Visuals quiz (Finals) at BCQC Infest 2021

The Visuals Quiz @ Infest 2021
Sunday, 10 Jan 2021
Psaw, Gadre, Rana, Dhake, PP

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General Instructions
~ Designate one captain to pounce
~ Please pounce to your designated QM
~ QM decisions are final (Please do not quote wiki and litigate)
~ Please do not google / cheat in any other way and ruin this
for everyone

Format
~ A total of 46 questions in the final
~ 40 questions on Infinite Rebounds (20 + 20)
~ Pounce for +10 / -5
~ Two short written rounds (3+3)
~ Please answer the question asked (no points for extra gyaan)
~ Especially if you are pouncing, give full, precise answers

Clockwise
IR 20 questions
+10 /-5 on pounce
R

The wall text at the Tate where this Jeff Wall work is exhibited
mentions that it is a response to another art work from the 19th
century - similarly employing 2 figures, bulbs for spatial depth
and mirrors to add complexity of viewpoints. Which 19th
century work?
1

1

Answer Follows

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
A

This is the cover of an
International Man Booker finalist.
It is a take on an old classic and
satirizes the human casualties
due to indiscriminate bombing
and drone strikes by the US.
Name the book, which uses the
old classic's name and the
modern setting.
2

Frankenstein in Baghdad
A

These two had a bit of a mutual admiration club. The man,
"Sparky“, treated the lady as one of his heroes - and even
featured her in some of his works. She considered him a hero for
supporting women’s sports and Title IX by creating strong
female characters. Name both.
3

3

Charles Schultz & Billie Jean King
A

Also known as Jip or Jupe, the
national dress of Saint Lucia is a
traditional five piece costume.
The fabric takes its name from a
city on the other side of the
world.
Which city?
4

Madras
Since the light breathable cloth came from Madras it got was informally referred to by
that name – it was only in the 1850s when people started selling the cloth under the
name Madras.
A

In the movie Event
Horizon, Sam Neill
asked for a this flag to
be sewn onto in his
uniform which he
thought would more
likely given the movie is
set in 2047.
What does this flag
represent?
5

Australia with Aboriginal Inclusivity
Sam Neil being from NZ asked for a flag that would include the Aboriginal flag
assuming that by 2047, Australia would drop the Union Jack and acknowledge the
original inhabitants
A

This person posted this
picture to Twitter on 29
December 2020 to
commemorate finally doing
something that he first said
he wanted to do in 1977 (or
to be precise, a long time
before 1977).
Who is he?
6

Mark Hamill
Going to Tosche Station to pick
up some power converters
A

This car company often used ads like this one (from 1982) to
highlight the heritage of the industrial group that it descended
from. What company?
7

Saab
A

This monument is in Jersey
City, home to a considerable
diaspora from a certain
country.
It is dedicated to the victims
of which tragic event?
8

Katyn Massacre
A

This image features on the
logo of a podcast which
focuses on the misdeeds of
a certain group of people.
The name is a play on a
famous estate.
What is the podcast
appropriately called
given who shows up on
their logo?
9

Disgraceland
“Zombie Elvis” is the character on the logo – and of course Graceland was Elvis’s
estate
A

This meme (from the Classical
Studies Memes for Hellenistic
Teens Twitter account) is
describing what pivotal, if
much forgotten, ancient
battle?
10

Alesia
The Romans built a wall to keep Vercingetorix’s forces inside the Gaulish city. When the reinforcements
came they build another wall to keep those out – hence landing up between 2 walls
A

Written Round
3 questions
10 pts per question
R

This two-word meme first
started on 13 December
2017 with a tweet
commenting on this picture
of an especially corpulent
hotelier meeting QEII. It
really took off after Elon
Musk got involved, first
tweeting it out and then
after being encouraged by
Twitter users, changing his
Twitter bio and profile
picture to this meme. What
meme?
W1

What iconic 1997
work is this tweet a
reference to?
W2

In September 2018, an actor posted these images on
Instagram as response to certain feedback to a trailer for an
upcoming movie. Which actor and what movie?
W3

In September 2018, an actor posted these images on
Instagram, as response to certain feedback to a trailer for an
upcoming movie. Which actor and what movie?
W1

