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THE FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT QUIZ

DRIES 1

RULES

• There are 6 questions in this round.

• This round will move clockwise, starting with team 1.

• On bounce, +10/0 and on pounce, +10/-10

QUESTION 1

• X is a clause or provision in a life insurance or accident policy whereby

the company agrees to pay the stated multiple of the face amount in the contract in cases

of death caused by accidental means. This includes murder by a person other than, and not

in collusion with, the beneficiary of the insurance policy, and most accidental deaths. It

excludes suicide, and deaths caused by the insured person's own gross negligence, as well

as natural causes.

• Since a large portion of deaths are declared accidental, X clauses are usually relatively

cheap and often aggressively marketed, especially to people over 45. People with

dangerous jobs, such as heavy construction, as well as children, are not generally eligible.

• The above definition serves as the central plot line for a certain film in the 20th Century

named X.

• Which film?

FILLER

• X – Double Indemnity

QUESTION 2

• ‘Of course I wanted there to be a subtle, or in this case, not so subtle nod to what

one faces as a black man in society wearing a X. Unfortunately, what happens is

that people will make assumptions about who you are based on that X and that's

the whole thing. I wanted to show that heroes could wear Xs, too. I don't care what

your socioeconomic status is, if you're a black man in a X, you can be

misinterpreted.’

• The above text is the justification behind the wardrobe choice for a certain

character as clarified by the actor who plays him.

• What is X and who is the character (same as the name of the show)?

FILLER

• X – Hoodie

• Luke Cage

QUESTION 3• The following is an incomplete list of songs as featured in the 2003 American Comedy film X.

• "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" by AC/DC (The lead character uses the lyrics in a speech)

• "Touch Me" by The Doors*

• "Back in Black" by AC/DC

• "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath

• "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC

• "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple

• “Y" by Z*

• "Moonage Daydream" by David Bowie

• "TV Eye" by The Stooges*

• "Ride into the Sun" by The Velvet Underground

• "Heal Me, I'm Heartsick" by No Vacancy*

• “X" by X

• "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (AC/DC cover) by X

• "Math Is a Wonderful Thing" (cotd on next slide)

• The rock band Z are notoriously hesitant to allow their music to be licensed for

commercial purposes. Knowing this, the director filmed a plea by the lead

actor in front of 1,000 screaming fans, imploring the band to let the

production use the “Y" in the movie. The plea worked and the filmed request is

included on the DVD.

• Just give X.

FILLER

• X – School of Rock

QUESTION 4

• For X, it was about “cluing in on each woman and finding her walk and her

rhythm and her world view.”

• X used a lot of music, formulating different dance forms and playlists for each

character.

• For example, X used an extensive background in dance to assign the “soccer

mom” ballet, and the “hippie nerd” rave, and a “very frenetic, very animalistic”

dance for the crazed assassin.

• X’s efforts were only recently recognised by the American Academy of

Television Arts and Sciences.

• Which TV show did X work in?

FILLER

• Orphan Black

• Tatiana Maslany

QUESTION 5

• Soodhu Kavvum is 2013 Tamil movie that revolves around the story of a group

of people who plan to kidnap Arumai, the son of a wealthy businessman in

order to obtain money. But things take a humorous turn when Arumai assists them

in the kidnapping so that he can get the ransom money too.

• This plotline is very similar to the plotline of the Hollywood movie X.

• Other similarities include the misspelling of the word “kidnapping” in both the

versions, where the actor in the Hollywood version spells it as “Kidnaping”.

• Give X.

FILLER

• X – Horrible Bosses 2

QUESTION 6

• X creator based the character of Y on his friend and colleague, _____ Gheith.

• Gheith was raised as a strict Muslim, but realized later in life that that religion didn’t

provide all the answers like he was promised. He tried to become the brain type, but

was then picked on even more.

• The pair worked together on Channel 101, a monthly film festival that showcases

serialized mini-TV shows in Los Angeles and New York. According to Gheith, “I think I’m

a bit more aware socially. I can tell when people are uncomfortable … It seems like the

one on the show has no idea that he’s around other people. Like he's watching them on

TV. So he's kind of a kid-like version of me.”

• X and Y?

