Qua Qui Weekend Quiz

One rule:
No Googling. Whatsoever.
I have some eggs in the quiz to catch Googling. If noticed,
will be ejected from the quiz to be fair to all. Sorry :P
Round 1 - Thematic
4 Questions
All themed on: Food & Beverage
No direct/ pass. All questions open to all, via chat.
60 Seconds. Leaders sends answers privately to QM. No
negatives.
1

Big League Chew is a brand of bubble gum that is shredded and packaged in an
aluminum foil pouch. It was created by Rob Nelson in 1980 and then pitched to
Wrigley Company who bought the rights to the product and manufactured it until
2010, after which it was sold off to another manufacturer.
This idea was primarily devised to cut down on a certain habit of people from a
certain profession, that is also reflected in the packaging cover of these bubble
gums. It has been such a success that it now calls itself “The Hall of Fame Bubble
Gum”.
What profession, what habit did it change? (5 X 2)
Cut down tobacco-chewing habit of baseballers
2

Among all the members of the nightshade family, this is the only one that features in the
older scientific literature that alludes to it being in use much before the rest of the
nightshade members.

For reasons beyond the kitchen, this ‘vegetable’ is one that is highly used in modern
parlance as well by Gen Z and millennials alike.

In Italy, the name for this is one that gives rise to a common tradition of misconception
about the same - that consuming it causes insanity.

What ‘vegetable’ (5)? What is the common English term (2-worded) Italians and South
Americans know it by (arising from misconception)? (5)
Eggplant & Mad-Apple
3

There are many origin stories around this dish ___1___ ____2____ (1 & 2 represent two words
used together for the dish). Most of them point to a bar in New York owned by the
Bellisimo family that is still active, who created it in 1964.
One story says that when their son came with friends unannounced, they needed to
provide a quick snack which ended up being ___1___ ___2____. Another story goes that the
wrong types of ___2____ was delivered one day and instead of throwing them, it was put to
use by Bellissimo.
In 1977, the city officially declared the birthday of father Bellisimo as ___3__ ___2__ day (3
referring to a generic item, rather than the specific). Today, you’ll find even chains that
purely serve ____1___ ___2____.
What’s ___1___ 2____? (10)
Buffalo Wings (No points for Chicken Wings)
4

In 1874 Grand Duchess ______ Alexandrovna married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the
second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; she was the only
Romanov to marry into the British royal family. Uniquely, she was born to Russian Royalty,
became Duchess of Edinburgh, and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Germany).

Her marriage to the Duke was a grand affair. To celebrate the same, something was made for
the first time and was named after her. The item was a hit with the audience and spread soon
to Spain & Portugal where following the civil war this item became a symbol of economic
prosperity showcased by excessive wheat usage.

What item? (10)

Round 2 - Infinite Bounce
12 Questions (6 clockwise, 6 anticlockwise)
If direct, wait till my cue and answer on audio
Open on pounce to other teams via chat (pounce carries a -10
irrespective of points on offer; half answers won’t fetch you points or
negatives)
Each question has different points on offer
1

In 1967, X along with some other members of his activist group went to Y and threw fake
dollar bills from the gallery down to the floor. While some booed this, others at the floor
scrambled to pick up the fake bills. The event got covered by the media in such a way that Y
had to spend $20,000 in that time to cover the gallery with bulletproof glass.

X, who kick-started the Yippie movement, was one of the leading proponents of the Z
movement as well that gained lot of traction in 60s/70s in America for the peaceful protests
featuring an item that they would insert into rifles of police officers as peace offering (also
in its name)

X died in late 1970s of a drug overdose.

X, Y, Z please? (5 X 3) --- if you get at least two on pounce, it’ll fetch you points.
X - Abbie Hoffman (Trials of the Chicago 7 fame)

Y - New York Stock Exchange

Z - Flower Power
2

Ludovico Varthema was a 15th century Italian traveller whose biggest achievement
was being the first (of a particular group) to visit a certain place. Surprisingly, he also
survived to tell the tale.
Varthema was also the first to use the term X to refer to a particular Indian region
in any documented work. The term is derived from the name of a village in the
region, which in European languages got corrupted to the term we know it by. The
name of the village itself literally translates to “Realm of the Shores”.
Many regions in Australia, NZ also bear this name while in Slovakia this term refers
to a Utopian land bleached with cheese and covered with cake.
What first is credited to Barthema (10)? What is X? (10)
First non-muslim European to enter Mecca
3

X contains water (~80%), butane gas (~17%), surfactant (~1%), and other ingredients including
vegetable oil (~2%). This was invented in 2000 by a Brazilian inventor for which he received the
patent in 2002. After its first usage in 2001, X was unanimously approved for use in Brazil in 2001
and featured in a certain type of event regularly.

The larger world, however, adopted it only in 2014 when it was first used on June 12th 2014, also
in Brazil. However, the version of X used for this varied from the original and is termed “9-15”.

The Brazilian inventor, however, has been chasing governing bodies that are utilising his
technology for not paying the royalties. In Spite of the matter being heard by courts in Brazil and
ruled in his favour, he is yet to receive a penny.