Answers Follow

1. Absolute Unit
2. Face / Off
3. Brie Larson, Captain Marvel
WA

Passing resumes
Clockwise
+10 /-5 on pounce
R

The chart shown is used to
characterize different types of a
certain structures.
What structures?
11

Lighthouses
The chart shows the “Light Characteristic” of the light house – the white portions
represent which signals the lighthouse uses to indicate their presence to ships
A

These paintings were recently displayed at the Wallace
Collection in London. What is the purported uniqueness of
this "Forgotten Masters" series when it comes to exhibiting
art of this type, period and geography?
12

12

The artists are credited by their actual names (Shaikh Zain
ud-Din, Bhawani Das and Ram Das) and not bucketed under the
usual catch-all term of “Company School”
A

These pewter plates were very common in Europe in the 16th to
19th centuries. They are actually to blame for what culinary
misconception in Europe involving a much maligned
import?
13

That tomatoes are poisonous
Tomatoes being acidic used to leach the lead from the pewter plates which led to lead
poisoning – people drew the conclusion that tomatoes themselves were poisonous
A

This flag was adopted in November last year. Who adopted it
and what flower representing longevity is in the middle?
14

Mississippi, Magnolia (the state flower)
The state was the last one to remove the Confederate symbol from their flag doing so
only in 2020 after flying it for 126 years
A

This animal is an
icon for a certain
observance in a
country. It is used
in place of much
more widespread
creature because
the latter is
considered a pest.
Which country?
What icon does
this one replace?
15

Australia
Replaces the Easter Bunny since rabbits are considered pests
in Australia
A

Why did Sudan pick this
creature to appear on its
official symbols as
opposed to another, more
popular choice in the
region?
16

To show allegiance with Sub-Saharan Africa rather than the
surrounding Arab states (which used the Eagle of Saladin)
A

This is a work of art by
the artist Ultra Violet.
At which museum would
you find this work?
What Catholic
symbolism did the artist
work into this sculpture?
17

The 9-11 Memorial Centre
Purple is a colour of mourning and this seemed like the
logical choice for a monument commemorating so much death
A

These are snow formations found at high dry altitudes like the
Atacama desert. They take the form of elongated, thin blades of
hardened snow or ice, closely spaced and pointing towards the
general direction of the sun.
Because they look like a crowd of people doing something,
what name is given to these formations?
18

18

Penitente
From the fact that they look like they are in penance
A

What did
these
paintings by
da Vinci and
Holbein
inspire in the
literary world
in the last
couple of
decades?
19

Daemons in the His Dark Materials universe
A

Whose daughter has started this fashion line?
Why 701?
20

20

El Chapo
At peak, he was the 701st richest person in the world
A

Anti-Clockwise
IR 20 questions
+10 /-5 on pounce
R

This chain at the entrance to a landmark in Istanbul was
specifically to force the Sultan to do something as he was
allowed a particular privilege.
What was this privilege?
What did the chain make him do?
21

21

Forced him to bow as he was the only person allowed to
enter the Sultan Ahmed mosque on horseback
A

This controversial statue was
unveiled recently - after nearly
a decade of efforts to get this
'mother' of her field a statue.
The statue has received
backlash - with the primary
criticism being that a man
would never be similarly
celebrated with his genitals
showing. Whose statue is
this?
22

Mary Wollstonecraft
A

Identify this ski
jumper.
You have perhaps
seen him in
another brighter
jersey more
recently.
23

Primoz Roglic
(Tour de France runner up 2020)
A

This is what a local newspaper did in early 2020 to solve a
bizarre crisis. What crisis were they attempting to help their
readers with?
24

24

Toilet paper shortages
NT News printed 4 empty pages to help their readers out
A

Humphry Davy's statue was erected in Penzance, his hometown.
He was looked down upon in some London circles due to his
provincial background and even his own wife Jane Apreece
never visited his hometown.
How does the statue take a dig at his wife, who had a large
income of her own from estates and was said to be haughty?
25

25

A button is missing on his waistcoat. The townspeople say it
is this way because Lady Davy thought it beneath her to sew it
on.
A