FILLER

• X – Community

• Y – Abed Nadir

THEME 1FAMOUS ACTORS WHO STARTED ON TV

QUESTION 1

• During an interview to promote their 2015 movie, Margot Robbie and X

played a game called Truth or Con. During the game, the interviewer asked

Robbie ‘X was born in Brooklyn. Truth or Con?’, to which Robbie responded

‘Con. West Philadelphia, born and raised.’ as a reference to the show, Y, from

the 90s that X appeared on. Her response was a part of the theme song for

the series.

• Who is X?

QUESTION 2

• X started on the show Y at age 17, but had to leave the show to attend college.

• On being asked about a reunion for the show, X said “Hell yes. Though not sure how

much sense it would make since the alien characters left earth at the end of the series.

Still, I love all those folks so much, I’d love to..”

• In his opening monologue for Saturday Night Live, X said – ‘It feels SO good to be

here, hosting "Saturday Night Live". And I'll tell you why: I started out on television.

Look, this is me, fifteen years ago on the show Y. [ reveal old photo ] I was such a CUTE

little girl!’ as a reference to the look he sported on the show.

• Who is X?

QUESTION 3

• X starred in the TV show Y that started in the 90s. Apart from gaining millions of fans

because of her character, X also got a lot of attention for the hairstyles she sported

during the show. One such iconic hairstyle was called “ The Z” , Z being the name of

her character.

• Ironically though, X hated “The Z” saying it was the ugliest haircut she had ever seen

and would go bald for the rest of her life rather than sport “The Z”.

• X recently captivated her fans by acting as a sex addict and a stripper among other

things.

QUESTION 4

• X lied about her age to get cast in the TV show Y. X, who was 14 at that time,

lied saying she was about to turn 18. The then-14-year-old reasoned that the

producers wouldn't want to cast someone too young because of work hour

restrictions for minors.

• X’s first kiss was also on the show with a co-actor and she ended up marrying

the same co-actors years later.

• In the TV show, the series finale was set on New Year’s Eve, 1980, keeping in

sync with the title of the show.

QUESTION 5

• X’s big television break came on Michael Crichton’s 1994 TV series Y, alongside Julianna

Margulies of The Good Wife fame.

• Y ran till 2009, becoming the longest primetime drama in American TV history. X left Y in the fifth

season to focus on his film career. X had been making films while Y was on air anyway, including

one superhero film.

• X sparked false rumours of a crossover between Y and popular TV show Z when he guest starred

on Z as a doctor along with his co-star from Y, both of whom served as dates for two of the lead

actresses of Z in the episode.

• In February 2016, X was slated to appear on the Jimmy Kimmel show for a special Y reunion, but

unfortunately no one was available. So Hugh Laurie filled in alongside X instead, in his role of Dr

House from House MD, to “save Jimmy’s life and perform CPR and speak medical jargon”

• ID X.

ANSWERS FOLLOW

QUESTION 1

• During an interview to promote their 2015 movie, Margot Robbie and X

played a game called Truth or Con. During the game, the interviewer asked

Robbie ‘X was born in Brooklyn. Truth or Con?’, to which Robbie responded

‘Con. West Philadelphia, born and raised.’ as a reference to the show, Y, from

the 90s that X appeared on. Her response was a part of the theme song for

the series.

• Who is X?

• X – Will Smith

• Y – Fresh Prince of Bel Air

QUESTION 2

• X started on the show Y at age 17, but had to leave the show to attend college.

• On being asked about a reunion for the show, X said “Hell yes. Though not sure how

much sense it would make since the alien characters left earth at the end of the series.

Still, I love all those folks so much, I’d love to..”

• In his opening monologue for Saturday Night Live, X said – ‘It feels SO good to be

here, hosting "Saturday Night Live". And I'll tell you why: I started out on television.

Look, this is me, fifteen years ago on the show Y. [ reveal old photo ] I was such a CUTE

little girl!’ as a reference to the look he sported on the show.

• Who is X?

• X – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

• Y – Third Rock From the Sun

QUESTION 3

• X starred in the TV show Y that started in the 90s. Apart from gaining millions of fans

because of her character, X also got a lot of attention for the hairstyles she sported

during the show. One such iconic hairstyle was called “ The Z” , Z being the name of

her character.

• Ironically though, X hated “The Z” saying it was the ugliest haircut she had ever seen

and would go bald for the rest of her life rather than sport “The Z”.

