate field with a similar context?

ANSWER 11
First Woman to win the Abel Prize
Julia Child

QUESTION 12
The following visuals are recreations of two famous football scenes.
Identify the footballers involved. (2.5 for each)

ANSWER 12
David Beckham, Diego Simeone
Martin Keown, Ruud Van Nistelrooy

WRITTEN: FILM MEETS ART
8 Questions
10 points for each answer, where 5 for artwork/artist and 5 for
director/movie.
Exchange sheets at the end.

ANSWER
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin/Jeune homme nu assis au bord de la
mer (1836) and Paul Thomas Anderson/There Will Be Blood (2007)

ANSWER 1
Jacques-Louis David/Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801) and Sofia
Coppola/ Marie Antionette (2006)

ANSWER 2
Jacques-Louis David/ La mort de Marat (1793) and Alexander
Payne/ About Schmidt (2002)

ANSWER 3
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La petite baigneuse – Intérieur de
harem (1828) and Jean-Luc Godard, Passion (1982)

ANSWER 4
John Constable/Malvern Hall, Warwickshire (1809) and Stanley
Kubrick/Barry Lyndon (1975)

ANSWER 5
René Magritte/L’Empire des lumières (1954) and William
Friedkin/ The Exorcist (1973)

ANSWER 6
Pieter Bruegel the Elder/The Hunters in the Snow (1565) and
Andrei Tarkovsky/The Mirror (1975)

ANSWER 7
Pieter Bruegel the Elder/ The Tower of Babel (1563) and Fritz
Lang/Metropolis (1927)

ANSWER 8
Norman Rockwell/Freedom from Fear (1943) and Steven
Spielberg/Empire of the Sun (1987)

ANTI-CLOCKWISE
12 Questions
+10/0 on the bounce
+10/-5 on the pounce
Lessgo again!

QUESTION 13
His trademark practice originated during his youth, when he earned a
living performing at college fraternity parties. He found that if he employed
said practice throughout his act, spectators refrained from throwing beer
and heckling him and paid more attention to his performance
Apart from a few instances where he’s starred in a TV show, this rule is
mostly unbroken, much to the bewilderment of everyone except his
trusted partner.
Who and what practice are we talking about?

ANSWER 13
Teller’s (of Penn and Teller fame)
Silence

QUESTION 14
Unlike its original mix, dnL contains caffeine, was primarily lime
flavoured with lemon and green in nature. Produced by Cadbury
Schweppes Americas Beverages in the United States and
subsequently poorly marketed, the drink was replaced by the “plus”
variant eventually.
What was all of this hullaballoo about?

QUESTION 15
X’s are popular souvenir items in Europe. Richard Faille started producing X’s authorized
by the European Central Bank in 2015, with the help of Oberthur Fiduciaire. X’s are
available in many European countries and commemorate anniversaries, city events, and
notable individuals.
On the bicentennial birth anniversary of a famous figure, a tourism company in the
German town of Trier released X’s commemorating the occasion. The image of such X’s
started trending on the Internet and the MD of the company agreed, “It fits the occasion
perfectly.”
What souvenir items? Whose birth anniversary?

ANSWER 15
Zero Euro Notes
Karl Marx

QUESTION 16
Since Wayne Gretzky’s retirement, two of his records have fallen and he
has gained one record, leaving him with a new total of 60 official records.
The fact that he’s gained a record has to do with Mario Lemieux coming out
of retirement in 2000 and playing until midway through the 2005–06 NHL
season.
What particular record and how did Lemieux’s play affect the shift in
records?

ANSWER
Lemieux's points per game
average dropped to 1.883, which
gave the record to Gretzky.

QUESTION 17
In order to generate more downforce and thus faster cars, the Tyrell
Formula One Team made some innovative additions to its chassis for
the 1997 season (encircled in green). Come next season, Sauber,
Jordan, Prost and Ferrari also experimented with this design.
However, FIA banned them midway into the 1998 season citing safety
concerns.
What was the name given to this chassis innovation, that it shares
with an entity from a famous franchise?