What is X? Where would you commonly find its use? (5 X 2)

Vanishing Spray
4

X is the spoken language which is described as having free-word order and many
levels of center-embedded clues.
Y is the written language which is entirely disconnected to the spoken language in a
very unique way. While in English, we use the written language to transcribe the
words we speak, here that’s not the case. Y has such a complex structure that a
single change in semantic symbol cannot happen without changing the entire
sentence.
The details of this was first published in Starlight anthology in 1998 and then later in
a set of short stories in 2002. It came to wider world attention in 2016.
What am I talking about? (10)
Heptapod A & B
5

In 1920, an Irish Military Officer was stationed in the hill city of Shimla. Living in the
Northernmost slope, the weather was always harsh in the winters. One day, he
noticed that his water taps were completely frozen at his home and in and around
the vicinity of Tennis courts that he frequented as a keen player. This gave him an
idea.
What he did then became the starting point for something else in the country, a
blessing for often ignored group of people. Hence, he is widely believed to have been
the reason why something flourished in India.
What exactly did he do? (10)
He flooded the Tennis courts to make way for ice
skating ring
This led to the birth of Simla Ice Skating Club and subsequently many other clubs.
6

X - Just like in the story of the Gospel where Jesus raises someone from dead, a lot of
times As often find the same happening in their field too. Eg, Coelacanths
Y - Just like the thousands of impersonators of Y, often quite badly; As find poorly
impersonated versions that often cause them confusion in their field. Eg,
Brachiopod/ Gastropod
Z - As in they are dead but seem to be reappearing in a different manner; As find
such happening where erosion has happened but it reappears in a different form
later. Eg, Theropod
Solve for X, Y, Z, and who are A s(5 X 4)
Paleontology (Taxons)

X - Lazarus

Y - Elvis

Z - Zombie
7
The New Yorker termed this new-age movement, symbolised by a # as the Bohemian Social
Media movement.

While it is connected to digital nomadness, hippie lifestyle, and eco-tourism in the modern day,
symbolised by events such as Rubber Tramp Rendezvous (RTR) - the largest of its kind, one
can’t say the same about its origins.

The concept began as a way of surviving poverty as the Great Depression ravaged families in
the US. As people lost money and possession, this ensured a basic lifestyle with all the comforts
of traditional housing.

What is the highly popular hashtag in question? (10)

#vanlife

Nomadland has made this hashtag quite popular again

8

In 2015, a beautiful coastal city in Africa became the centre of attention of students
around the world after local university students initiated a campaign called “_______
Must Fall”. The campaign, which was meant to remove the remnants of erstwhile
white/ British supremacy, spawned into one that took shape in far-flung countries
like at the Harvard Law School in USA.
The campaign’s title comes from the push of the campaigners to remove the statue
(image follows) shown here of _______ (same blank).
One of the famous recipients of ______’s legacy is an erstwhile US President who
received something established by ______ in 1968.
Fill in the blank (10). Which US President? (5) --- can pounce for the blank alone;
Rhodes Must Fall

Statue is of Cecil Rhodes, of the Rhodes Scholarship/ Rhodesia (Erstwhile

Zimbabwe/Zambia) fame.

President Bill Clinton was Rhodes Scholarship winner back in 1968.

9

X Cheese was born 70 years ago in America as a result of the wild scientific imagination of a
bacteriology professor at the University of Wisconsin who passed UV light into molds
during the ripening process of cheese.
In the process of these experiments, he figured that the blue cheese varieties were the once
producing the results he needed. However, on ageing, the blue cheese actually turned white
making the first non-blue blue cheese in history. Scientifically a success, the visually
unremarkable cheese never found a market beyond the turophiles.
Eventually, he sold his methodology to another University in the neighbouring state which
is the only place in the world that sells the X cheese.
What’s X - the name? What’s special about it? Which University sells it? (5 X 3)
Nuworld Cheese

Cheese made from nuclear radiation;

University of Minnesota
10

The object shown in image (follows in next slide) is usually just called “The Smoker” by
professionals while the rest of us may call it _____ Smoker, in reference to the people who use it.

Smoke masks alarm pheromones which include various chemicals, e.g., isopentyl acetate which
disrupts the defensive systems that is necessary for professionals to do their job. In addition, it
creates a feeding frenzy in fear of abandonment further weakening the defensive systems.

Even though this professional device came in the late 1800s, the science behind this has been
in use in traditional ways like burning puffball fungus - a practice still used in Nepal where the
largest variety of what’s in question here is found.

What am I talking about? (10)

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The peninsula in picture here is located 25 km South of France in the municipal area of
Cadaques. This location has been the subject of two famous paintings, both of which feature a
natural rock formation depicted as a creature. It also bears resemble to the figure from the
Paradise section of Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. Some say the creature is
in some ways a self-portrait as well.

These two paintings by X were made when X lived in a village near the cape. While it’s been
said to represent relativity, X himself thinks its just how cheese melts in the sun.

Who is X? What are the two paintings in question? (5 X 3)

Image follows
Dali’s Persistence of Memory & Great Masturbator
12

When this company began producing a certain type within its wide range, the convention
followed a standard colour pattern to ensure race, sex neutrality. In a reddit thread, one of
the earliest members of the company mentions that specifically this convention was
followed in keeping with the colour palette of the brand’s original colours.
However, as the company began making licensed characters, they realised the convention
would have to be changed in order to resemble the original character. This took special
significance when company partnered with NBA and realised standard convention would
make black origin players unrecognisable.
So now, the company follows one palette for unlicensed products and another for licensed
products.
What company? (5) What convention is being talked of? (10)
Lego - Yellow Heads vs Flesh Heads
Round 3 - Written

5 Images
All based on: Turkish Miniature Paintings - Movie Posters
All answers to be sent at the end of all 5 questions by leader via zoom DM
5 X 5 = 25 points; All correct bonus of +15, At least 4 correct bonus of +10
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Answers

1. Godfather
2. Inception
3. Scarface
4. Shining
5. Goodfellas