• X recently captivated her fans by acting as a sex addict and a stripper among other

things.

• X – Jennifer Anniston

QUESTION 4

• X lied about her age to get cast in the TV show Y. X, who was 14 at that time,

lied saying she was about to turn 18. The then-14-year-old reasoned that the

producers wouldn't want to cast someone too young because of work hour

restrictions for minors.

• X’s first kiss was also on the show with a co-actor and she ended up marrying

the same co-actors years later.

• In the TV show, the series finale was set on New Year’s Eve, 1980, keeping in

sync with the title of the show.

• X – Mila Kunis

QUESTION 5

• X’s big television break came on Michael Crichton’s 1994 TV series Y, alongside Julianna

Margulies of The Good Wife fame.

• Y ran till 2009, becoming the longest primetime drama in American TV history. X left Y in the fifth

season to focus on his film career. X had been making films while Y was on air anyway, including

one superhero film.

• X sparked false rumours of a crossover between Y and popular TV show Z when he guest starred

on Z as a doctor along with his co-star from Y, both of whom served as dates for two of the lead

actresses of Z in the episode.

• In February 2016, X was slated to appear on the Jimmy Kimmel show for a special Y reunion, but

unfortunately no one was available. So Hugh Laurie filled in alongside X instead, in his role of Dr

House from House MD, to “save Jimmy’s life and perform CPR and speak medical jargon”

• ID X.

• X – George Clooney

THE FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT QUIZDRIES 2

RULES

• There are 6 questions in this round.

• This round will move clockwise till question 3, and then proceed in anti-

clockwise.

• On bounce, +10/0 and on pounce, +10/-10

QUESTION 1

• X and Y has an ongoing feud that had started way back in the third season of Y’s show, in 2005, where

Y ended a particularly discouraging episode with, “My apologies to X, we ran out of time.”

• Y has confirmed several times that he had name-dropped X only because his was the first A-list star he

thought of.

• This started a long string of pranks played on each other:

1. X yelling “I knew you were going to f-ing do it!” over the ending credits when he finally appeared

on the show in 2006.

2. X having Y evicted from a Handsome Men list.

3. Y making a satirical music video with X’s best friend.

4. The same best friend sneaking X into his segment on X’s show in 2016.

5. And finally, X taunting Y at the 2016 Emmys for losing an Emmy

ID X and Y.

FILLER

• X – Matt Damon

• Y – Jimmy Kimmel

QUESTION 2

• In gay slang, a "friend of X" is a term for a gay man. The phrase dates back to at

least World War II, when homosexual acts were illegal in the United States. Stating

that, or asking if, someone was a "friend of X" was a euphemism used for

discussing sexual orientation without others knowing its meaning.

• This originated from the movie Y, as the lead actress was termed as a “gay icon”. In

the film, X is accepting of those who are different. For example, the _____ living a

lie. "I'm afraid there's no denyin', I'm just a dandy ____”, is a line from the movie.

• The revelation that three of the seven husbands of the actress who played X were

gay did not help her case.

• Who is X?

FILLER

• X – Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz

QUESTION 3

• Following his departure from the revamped version of the British show X, Y has made

statements regarding his time on X, as well as the reasons for it not working out.

• Y called his brief, six-episode tenure "a complete honour, privilege, and a pleasure,"

while insisting he really tried his best.

• Y delivered praise for X's probable new lead, Z. Considering his allegedly frosty

relationship with the American and their absolute lack of chemistry, Y‘s warm, friendly,

and supportive words are more than can be expected.

"For me, he is the man. He is the captain X truly needs going forward, the perfect torso

for the rest of X’s limbs," Y says.

• Give X and Y/Z. (Part points)

FILLER

• X – Top Gear

• Y – Chris Evans

• Z – Matt LeBlanc

QUESTION 4

• The novel “Ring Around the Sun” tells the story of a group of mutants with

enhanced mental abilities and the ability to move between parallel worlds

organizing the colonization of those worlds by the population at large with the

help of a certain device.

• This device is said to have been the inspiration for an important plot element

in a 2010 movie X. ID X , based on clues from the cover of the book.

FILLER

• Inception

QUESTION 5

• The video on the following slide is entitled ‘If real life was like X’, where X is

the name of a TV show.

• Give X.