Who is the person depicted in this statue in Blantyre?
Who is the artist - the husband of the great-granddaughter of
the person depicted?
The work is quite different from his other creations which most
people would have seen on screen rather than in real life.
26

26

David Livingstone (Blantyre is the Livingstone Family Estate)
Ray Harryhausen
A

What organisation,
which takes its informal
name from Asena in the
Ergenekon, the founding
myth of Turkic and
Mongolic people, had
their hand sign / salute
(shown in image) banned
in Austria in 2019?
27

Grey Wolves
A

This cocktail comprising sake,
cranberry juice, sakura liqueur,
and Peachtree schnapps was
created as a reference to a 21st
century movie. The way the
name appears on the menu
might confuse you to think of
another, more classic cocktail.
What is this cocktail called?
28

LIT – Lost In Translation
A

These weapons were already outdated when they were
instrumental in defeating a European power in 1842. They were
again used in the next century in the beginning of a war where
another European power was defeated. What are these
weapons called?
29

Jezail
A

The lady's popularity
dropped in a certain
country drastically after
she married the guy
shown. He himself
famously took up a
composite name
rejecting his birth name
to be closer to his roots.
Name the famous
couple
30

Miriam Makeba
Kwame Ture (Formerly known as Stokely Carmichel)
A

This is the heraldic badge of
what organization?
The Bison was meant to
indicate the area where
they first performed their
duties.
W1

The red garland might
give the impression of
being a reference to
the name of the
province itself, but
actually represents the
auroras which are
visible from here.
Which province?
W2

This is the image on the
badge of the highest honour
awarded in a country.
This was chosen partly
because they had a small
empire in the subcontinent
when the badge was
designed in the 16th century
Which country?
W1

1. Mounties / Royal Canadian Mounted Police
2. Tierra Del Fuego
3. Denmark
WA

Developed in 2018,
this font was created
to ensure people
retained stuff they
read.
What was the name
given to it, which
alluded to this as well
as a feature of the
typeface?
31

Sans Forgetica
A

Named for
a structure
in one of
the most
remote
parts of
Earth -
what
sports
venue is
this?
32

Longwood Cricket Club (Host of the first Davis Cup)
Named for Longwood, Napoleons estate in St Helena
A

This script was the
pre-eminent one for
the language till
1946. The script is no
longer used in its
home country where
Cyrillic is used - this
script survives today
in a province in
another country.
Which province?
33

Inner Mongolia
A

A person in a certain Crown
appointed position from 1765-1811
commissioned a suit like this to
make his own and his ilk's job easier.
People in his profession faced
certain challenges due to the nature
of their work (outdoors + during a
particular part of the day) which
were eased by such a suit.
How did the suit help people in
his profession?
34

He was the Astronomer Royal - Astronomers had to work at
night and in open fields where they got cold
A

Identify these two people in this picture taken in 1972 -
both would release iconic books around that time and they
were considered the two biggest names as far as amateur
followers went. The guy is also annually remembered in this
field.
35

Julia Child and James Beard
A

What award do you see Sheikh Hasina presenting here? The
award is named for the author of an early 20th century
groundbreaking work
36

36

Begum Rokeya Padak
Author of Sultana’s Dream – one of the first
feminist works of fiction in India
A

This artistic style is used to show
objects in three dimensions in a
two dimensional painting, thus
trying to deceive the viewer.
What is it called, taking its
name from the fact that it is
tricking the eye?
37

Trompe l’oeil
A

The ‘Peace Democrats’ were a group who wanted immediate
peace with the Confederates. The Republicans gave them a
nickname. What nickname?
The Democrats embraced the nickname and began wearing 1
cent coins with the face of Liberty to show their position.
38

38

Copperheads
The 1 cent coins were of copper, and had the head of Liberty
A

This building in LA was built in 1893. Its ornate iron railings,
elevator shaft leading to an expansive skylight was seen as
vintage but at the same time eerily futuristic. Which film was
famously set here?
39

39

Blade Runner
A

These are "Thanks Badges" given out
by the Scouts of Baden Powell in the
early 1910s.
Why did they have a swastika on
them?
40

Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's use of the Swastika on the
sleeve of his books
Baden Powell was a big fan of Kipling
A

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