under the peepal tree 2014 litent finals dries 2

8/12/2019 Under the Peepal Tree 2014 LitEnt Finals Dries 2

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QUESTION : 1

The clip is from the movie, The Untouchables. Which famous reference isbeing drawn here?


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ANSWER

The Oddessa Steps sequence from the 1927 Einsenstein movie,Battleship Potemkin.


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QUESTION : 2

The author Xcredits the invention of the materialYto Irving Langmuir, whopioneered the study of thin films and interfaces. While working in the publicrelations office at General Electric, Xcame across a story of howLangmuir, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize for his work at General Electric,was charged with the responsibility of entertaining the author H.G. Wells,who was visiting the company in the early 1930s. Langmuir is said to havecome up with an idea about a form of solid water that was stable at roomtemperature in the hopes that Wells might be inspired to write a storyabout it. Apparently, Wells was not inspired and neither he nor Langmuir

ever published anything about it. After Langmuir and Wells had died,X

decided to use the idea in his book Z.

Give meYfor half points, Xand Zfor half points. All three variables for fullpoints.


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ANSWER

XKurt Vonnegut

YIce Nine

Z Cats Cradle


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QUESTION : 3

On Sept. 9, 2009, someone calling himself James Richards created awebsite on which he put a story. He said that he went to an alternatedimension where he met a man named Jonas with whom he discussedpopular music common between their worlds, especially a famous band.

When their name was brought up Jonas mentioned that his brother justgot back from seeing them perform at a concert recently, which I gave aweird look to and said "you mean they are still together?", and he saidyea. - From website

He stole a tape(picture next slide) and brought it back to this dimension.

Which band?


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The Beatlesnever broke up


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QUESTION : 4

A Shepard tone, named after Roger Shepard, is a sound consisting of asuperposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with thebase pitch of the tone moving upward or downward, it is referred to as theShepard scale. This creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually

ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higheror lower. It has been described as a "sonic barber's pole".

In a certain franchise, a Shepard tone was used to create the sound of the_____, that the filmmakers didn't want to change gear and tone abruptly

but to constantly accelerate.

Give me the franchise.


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ANSWER

Batpod in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises


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QUESTION : 5

Who directed this short?

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Terry Gilliam


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QUESTION : 6

Many American presidents have written books, but only Franklin Roosevelt hascontributed to a mystery novel. At a White House dinner in 1935, Rooseveltpitched his story idea to author Fulton Oursler. Rooseveltstale started like this:

A man named Jim Blake is trapped in a stale marriage and a boring job. Hedreams of running off with $5 million and starting over with a new identity.

Unfortunately, the President hadntworked out one major plot point: How does

a man with $5 million disappear without being traced? To solve the problem, Oursler formed a committee of five other top mystery

writers. Despite being the work of a Washington committee, the end result wassurprisingly successful. Each author wrote a chapter and ended it with JimBlake in a terrible situation, which the next author was left to resolve. ThePresidentsMystery Story was serialized in a magazine, published as a book,

and even turned into a movie in 1936. Yet, the writers never came up with a solution to Rooseveltsoriginal problem.

That didnthappen until 1967, when Xwrote a final chapter to a new edition ofthe book. In it, the secret to Jim Blakes mysterious disappearance isdiscovered by Xsmost famous character,Y.

Give me XandY.


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QUESTION : 8

The sandwich emporium frequented by the primary protagonists of the series,

X, is a real caf on Gower Street, near Euston. The fans who flock therefrom all over the world can now enjoy specially created X- themed snacks,specifically the Xwrap (chicken, bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, peppers,red onion, cucumber, chilli sauceall "wrapped up as tightly as Xspersonality") or the ___ Wrap (roasted vegetables, spinach, tomatoes,spring onion, Brie, sour cream"safe, warm, and comforting, like his

personality").


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