FILLER

• X – House of Cards

QUESTION 6

• The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) was set up in 2000 by the government to provide

institutional support for scouting, spawning, sustaining and scaling up the grassroots

innovations across the country. Three such innovations from NIF are:

• A painter from Maharashtra, put together a scooter-powered flour mill to relieve his wife

from the tedium of waiting for wheat to be ground into flour through power cuts up to 10-

hours long.

• A fifth-standard dropout and a barber from Uttar Pradesh, invented a cycle-powered

horse clipper that pares equine hair in half the time that it takes hard-to-find electric

shavers.

• A student from Kerala, created the exercycle-cum-washing-machine when her mother was ill

and father had cancer. The Discovery Channel shot a video of her invention, now a YouTube

hit.

• Where have you seen these innovations?

FILLER

• 3 Idiots

THE FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT QUIZDRIES 3

RULES

• There are 6 questions in this round.

• This round will move anti-clockwise.

• On bounce, +10/0 and on pounce, +10/-10

QUESTION 1

• Directors are taught in film school to avoid ________ as it feels stagey. A shot that is framed

using the opposite strategy to ________ has a natural visual dynamism to it. It also makes for

a more seamless edit to the next shot, especially if the previous one is shot the same way. But if

you’ve watched anything by X, you know that seeming stagey has never been one of his

concerns. Instead, X has developed his own quirky, immediately identifiable visual style.

• Through out nature there are examples of _______ that we find beautiful, like in the wings of

butterflies, flowers and snowflakes. Insects like honeybees also use _________ to organise their

hives.

• Just by adding painfully simple video graphics, Vimeo user and filmmaker Kogonada is able to

breakdown the composition of every ________ shot from each of X’s movies and show us how

he flawlessly uses ________ to construct a frame and give characters depth. The results are

startlingly beautiful but show that X is very much a creature of habit.

• Who is X?

FILLER

• X – Wes Anderson

• Symmetry

QUESTION 2

• The TV show X, though having a huge fan-base now, was constantly under threat of

being cancelled. Numerous references to this were made in the show itself.

• In an episode titled S.O.Bs ( Save Our _____), Michael says “The HBO’s (Home

Builder’s Organisation) not going to want us” referencing that the network HBO

doesn’t pick up shows that have been cancelled by another network.

• George then quips, “Well I think it’s Showtime” - a reference to another network that

was rumoured to be willing to take X on.

• Give X.

FILLER

• X- Arrested Development

QUESTION 3

• X is an organization consisting of agents of all nationalities. Responsible for

"maintaining political and legal order anywhere in the world", it is multinational in

makeup and international in scope, protecting and defending nations regardless of

size or political persuasion. X operates in Communist and Third World countries the

same way that it does in the Western nations. X is sponsored by the US, the Soviet

Union, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, Italy and Yugoslavia. Its

primary opponent is the independent international criminal organization, THRUSH.

• Though originally having a different explanation for the naming of X, the creators

were forced by the UN to change the name as the UN did not want to be associated

with a fictional organisation.

• X is featured in both TV shows as well as a movie. Give X/ the name of the movie.

FILLER

• X- U.N.C.L.E

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E

QUESTION 4

• Which character from TV is Abed portraying in the video?

FILLER

• Don Draper

QUESTION 5• In a strange twist of irony, the upcoming movie X has been facing allegations of racism

despite the studio having tried to work towards diversifying.

• Critics said the larger physique of one of the characters is misrepresentative to the

culture being depicted, and instead reinforces harmful stereotypes of people of the

culture being obese.

• Another controversy involves the Halloween costume designed for one of the

characters. His physique, his costume, his tattoos and skin tone are all replicated which

leaves lighter skinned fans of the character in a bit of a bind, furthering the belief

that X promotes racism.

• Which movie X?

FILLER

• X - Moana

QUESTION 6

• The game X depends only on luck and consists of series of 2-card tricks.

Whoever has a card or combination of cards with the highest rate wins the trick.

The card rate in this game is reversed, with a few exceptions.

• The 2 of clubs is the highest-rated card.

• There are 2 combinations that beat any cards: A Y(4 and 9) and a Z (3 and 6).

The Y is the highest of those two.

• Beginner's luck is very important in X.

• ID X.

FILLER

• Cups from Friends