The document provides information about a Mela Quiz being conducted by QM-NikhilArora. It lists the rules of the quiz and then presents 12 multiple choice questions (Q1-Q12) related to literature, art, movies, music etc. along with clues and options. Safety slides are inserted between questions that contain images or additional information to help answer the questions.

1. MELA QUIZ
QM-NikhilArora

2. Rules
■ Same as before.
■ Infinite Pounce/Bounce- +15/-10
■ 2 written rounds
■ 1 musical connect

3. X andY
■ 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 nameY was used to describe the ensign of X.
Q1

4. Safety Slide

5. X-Pirates,Y-Jolly Roger

6. ■ _____ ___ ____ 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?
Q2

7. Safety Slide

9. Shaded partQ3

10. Safety Slide

12. ■ X added the inscriptionY to a painting around 8 days before succumbing to
bronchopneumonia.
■ The phraseY 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)?
Q4

13. Safety Slide

14. X-Frida KahloY-Viva LaVida Z-Chris
Martin

15. On either side the river lie
■ JohnWilliamWaterhouse painted three episodes from an iconic 1832 eponymous work
of literature.
■ The three works are now on display at theTate 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)
Q5

17. Safety Slide

19. ■ 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 aY.
■ ID X orY (images on next slide)
Q6

21. Safety Slide

23. Connect AND fundaQ7

24. Safety Slide

25. ■ First appearance of Sherlock Holmes onTelevision.
■ The currently running show Elementary, based on SH.

26. ■ 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 theWikipedia
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 StarWars media
■ X, an armored soldier in Call of Duty: ModernWarfare 3
■ X- A playable hero the multiplayer online battle arena game DOTA 2
Q8

27. Safety Slide

29. 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."
Q9

30. Safety Slide

31. Obama

32. ConnectQ10

33. Safety Slide

35. Not choti
■ X is a 1997 single by British alternative rock bandY.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 andTrojan Records.
Q11

36. Safety Slide

38. 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 inWonderland 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.
Q12

39. Safety Slide

41. 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

42. Example

43. Answer
■ Back to the Future

44. Q1

45. Q2

46. Q3

47. Q4

48. Q5

49. Q6

50. Answers

51. Q1

52. ■ Into theWild

53. Q2

54. ■ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

55. Q3

57. Q4

58. Fargo

59. Q5

60. Wolf ofWall Street

61. Q6

62. ■ Ghostbusters

63. Written round 2

64. 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

70. Answers

72. Salvador Dali-The Persistence of
Memory

74. Whistler’s Mother- JamesWhistler

76. American Gothic- GrantWood

78. 3 Musicians- Pablo Picasso

80. The Scream- Edvard Munch

81. ■ "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 NewYork 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-
temperedY actorTito complains that the dream sequence is a
cliché ("I don't even have dreams withYs in them!") and walks off
the set in disgust.
■ X andY?
Q13

82. Safety Slide

83. Peter Dinklage

84. Socho, aajaeyga
■ The next slide shows a list with a Name blanked out. ID the name/funda.
Q14

86. Safety Slide

87. TheThinker statues, Rodin

88. 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.
Q15

89. ■ 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.

90. Safety Slide

92. ■ 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 "DoThey Know It's Christmas?" for the
Christmas market that year.
■ The X is also a product that was invented in 1920 byThomasAnderson andY
(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.
Q16

93. Safety Slide

95. Q17

96. Safety Slide

97. Expecto Patronum

98. *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 singleY, by Z and
it celebrates glasnost in the Soviet Union, the end of the
ColdWar, 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
Q18

99. Safety Slide

100. Gorky Park,Winds of Change byThe
Scorpions

101. Larry King interviewing Andrew Dice
Clay.Who are they talking about?
Q19

102. Safety Slide

103. Bill Cosby

104. ■ 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 theWorld" (1935) to Peter Sarstedt's "Where DoYou GoTo, My
Lovely?" (1969).
Q20

105. Safety Slide

106. Marelene Dietrich

107. ■ 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 Rüdebusch
from the GfdS told newspaper DieWelt.
■ What is the name?
Q21

108. Safety Slide

109. Lucifer

110. 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

111. +50/-30 a.mp3

112. +30/-20 b.mp3

113. +15/-5 c.mp3

114. +5/-0 d.mp3

115. Safety slide

116. Answer
■ All are movie themes which were made into songs, sung by AndyWilliams.
■ 1st - ATime for Us- Romeo and Juliet (Main theme)
■ 2nd – Somewhere my Love – Dr. Zhivago (Lara’sTheme)
■ 3rd –Where do I begin – Love Story (Main theme)
■ 4th – Speak softly love –The Godfather trilogy (Main theme)

117. Fin