ANSWER 17
X-Wings from Star Wars

QUESTION 18
To ease his discomfort, the artist invented a moving canvas that replaced his easel where
in a linen was attached to wooden slats which turned on spindles that were connected to
a chain from his old bicycle. By using that, he was able to move a canvas up and down
and still create very large paintings. This compensated for his inability to get up and
down by himself easily, and for limitations with his arms and shoulder.
The extreme pain also caused him to change his painting style, as displayed visually,
balancing the easel on his knee, holding the brush as a whole. All of this however did not
deter him or tarnish the vivaciousness of his paintings.
Who and what caused this turmoil?

ANSWER 18
Renoir
Rheumatoid Arthritis

QUESTION 19
90s kids would know Corsola but the Pokemon has had a major
referesh in the recently launched Pokemon Sword and Shield, now
becoming a Ghost Type.
What is Corsola’s structure based off and what real life event has
caused its demise?

ANSWER
Coral Reef
The Great Barrier Reef dying
because of climate change

QUESTION 20
In 1995, Joel Schumacher got in touch with Will Shortz for a particular
bit on a project the director was working on. It is fitting that Shortz is
the only person in the world to have a college degree in
enigmatology, an individualized degree offered by the University of
Indiana.
What are Shortz’s most famous credentials and how did he help
Schumacher out?

ANSWER
He is the creator of the New York
Times Sunday Crossword
Designed the clues that the Riddler
leaves for Batman in Batman
Forever

QUESTION 21
In early 2011 the team set up shop at the Science Online science communicators'
conference and at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The researchers
handed out swabs to 60 intrigued, if grossed out, volunteers. Back to the lab, the
scientists examined the genetic makeup of their bacterial loot.
The team found 2,368 bacterial species, 1,458 of which may be new to science.Some
zoness harbored as few as 29 species and some as many as 107, although most had
around 67. Ninety-two percent of the bacteria types showed up on fewer than 10 percent
of subjects—in fact, most of the time, they appeared in only a single subject.
What was all of this about, titled the BBB Project?

ANSWER
Belly Button Biodiversity Project

QUESTION 22
The person in question started the reforms in his country in 1950s and 1960s that
led to a shift away from absolute monarchy in the 1990s and toward the
institution of multiparty parliamentary democracy in 2008.
He also up opened The National Assembly in 1953 which began as a unicameral
parliament within the King's framework for democratization. In 1971, he further
empowered the National Assembly to remove him or any of his successors with a
two-thirds majority.
Who are we talking about and what first did he herald in terms of an Indian
context in 1954?

ANSWER
King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
First non Indian to win the
Padma Vibhushan

Question 23
Guitarist Joe Perry picked up his 1959 Les Paul in a "midnight swap" and knew it was with him in the
studio and on stage throughout the late '70s, but later parted with it around the time of his divorce in
1982. Either way, fellow Boston rocker, Billy Loosigian recognized it sitting in East Coast Guitars, and
picked it up for $4,200 and a Firebird I trade-in. A few years later, Loosigian sold it to jazz guitarist Gerry
Beaudoin, but, just a few days after that, he saw the guitar at a guitar show in the hands of Eric Johnson.
When Aerosmith got back together for the Back in the Saddle tour, Perry says Johnson contacted him
through mutual friends, and offered to sell the guitar back to him, but Perry couldn't afford it at the time.
By the time Perry could afford it, he'd lost track of it again.
“I decided to track it down, so I started to make some calls, and some friends started looking for it,
too," said Perry. "I was talking to Brad [Whitford] about it, and the next day he walks into the studio
and says, ‘I know where your guitar is.’
Where had Whitford seen the Les Paul being used?

ANSWER 23
Slash used it for November Rain

QUESTION 24
A source for French pride, he is the first white man to have clocked a
time of less than 10 seconds. Identify him.
Following his success at the European Championships in 2010 – the fi
sprinter to win three European gold medals – his father received a
letter inviting him to Texas.
Which organization invited him over, in a case of morbid humour?

ANSWER 24
Christopher Lemaitre
Ku Klux Klan

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